PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - Haitian First Lady Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour, President Rene Preval and Barth Green, M.D., professor and chairman of the Miller School's Department of Neurological Surgery, discuss the earthquake relief efforts in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Joe Raedle/Getty Images) By Jennifer Browning Driving up toward...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Miami for Haiti will host a benefit for Haiti's earthquake victims this Friday, January 15 at Cafeina at the Wynwood Lounge. The fundraiser begins at 7 p.m. and the group is asking for a $20 donation. Miami for Haiti is also accepting non-perishable items...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Today Project Medishare's trauma team worked out of UN headquarters at airport, but under very difficult circumstances. Project Medishare's Executive Director, Ellen Powers, reported that the amount of suffering is far overwhelming and there is a limited capability to help. Co-founder Dr. Barth...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning National Public Radio reported this evening that a medical trauma team from University of Miami is set up in an air hangar at the Port-au-Prince airport working with the United Nations. The reporter defined the group as "a shining light in Haiti...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Eleven emergency medical professionals as part of Project Medishare's medical team are leaving for Haiti today. The team will be flying into Port-au-Prince and hopes to be set up in the capitol by this afternoon to assist medically however they can. As the day unfolds and...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Communication is horrible and very little information is getting through. Project Medishare's Executive Director Ellen Powers and Co-Founder Dr. Barth Green are trying to fly to Haiti this morning, but there is no word as to whether planes are able to land at the...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, an earthquake with a magnitude estimated at 7.0 struck 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince leaving most the country in rubble. The Associated Press reported that parts of Haiti's National Palace collapsed. There are also reports saying that a...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning As Haiti began recovering from the damage of three consecutive three hurricanes, the small Caribbean country found itself in the midst of food riots in Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes, and elsewhere as a result of rapid food cost inflation in early 2008. Well-intentioned organizations often...
Read MoreBy Saray Stayer and Valerie Libby* Our day began winding through the dirt roads of an unknown country as we made our way to LaHoye clinic in Casse. We drove past vibrantly painted, boarded shacks, beautiful mountains (though sadly barren of trees and birds), and...
Read MoreBy Rick Spurlock The Safe Water System Project is making solid progress towards implementation. This month Project Medishare will begin construction on a sodium hypochlorite production building with completion of that structure in late March. Training for the project workers will begin in April with the...
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