Bundled in blankets, Marie Celestine rests after her Ventricular Petroneal surgery. Marie was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus immediately after birth. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--Hours before the surgical team would return, Marie Nesline Neika Celestine was born Saturday at 2 a.m. at Hopital Universitaire de...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--While the main concentration here in Port-au-Prince is to treat the children with hydrocephalus, it is hard to deny those with other issues. Yesterday morning as Ann McNeil was on her way to visit the hydrocephalus children, a lady was waiting outside the recovery...
Read MoreRenaud Elysee kisses her son Prince a few hours before he went into surgery. Eight-month-old Prince was diagnosed with hydrocephalus four months ago. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--Eight-month-old Prince began having seizures three months ago so his mother took him to the doctor. He...
Read MorePediatric neurological surgeon Dr. Jeff Blount stops by the recovery ward to check on a few of the hydrocephalus patients like Bianca. This is Dr. Blount's first visit to Haiti. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE—As dark clouds hovered above threatening rain, the team...
Read MoreEsperancia Simon was abondoned in Les Cayes, about a five hour drive from Port-au-Prince. After her Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy, Baby Hope will have a chance to live a relatively normal life. Photos by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE—Almost 120 miles away in a town called Les...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--Hermance Fenelon’s favorite thing about her daughter Bianca is her smile. “She is an interesting child,” Hermance said. “She rarely cries and she is always smiling, making faces….she likes to blow kisses…” A year ago, early one morning, Hermance walked outside her house and found...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--The team traveled to the Hopital Universitaire de la Paix at 8 a.m. Much was to be done in preparation for today’s surgeries. Everyone participated in getting ready for the day. Mothers washed their babies’ hair so that their heads were clean for...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--The rain poured at 4 a.m. as three Project Medishare volunteers drove to Miami International Airport for their 7:10 flight to Haiti. There was much to do before 14 more members of the surgical team arrived on Saturday and this early flight was...
Read MoreAlong with being the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, Haiti is one of the most disadvantaged countries in the developing world. It ranks 153 out of 177 countries on the UNDP Human Development Index (2004). The World Food Programme reports 76 percent of...
Read MoreThe Green Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization supporting health programs in Haiti, announced it is committing an additional $2.4 million over the next five years to fund community health programs in rural Haiti as part of its expanding global health initiative. While Project Medishare will receive...
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