Health Equity International

What Health Equity International does

Health Equity International (HEI), formerly the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, is a Massachusetts-domiciled non-profit healthcare organization founded in 1983 that operates St. Boniface Hospital (SBH) in Fond des Blancs, southern Haiti. HEI delivers a comprehensive portfolio of clinical services through SBH — including 24/7 emergency care, general and orthopedic surgery, maternal and neonatal health (with a 961-infant NICU in 2024), pediatrics, and the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center established after the 2010 earthquake — alongside community-based programs such as the Ti Fwaye nutrition initiative, the USAID-funded Kore Sante Project, mobile clinics, and satellite facilities. In 2024, the organization reported 132,777 outpatient visits, 3,856 surgical procedures, 3,497 deliveries, and trained 93 medical residents, serving as the leading referral hospital for over 2 million people in Haiti's southern peninsula.

The organization runs a US office in Somerville, MA that manages fundraising, finances, and organizational oversight, while over 500 staff operate the Haiti-based clinical and community programs. HEI's business model is non-profit donation- and grant-funded: services are provided regardless of ability to pay, with revenue sourced from individual donors and institutional funders including USAID, the CDC, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the GE Foundation, UNICEF, and Direct Relief. Long-tenured leadership (President & CEO Conor Shapiro since 2011) and credentials including 18 consecutive Charity Navigator four-star ratings and the GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency support institutional credibility with funders.

HEI also operates specialized programs addressing non-communicable diseases (Diabetes Care), elderly care (Kay Gran Moun), and disaster response. Strategic partnerships — including a 13+ year collaboration with Hope Health Action for assistive devices and post-2021 earthquake coordination with Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante for orthopedic surgery — extend the organization's service capacity. The 2022 rebrand from St. Boniface Haiti Foundation to Health Equity International reflects a strategic repositioning toward a broader regional health-equity mission beyond a single facility.

Name

Health Equity International

Legal name

Health Equity International

Website

https://healthequityintl.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Health Equity International is a Massachusetts-based non-profit that operates St. Boniface Hospital in southern Haiti, delivering 24/7 emergency, surgical, maternal, pediatric, and rehabilitation services to over 2 million people through hospital-based care, mobile clinics, and community health programs funded by donations and institutional grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Primary Care Development (HLAJAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Primary Care for Underserved Populations (e.g., migrant, homeless, refugee clinics) (HLAFAGAN), Patient Advocacy, Navigation & Access to Care (BPAGACAH), Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Maternal and neonatal health
• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
• Community health programs
• Nonprofit hospital operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Somerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations: Individual donor contributions and charitable donations from supporters worldwide, managed through the Somerville, MA office.
2. Foundation and Government Grants: Funding from institutional partners including USAID, CDC, GE Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and other international development organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Health Equity International operates St. Boniface Hospital in southern Haiti, delivering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services including 24/7 emergency care, general and orthopedic surgery, maternal and neonatal care, pediatrics, and a one-of-a-kind spinal cord injury rehabilitation center. Services extend to remote communities through satellite clinics, mobile clinic teams, and a community health worker network, and are provided regardless of patients' ability to pay.

Product overview

Health Equity International (HEI) operates St. Boniface Hospital (SBH) in southern Haiti as a nonprofit healthcare organization providing comprehensive medical services. The organization offers a multi-faceted portfolio of clinical programs including maternal health, pediatrics, surgery (general and orthopedic), spinal cord injury rehabilitation, emergency care, and community health outreach through mobile clinics and satellite facilities. The Ti Fwaye nutrition program addresses pediatric malnutrition, while the Kore Sante project (USAID-funded) focuses on health system strengthening. Key programs include diabetes care, disaster response services, and elderly care at Kay Gran Moun. Together, these services form an integrated health system designed to meet evolving patient needs across Haiti's southern peninsula.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• St. Boniface Hospital (SBH)

Quantifiable outcome

• 132,777 outpatient visits in 2024
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CDCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for public health initiatives and health system strengthening programs in Haiti.
• Partners in Health/Zanmi LasantecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on orthopedic surgery programs following the 2021 earthquake, with visiting orthopedic surgeons from Partners in Health supporting SBH surgical team.
• Hope Health ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner for over 13 years providing quality, properly-fitted assistive devices (wheelchairs) to patients with disabilities.
• Build Health InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization operating out of Fond des Blancs; employs SCI program graduates for construction work.
• Haitian Ministry of Health (MSPP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for regional health coordination, disaster response, and health system strengthening.
• IHSD (Kore Sante Project)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUSAID-funded project implemented by HEI in southern Haiti, focusing on health system strengthening, WASH, and community health.
• Haitian Ministry of Health Orthopedic SurgeonsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVisiting orthopedic surgeons supporting SBH surgical team after 2021 earthquake.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hope Health Action: Hope Health Action is a long-standing HEI partner (13+ years) operating healthcare and rehabilitation services in Haiti, including wheelchair provision to SCI patients. Directly comparable mission, geography, patient population, and faith-based nonprofit model.
• Partners in Health / Zanmi Lasante: Partners in Health operates hospitals and clinics across Haiti (including the Zanmi Lasante network) serving the same underserved population as HEI. Both organizations run teaching hospitals, receive major U.S. institutional funding, and collaborate on surgical capacity — confirmed in HEI's own partnership records.

Broad incumbents

• Clinton Health Access Initiative: CHAI operates global health programs in low- and middle-income countries including Haiti, working on health systems strengthening and access to medicines. Comparable mission of expanding healthcare access for underserved populations, though CHAI focuses more on systems-level interventions than direct clinical service delivery.
• Catholic Relief Services: Catholic Relief Services is a major humanitarian organization with deep Haiti presence and U.S. government funding (USAID). HEI's Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Wilfrid Cadet previously worked with CRS, indicating overlapping networks. CRS operates health programming but at much larger scale across multiple countries.
• Americares: Americares is a U.S.-based health-focused humanitarian organization delivering medical aid and supporting health services in low-resource settings including Haiti. Comparable nonprofit funding model, mission alignment, and operational footprint, though Americares focuses more on supply-chain support than direct hospital operation.
• International Medical Corps: International Medical Corps delivers hospital, surgical, and community health services in conflict and disaster settings worldwide, with historical presence in Haiti. Comparable NGO hospital-operator model with similar institutional donor base (USAID, government grants).
• Direct Relief: Direct Relief is a confirmed HEI partner providing medical supplies, and operates globally supporting healthcare facilities in disaster-affected and low-resource regions. Comparable mission, donor base, and Haiti presence, though Direct Relief's primary model is medical supply provision rather than direct clinical service delivery.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders): MSF operates hospital and emergency response programs in Haiti and other low-resource settings globally. While much larger and rotating rather than embedded, MSF shares HEI's model of delivering free advanced care to underserved populations facing humanitarian crises.

Others

• Build Health International: Build Health International is a confirmed HEI partner based in Fond des Blancs that constructs health infrastructure and employs HEI's SCI rehabilitation program graduates. Adjacent organization with operational overlap in the same geography, though focused on facility construction rather than clinical service delivery.
• UNICEF Haiti: UNICEF is a confirmed HEI funding partner supporting cholera response and child health programs in Haiti. While UNICEF is a UN agency rather than a peer operator, it represents the type of institutional partner and funding source that defines HEI's ecosystem, including joint work on vitamin A supplementation reaching 10,000+ children.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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