By Jennifer Browning Last week the University of Tennessee's School of Medicine traveled to Haiti with Project Medishare. Throughout the week the team worked with Project Medishare's Haitian staff in conducted home visits and medical clinics. Read Elizabeth Case's account of UT's first day working...
Read MoreBy William Ergen Today was hot. After an "uneventful" trip to our church, we unloaded the gear from the trucks and moved in. Set up stations. Check. Register every patient with the local health administrators for records. Check. Students to their respective stations with assigned doctors. Check. ...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Where only a plot of land existed in January, the new maternal health center stands with walls and a roof. [caption id="attachment_565" align="alignleft" width="261" caption="The construction of the maternal health center is conducted using manual labor and local materials. Here Marmont women carry water...
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Case Twelve people have created this venture together. It began, in each of us, as a unique image, a medical trip to Haiti. We planned and packed with these images in mind and so designed an experience that is a blend of our separate...
Read More[caption id="attachment_560" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="A Baille Touribe woman washes her clothes in a nearby water source. Safe water is a luxury that many Haitians can't afford since many drink from the same water sources also used to bathe, wash clothes, and clean dishes. Photo by...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning As Haiti continues to recover from last year's hurricanes, floods caused by torrential rains during the past three days in the tiny Caribbean country killed 11 people, two being in Haiti's Central Plateau. Most victims were killed when their homes collapsed or while...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Two months after his visit to Haiti with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in an effort to raise global attention to the Caribbean country, former President Clinton has been named special envoy to Haiti on behalf of the United Nations. In April, foreign donors...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Project Medishare co-founder Dr. Barth A. Green, will be given the AXA Advisors Lifetime Achievement Award today during the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce's annual Health Care Heroes Awards luncheon at Jungle Island. Dr. Green founded Project Medishare with Dr. Arthur Fournier in 1995...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning For some mother's in Haiti, this Mother's Day will not be a day of celebration. In particularly in Haiti's Central Plateau, the high rate of maternal mortality remains a challenge. Haiti's statistics regarding maternal mortality are among the highest in the Caribbean: 1...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning On Tuesday, foreign donors and international financial institutions renewed their commitment to Haiti, pledging at least $324 million toward the country's economic recovery over the next two years. During the day long conference donors pledged to focus on better coordination of international support for...
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