Dr Jean Wysler Domerçant has worked as a health professional in Haiti for the last 20 years, first as a provider and then as public health professional and executive. Prior to the creation ISPD, Dr Domercant has served as the Country Directeur for EQUIP; the Director of Clinical Services at the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC) office in Haiti, and the Senior Advisor for care and treatment and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Dr. Domercant has dedicated most of his 20-year career in public health to expanding access to care and treatment for patients living with HIV/AIDS. As program manager at Catholic Relief Services (CRS), he led the implementation of the AIDSRelief consor-tium in Haiti and opened the first HIV treatment site funded by PEPFAR in November 2004 at Clinic Bethel in Fond des Nègres. With a particular focus on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Dr Domercant was instrumental in Haiti’s adoption of the Option B+ approach.

Dr. Domercant obtained his medical degree from the Haiti State University Medical School, did his resi-dency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Haitian State University Hospital, and completed his Master of Public Health degree at the University of Arizona. Dr Domerçant received multiple awards through-out his career notably “The International Public Health Leadership Award” from the center for Global Health at CDC (2011) and “The investigator prize on women, girls and HIV award” from the Internation-al AIDS Society (2015). Dr Domerçant has authored and co-authored several articles in peer reviewed journals.