By Jennifer Browning This past Saturday, Miami Country Day School's Class of 2000 decided to do away with party favors or gifts at [caption id="attachment_2239" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Miami Country Day School's Class of 2000 gave up party favors and instead donated to Project Medishare."][/caption] their 10-year class reunion....
Read MoreProject Medishare is following Tropical Depression Tomas as it travels through the Caribbean. As of the latest advisory, we plan to conduct business as usual this weekend; however, if you are a volunteer traveling with us to Haiti this Saturday, please be aware that Tomas...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2225" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Certified prosthetic orthotist (CPO) Davor Krchelich fits a patient with a prosthetic arm in the Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare (HBMPM) posthetic lab. Photo courtesy of Davor Krchelich."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning Last week, Evelyn, a below-the-elbow amputee, walked into certified prosthetic orthotist (CPO)...
Read More[vodpod id=Video.4813132&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] BET's Terrance J asks others to assist Project ...
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_2183" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="RADIO TALK: Community health nurse Wiseline Celestine and staff member Ronel Marcellus go live on the airvaves at a Thomonde radio station talking about cholera and how to prevent the disease. The Project Medishare staff created a skit which discusses the...
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