As part of the University of Miami nursing program, the university's nursing students travel outside the United States for field work. This week they are traveling to Thomonde, Haiti to work with Project Medishare's in country staff, doctors, nurses and health agents. During their time in...
Read MoreIn his book, The Zombie Curse: A Doctor's 25-year Journey into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti, Dr. Arthur Fournier sends out a cry from the front lines about the overwhelming role poverty plays in the spread of AIDS. His awakening came in...
Read MoreWhile the end of the year is approaching quickly, there is still time to make a 2007 tax-deductible donation to one of Project Medishare's many programs. Continuing their commitment to the rural communities in Haiti's central plateau Project Medishare establishes and funds sustainable health, surgical,...
Read MoreO'Rese Knight uses a Tono Pen to test a patient for glaucoma at the clinic in Marmont. The Tono Pen was a proper substitute for other equipment because it is powered by batteries. Knight is a fourth year medical student doing research at the Bascom...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Marmont, HAITI--Twenty-seven-year-old Else Jean arrived with at friend at the clinic with a severe infection in the left eye and the right eye was starting to show signs of infection as well. Else said that her eye began bothering her five days ago...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Marmont, HAITI--A thin white film seems to coat two-year-old Kimberlee Pierre's eyes. She doesn't cry, she doesn't smile, she just stares into the space of the nothingness she experiences. Kimberlee was born this way and according to her mother she cannot...
Read MoreWith the holiday season here many of us are scrambling around looking for the perfect gift for those we love. But what if this holiday season your gift purchase could benefit many? At Giveline.com each purchase generates a substantial donation to Project Medishare- an amazing average...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Thomonde, HAITI-Leaving the SUVs behind today the Bascom Palmer group left the Project Medishare office at 8 a.m. and took a short walk to the hospital. It was a good opportunity for the medical team to get a glimpse of the town...
Read MoreTed Leng examines one last patient at the clinic in Casse. The group had to finish their eye exams in darkness because in the majority of Haiti's central plateau there is no electricity. Leng is a second year resident at the Bascom Palmer Eye...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Casse, HAITI--Two-year-old Leo Yvenel was seen by Emory and Project Medishare's mobile clinic when they visited Casse three weeks ago. Leo was diagnosed with a retinoblastoma which is caused by a tumor which forms in the eye. His grandmother noticed the eye...
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