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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 school health program providing vaccinations for children in the area. [...]

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A clearer picture with global healthcare in mind

By 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 the past so I thought I’d be prepared for the [...]

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Medical students and doctors experience uncertainty in medicine

By 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 I remember it. That said, the familiarity of the [...]

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Emory Medishare works at the clinic in Marmont

By 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 on the rough, stone-laden roads of rural Haiti, I couldn’t [...]

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Returning to Haiti

By 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 for the past 15 years.
Travelling to Thomonde as a [...]

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Emory Medishare Arrives in Thomonde

By 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 air to Port-au-Prince, Haiti via Miami. The view on [...]

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Miami reporter Calvin Hughes shares stories about covering Haiti for CBS News Miami at Coral Gables fundraiser

By Jennifer Browning
Vibrant steel drum music played in the background last Friday at the Rebuild Haiti: Mission Possible silent auction event hosted by the Coral Gables Congregational Church. Project Medishare worked in collaboration with the Florida Association of Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA) and the Lambi Fund of Haiti.
After introductions by [...]

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Emory Medishare raises awareness in Atlanta

By Jennifer Browning
Musical entertainment provided an opportunity to create awareness about Project Medishare and Haitian healthcare Wednesday, November 5 at Smiths Olde Bar in Atlanta. The event was hosted by Emory Medishare, Morehouse University, and Partners In Health. The money raised will help fund Emory Medishare’s medical trip with Project Medishare November 23-29.
The event which [...]

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Join Project Medishare to rebuild Haiti

In a collaborative effort to raise funds to rebuild Haiti after the devastating storms, Coral Gables Congregational Church, the Florida Association of Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA), the Lambi Fund of Haiti and Project Medishare are teaming together on Friday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m. to host a silent auction to [...]

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