By Jennifer Browning For a country that was unscientifically stigmatized in the early 80's as a breeding ground for the AIDS virus, Haiti is coming out on top regarding HIV infection rates. According to UNAIDS, infection rates in Haiti dropped from 6.2 percent to 3.1 percent among expectant...
Read More[caption id="attachment_732" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="General surgeon Dr. Jana MacLeod, follow-up patient Nicholas George and Urology surgeon Dr. Viraj Master. Photo by Nick Vitone."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning HINCHE, Haiti---When Nicholas George walked into the government hospital last year, he showed a noticeable mass underneath his long shorts. George, diagnosed...
Read More[caption id="attachment_680" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Photo by Nick Vitone."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning HINCHE, Haiti---The Emory surgical team will be performing surgeries in Hinche this week. Drs. Viraj Master and Jana MacLeod are returning with a team of doctors, nurses and medical students, many which are returning volunteers from...
Read More[caption id="attachment_654" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="University of Tennessee medical student, Masuma Bahora gets eye-level with a young Haitian patient at one of the mobile clinics. Photo by Elizabeth Case."][/caption] By Elizabeth Case* Shortly after returning from Haiti, I read Earnest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea....
Read More[caption id="attachment_635" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Pictured above are Marie Chery (Project Medishare and The Global Insitute), Marissa Merove-Pierre (Support Group or Project Medishare in Haiti), Ellen Powers (Project Medishare and The Global Insitute), Haitian President Rene Preval, Dr. Barth Green (Project Medishare Co-Founder and Chairman of...
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4S9hfjqXEI&hl=en&fs=1&] By Jennifer Browning At the request of Representative Kendrick Meek and the South Florida delegation, Dr. Michel Dodard and Ellen Powers, representing Project Medishare and The Global Institute at the University of Miami, joined the Florida lawmakers for a lunch meeting on Monday. [caption id="attachment_638" align="alignleft" width="300"...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Five members of South Florida's congressional delegation travel to Haiti today. The lawmakers will speak to Haitian President Rene Preval about security issues, hurricane preparation, and immigration policy. Story in the Miami Herald....
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning After spending a week with Project Medishare's staff in Thomonde, Haiti, the medical students from the University of Miami are making their way back to the United States today. A few of their photos have been posted up on Project Medishare's Flickr site. Check...
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Greig CENTRAL PLATEAU, Haiti--The suggestions for preventative health measures available to Americans in this week’s time would probably get a few confused looks and laughs from the people of the Central Plateau. A quote highlighted in bold reads, “Ideally, I want you to be...
Read MoreBy Drew Martowski CENTRAL PLATEAU, Haiti--The prior two days of mobile health clinics have taken place in schoolhouses. The simple reason for this seems to be that they are the only completed buildings other than churches that can afford adequate space and shade to serve the...
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