Project Medishare sponsors events in Casse/LaHoye for World AIDS Day today

By Jennifer Browning
For World AIDS Day today, Project Medishare will have a memorial in remembrance of those who have succumbed to the disease. The memorial will take place in Casse/Lahoye. Following the memorial, four small group sessions will be held in four densely populated areas. This afternoon various youth groups will perform presentations involving theater [...]

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GHESKIO research featured in New England Journal of Medicine

By Jennifer Browning
The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) was featured in the August 20 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine where follow-up data was released regarding the detailed outcomes of GHESKIO patients after five years of receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
Prior to using ART in Haiti (2003), [...]

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UNAIDS concerned economic crisis could hinder HIV treatment, prevention

By Jennifer Browning
While recent reports from the Associated Press explain how Haiti is finding ways to limit the spread of HIV/AIDS, there is still concern that the current economic crisis could hinder the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Media Global’s Amy Lieberman reported that nations in East and Southern Africa are beginning to feel the [...]

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Efforts in care and prevention keep HIV patients from being left behind

By Leo Moore
SAVANNE PERDU, Haiti—As a third year medical student at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), my interests lie primarily in combining clinical practice and public health research in the fight against HIV/AIDS. HIV is currently a major killer in the African-American population in America as well as among the Haitian people. Although [...]

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