By 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...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Today, World Health Day, marks the anniversary of the 1948 founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year's focus is on the need to make hospitals and health facilities safe in disasters and other emergencies. In Haiti, Project Medishare is dedicated to...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning PORT-Au-PRINCE, Haiti--Seventeen people arrived in Haiti yesterday as part of Project Medishare's Neurosurgical team which were composed of neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthesiologists, pediatricians and students. The group was there to help children with various neurological problems such as hydrocephalus, micro-cephalic, brain tumors and...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Today the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent approved an amendment to the 2010 fiscal year budget resolution that would recommend international affairs programs be funded at President Obama’s request of $53.8 billion. Both the House and Senate budget resolutions originally called for lower allocations...
Read MoreBy Shayla Hesse BOUCANTIS, Haiti--While yesterday we took in the lay of the land and got acclimated to our new surroundings, today we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. After a fortifying breakfast we broke up into teams, each one focused on a specific...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Last week, the Senate Budget Committee cut President Obama's FY10 International Affairs Budget request by $4 billion. The International Affairs budget funds global AIDS programs and humanitarian aid to developing countries like Haiti, as well as critical development and diplomatic initiatives that...
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