At a mobile clinic in Marmont, third-year medical student Monica Vorha and Dr. Jalal Zuberi assess a patient in the pediatrics unit. Set up in a school, individual classrooms served as separate medical units. The Morehouse School of Medicine volunteer team saw 180 people today....
Read More[caption id="attachment_677" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Roselande Bruni, 4, waits with her parents before her going into pre-op. Bruni was diagnosed with a Wilm's tumor which was removed today. Photo by Jennifer Browning."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning HINCHE, Haiti-- As she was bathing her 4-year-old daughter in early June, Iralande...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Medical volunteers and Haitians alike find a win-win situation when it comes to working together for community health in Haiti. Molly Slothower reflects this in her piece Future Doctors Volunteering in Haiti Gain Medical and Life Experience. Slothower speaks to students who have recently...
Read MoreBy Dione Occenad SAVANT PLATE, Haiti---After our first exciting day of clinic, we were ready to get back on the road! We traveled about 45 minutes to a village called Savant Plate. We arrived at a small school where many people were anxiously waiting and getting...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning HINCHE, Haiti--- “In God’s hands…..” This is how 22-year-old Jean Massenat views his life. [caption id="attachment_730" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Twenty-two-year-old Jean Massenate with his mother by his side waits for the doctors to take him to surgery. Photo by Nick Vitone."][/caption] Walking alongside the...
Read MoreBy Allison Tucker BAILLE TOURIBE, Haiti--After many months of preparation, we have arrived in Haiti. As Morehouse School of Medicine's second student-organized trip with Project Medishare, we arrived in Thomonde from Port-Au-Prince after several hours in the car. We are full of energy and great...
Read MoreBy 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....
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