One doctor’s journey into Haiti

In 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 the early 1980s when, as a faculty physician at the [...]

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Save on your taxes: donate to Project Medishare

While 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, and nutrition programs. These programs allow Haitian physicians, nurses and [...]

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Practicing medicine in a developing world

 
O’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 Palmer Eye Institute. Photos by Jennifer Browning.
By Jennifer Browning
Practicing medicine [...]

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Saving sight

By 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 and when she found out that there were eye doctors [...]

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A moment in Marmont

By 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 walk or talk as of yet. These developmental delays aren’t [...]

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Giving once to benefit many

With 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 of 16 percent of store sales, and sometimes as high [...]

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Busy day in Thomonde

By 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 where they are spending their evenings
By the end of the [...]

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Late nights in Casse

Ted 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 Institute. Photo by Jennifer Browning
By Jennifer Browning
Casse, HAITI–Despite the sun [...]

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Case study revisited

By 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 swelling three months ago.
Leo returned today with the tumor much [...]

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Bascom Palmer arrives in Casse

Mike Feilmeier, a second year resident at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, conducts an eye exam at the clinic in Casse, Haiti. Each patient began with a basic eye exam before proceeding to be tested for glaucoma and other eye diseases. Each patient left the clinic with either sunglasses or prescription glasses. Photo by [...]

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