The Brenda Strafford extends its reach internationally to provide and support a variety of medical clinics and healthcare services to enhance the health, wellness and quality of life of people living in underserved regions of the Caribbean.
For more information on The Brenda Strafford Foundation's international healthcare operations, or to discuss potential international healthcare development and partnership opportunities, please contact:
Kevin Melanson
Executive Director, International Healthcare & Chief Social Impact Officer
Email: kevin.melanson@theBSF.ca
Phone (Canada): 1.587.231.6976
The Brenda Strafford Foundation is a founding member and co-chair of the Caribbean Eye Health Alliance, established in June 2023, as part of a group of organizations and individuals collaborating to address eye health and vision needs for people in the Caribbean. Through the strength of our coordinated, synergistic work, we will have a positive impact in addressing the eye health and vision needs of people in the Caribbean.
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Institut Brenda Strafford provides high quality person centered professional Ophthalmology and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) services to improve the lives of people in Haiti. Providing services in Les Cayes, Haiti since 1982, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Institut strives to be the first choice of Ophthalmology and ENT health care for our communities, providing affordable services to improve the clinical outcomes of those we serve.
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In Jamaica's Montego Bay, BSF operates a 19-bed, small care home facility that is committed to providing holistic, patient-centered care. This involves a team-oriented approach to medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support that are tailored to the needs of each patient. Our 24/7 operations are run by a team of trained Jamaican Practical Nurses who work under the direction of a licensed Jamaican Physician.
The Care Home first opened its doors in 1997 under the management of Good Shepherd Foundation as a Hospice. A few years later a partnership agreement was signed with BSF, and since 2018 the facility has been run by BSF's registered charitable organization in Jamaica.
The hospice was initially established to support dignified end of life care for HIV, cancer, and other palliative patients but the care and services have evolved to now provide continuing care support for residents with longer term care needs.
The Community Vision Centre of Excellence is operated in a partnership by Canadian Vision Care and Lions Club of Montego Bay at BSF's facilities in Montego Bay to provide primary, medical,and surgical eye care services on a charitable basis.
Community Vision Centre of Excellence
The Brenda Strafford Foundation Eye Centre was established in 2022, providing ophthalmology consultation and surgical services at the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital. The BSF Eye Centre is operated and managed by the Government of Dominica.
The Eye Centre was initially established at the Princess Margaret Hospital in 1986, and was relocated in 2022 to the new Dominica-China Friendship Hospital, the only large acute care hospital in Dominica, which was constructed on the site of the old Princess Margaret Hospital.
Four primary care medical clinics built by BSF enhance access to important health promotion and disease prevention services in communities across Dominica. The clinics are operated and managed by the Government of Dominica.
