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,...
Read MoreBy 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=""...
Read More[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...
Read MoreAs 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...
Read MoreBy 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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