By 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...
Read MoreBy Tina Voltang THOMONDE, Haiti---This morning, I felt a poke at my shoulder, and it was Mo telling me to hurry up so that we can squeeze in a walk around town before breakfast. We were going to tour the grounds of the Akamil facility. As...
Read MoreBy Melissa Knight THOMONDE, Haiti--Tonight, as I sat listening to the infamous Jerome play songs about Haitian history, poverty, and the ongoing struggle to survive, he emphasized how much he appreciated all that Project Medishare has done for the Central Plateau and how much the organization...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Dr. Barth Green just reported in to let us know the University of Miami students are working hard with Project Medishare's mobile clinic team. He sent us the above photo from his Blackberry as he stands with the Project Medishare/UM Global Institute team...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning During his previous trip to Haiti with former President Bill Clinton, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the students from the Haitian Education Leadership Program (HELP) that he saw them as "seeds of hope" for their country. In his article in the opinion...
Read More[caption id="attachment_496" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Project Medishare Program Coordinator Gabriele Denis with neurosurgical patient in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Daniel Cima."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning The Project Medishare neurosurgery team returned to Haiti this past Saturday for a neurological assessment at La Paix Hospital in Port-au-Prince. The team assessed 67...
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