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22 December

More people in Haiti have access to healthcare this holiday season thanks to Project Medishare supporters

Project Medishare   |   Cholera Response, Community Health & Development, Medical Training & Education, Plastic Surgery

By Jennifer Browning You may have remembered reading on the Project Medishare Blog about how 9-month old Julisa was toddling across her house and stumbled into a pot of boiling water causing serious burns on her right arm and left hand. As her burns healed...

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17 December

Teaching to Fish: Akamil Production Facility deemed a sustainable project for the rural community of Thomonde

Project Medishare   |   Agriculture Program, Celebrities, Community Health & Development

By Jennifer Browning The final pieces are being put in place to finalize the Akamil Production Facility in Thomonde. Ground breaking began June 2007 for the construction of the facility, but construction and final equipment installment was delayed after the January 12 earthquake. When production begins,...

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09 December

AP reports rural Haiti suffers the worst of cholera epidemic; Project Medishare continues to battle cholera through prevention, education and treatment

Project Medishare   |   Cholera Response, Community Health & Development

By Jennifer Browning Last week the Associate Press reported that while many feared Haiti's growing epidemic would overwhelm the capital, so far, rural Haiti is seeing the worst of this epidemic that has killed over 1,900 people in less than two months. [caption id=""...

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09 December

Support Project Medishare when you purchase RDM’s ‘Revival’ CD download

Project Medishare   |   Celebrities

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAuTF_PwuQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] By Jennifer Browning Give the gift of Caribbean beats when you give 'Revival' produced by Rhythms Del Mundo (RDM) in partnership with Artists Project Earth (APE), a British NGO focusing on disaster relief and climate awareness. With each of the tracks given the trademark RDM Afro-Cuban...

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09 December

Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare secure as protests continue in Port-au-Prince

Project Medishare   |   Uncategorized

As demonstrations and protests continue in Port-au-Prince and across Haiti in response to election results announced Tuesday night, Project Medishare is taking every possible precaution to keep our patients, volunteers and local staff safe. At Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare, the hospital administers have activated our...

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01 December

World AIDS Day: PEPFAR and Community Health Program important for HIV positive Haitians in the face of cholera

Project Medishare   |   Celebrities, Cholera Response, Community Health & Development, Uncategorized

By Jennifer Browning Holding her doll tightly to her chest, a bright-eyed smiling 8-year-old Eve* greeted the Project Medishare team providing a home visit. With the cholera epidemic looming over Haiti, Project Medishare's community health agents have increased the number of home visits normally conducted. These...

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17 November

Jewish Healthcare International medical team works with Project Medishare medical staff in rural Haiti this week

Project Medishare   |   Celebrities, Cholera Response, Community Health & Development, Fundraisers

By Jennifer Browning This week Dr. Adam Goldstein and his medical team from Jewish Healthcare International are working with Project Medishare's community health team in Haiti's Central Plateau. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A mobile clinic in very rural Boucantis, Haiti. Jewish Healthcare International is working...

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17 November

Westminster Christian School students working to heal Haiti

Project Medishare   |   Celebrities

[caption id="attachment_2269" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Last week students from Westminster Christian School presented Project Medishare with a check for $2000 to assist improving healthcare in Haiti. In this photo: Gillian Holtz, Ph.D, Marianne Finizio, Tristan d'Adesky, Taryn d'Adesky, Dylan d'Adesky, Helder Valle, April d'Adesky, Karlyn d'Adesky,...

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