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...
Read MoreCo-founder of Project Medishare and a physician at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Dr. Arthur Fournier was among the first doctors to treat patients with AIDS and to recognize the socioeconomic forces driving the epidemic. In The Zombie Curse: A Doctor's 25-year Journey into...
Read MoreBy 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...
Read More[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,...
Read MoreJames O'Connell was deployed to Haiti January 13 by Haiti Emergency Mutual Aide Compact to rescue and recover earthquake victims from the rubble. After O'Connell returned to New York, he said he couldn't stand by idly. [caption id="attachment_2272" align="alignright" width="300" caption="In this photo: Mr. Robin Mui,...
Read More[vodpod id=Video.4871883&w=425&h=350&fv=] Project Medishare Bringing Life and Limbs to Haiti, posted with vodpod Three months after the Knights of Columbus announced that it would donate $1 million to Project Medishare to provide prostheses to Haitian children who lost limbs in the January 2010...
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Read MoreBy 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)...
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