By Julie Megler Thomonde, Haiti--The seventh evening of our adventure and we're indulging in our nightly ritual of counting pills as we listen to music off of Gaby's Ipod. There are thousands of them by the bottle. The whole process is meditatively monotonous, and...
Read MoreBy Julie Megler Central Plateau, HAITI--Today we split into two groups, half of us continued with another round of house visits and half visited one of the local schools. The house visits began with another rally post. We stood in thatched roofed structure with five or...
Read MoreBy Julie Megler Marmont, HAITI--Once again we found ourselves being tossed around like a bunch of hot potatoes in the back of the Medishare truck. We were accompanying Anna and Theresa, Medishare’s Cuban doctor and nurse, to the clinic in Marmont. We arrived to...
Read MoreUniversity of Miami Nursing student Julie Megler vaccinates a child at an immunization rally post in Circa, Haiti. Photo by Gabrielle Denis. By Julie Megler Circa, HAITI--Today we got a chance to see what community health really means first hand. We traveled to a...
Read MoreBy Julie Megler After a grueling three hours of waiting for a new part to fix a mechanical problem in our American Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Port Au Prince, and a short hour and twenty minute flight we found ourselves eagerly holding our passports...
Read MoreAs part of the University of Miami nursing program, the university's nursing students travel outside the United States for field work. This week they are traveling to Thomonde, Haiti to work with Project Medishare's in country staff, doctors, nurses and health agents. During their time in...
Read MoreIn his book, The Zombie Curse: A Doctor's 25-year Journey into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti, Dr. Arthur Fournier sends out a cry from the front lines about the overwhelming role poverty plays in the spread of AIDS. His awakening came in...
Read MoreWhile the end of the year is approaching quickly, there is still time to make a 2007 tax-deductible donation to one of Project Medishare's many programs. Continuing their commitment to the rural communities in Haiti's central plateau Project Medishare establishes and funds sustainable health, surgical,...
Read MoreO'Rese Knight uses a Tono Pen to test a patient for glaucoma at the clinic in Marmont. The Tono Pen was a proper substitute for other equipment because it is powered by batteries. Knight is a fourth year medical student doing research at the Bascom...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Marmont, HAITI--Twenty-seven-year-old Else Jean arrived with at friend at the clinic with a severe infection in the left eye and the right eye was starting to show signs of infection as well. Else said that her eye began bothering her five days ago...
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