BET’s Terrance J asks others to assist Project Medishare in fighting the spread of cholera
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Read MoreProject Medishare’s certified prosthetic orthotist (CPO) Davor Krchelich works to make a hand washing bucket. The Ministry of Health has asked Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare (HBMPM) to make room for cholera patients should the outbreak hit Port-au-Prince. While there have been no cholera...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2190" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Dr. Pretanville from Partners in Health's(PIH) sister organization, Zanmi Lasante, talks to Project Medishare community health agents about cholera. Photo by Jennifer Browning."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning Fighting something like a cholera outbreak cannot be done by one organization alone. Project Medishare realizes this...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2216" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="This past weekend, nine-month old Bidina Joseph received endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) to treat her hydrocephalus. Today Magdala will take Bidina back to their home in Ti Goave, a two-hour drive from Port-au-Prince. Magdala said she is so thankful for...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2208" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Event Star crews flew to Haiti yesterday to set up a Project Medishare tent in Mirebalais which will be used as a cholera treatment center. After the cholera outbreak was confirmed, the Ministry of Health asked Project Medishare for assistance particularly...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2197" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Project Medishare medical and office staff go out into the community to get the message out about cholera. Without community health programs like this one, it would be almost impossible to spread the word about prevention to keep people safe. Photo...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2170" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Linda Mondesir, a bookkeeper at Project Medishare's Thomonde office, assists medical staff and community health agents distribute life saving water purification tablets. Staff and health agents go out into the community each day to spread the message regarding preventing cholera. The...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2166" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Project Medishare community health nurse Wiseline Celestine hands a box of oral rehydration packets to a community health agent. Project Medishare's health agents are working feverishly to educate the people in order to prevent cholera in their communities. Photo by Jennifer...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2161" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Pediatrician Dr. Heidi Sandige and neurology resident Suzanne Schindler measure 9-month-old Shaina Shirley Vil’s head to asses the child's condition before recommending surgery. Dr. Sandige and Schindler are part of a pediatric neurosurgical team led by Dr. Keith Rich from Washington...
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