By Beth Melia Thomonde, HAITI-On our first full day in Thomonde, we conducted home visits with Project Medishare's community health workers. They showed us their daily routine of checking up on patients, which gave us an opportunity to see the regular Haitian ...
Read MoreBe sure to continue to check Project Medishare's blog over the holiday season. This week medical students from the University of Texas Health and Science Center of San Antonio (UTHSCSA) will be arriving in Thomonde, Haiti to assist Project Medishare's mobile clinic team....
Read MoreThe global food crisis has caused a lot of organizations to reevaluate their approach to food assistance. Moving further away from providing short-term relief and investing in long-term agricultural development. Project Medishare has realized that the food crisis is not the first to afflict...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Haiti's Ministry of Health is launching a door-to-door survey,the first of its kind since the 1970's, to question how widespread and acute malnutrition is among children. A recent Miami Herald article reports the Ministry of Health had already agreed to perform the survey before...
Read MorePhoto by François Rollin By Jennifer Browning Doctors and medical students from Emory University School of Medicine are spending their Thanksgiving break in Haiti's Central Plateau. The group has been traveling around the plateau this week assisting Project Medishare's mobile clinic team and working with the...
Read MoreBy Dr. Joyee Goswami We are on day three of our five day trip to Haiti, and it’s been a crazy mix of emotions. As a pediatric hospitalist with an interest in global health and have been on a few global health trips in...
Read MoreBy Jessica Cohen I’m back in Thomonde for the second time. It’s familiar and cozy—I know the town, one of our drivers remembered my name, and the taste of beans, rice, and chicken at the end of the day is as delicious as...
Read MoreBy Jamie Sodikoff After giving out hygiene packs of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap to the charming and gracious kids of the Thomonde public school, we packed into the van and headed to Marmont. Although somewhat acclimated, at this point, to riding ...
Read MoreBy Nickisha Naulie Berlus Externat St. Joseph was the first school I attended in Aux Cayes, Haiti. I had gotten as far as Preparatoire II, equivalent to the second grade, when my family and I moved to Brooklyn, New York, where we’ve resided...
Read MoreBy Ira Lee Photo by François Rollin Thomonde, HAITI – Whew! We finally made it. Our trip together started at 4 a.m. this morning as we gathered at the American Airlines ticketing desk at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. From there, we traveled by...
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