Make your tax-deductible donation for 2009 to Project Medishare today

By Jennifer Browning
The end of the year is near, but there is still time to make your tax-deductible donation of $25, $50, $100 or more to Project Medishare. This has been another successful year for Project Medishare and those we serve in Haiti’s Central Plateau. We have been thankful that mother nature gave some reprieve [...]

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Prenatal care on the road in Haiti

By Tisha Titus, MD, MPH
After several hours of rapid fire pregnant women in search of their first, and potentially only, prenatal visit, there is one patient for this day that stands out in my mind. I will wonder what has happened to her for months and maybe even years after returning home. I would like [...]

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Maternal health center construction in Marmont sees progress

By Jennifer Browning
Where only a plot of land existed in January, the new maternal health center stands with walls and a roof.
In March, when Jonathan Katz reported that Haiti’s poor suffers the highest maternal mortality ratio in the Western Hemisphere, thanks to the The Greig Family, construction had already begun on the maternal health center [...]

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Honor your mother by making a donation to improving maternal healthcare in Haiti

By Jennifer Browning
For some mother’s in Haiti, this Mother’s Day will not be a day of celebration. In particularly in Haiti’s Central Plateau, the high rate of maternal mortality remains a challenge. Haiti’s statistics regarding maternal mortality are among the highest in the Caribbean: 1 out of every 37 female deaths is linked to a [...]

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University of Miami medical doctors and students visit Maternal Health Center construction site

By Jennifer Browning
Dr. Barth Green just reported in to let us know the University of Miami students are working hard with Project Medishare’s mobile clinic team. He sent us the above photo from his Blackberry as he stands with the Project Medishare/UM Global Institute team who were visiting the Maternal Health Center site this morning.The [...]

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Childbirth remains a dangerous challenge for women

By Jennifer Browning
The Project Medishare SUV sped and bumped along the uneven dirt road in the Central Plateau. In the back of the vehicle, Chanté lies uncomfortably in labor. The Medishare staff is taking the young woman so that she may give birth at the nearest hospital in Hinche-one hour away. Suddenly, a staff [...]

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Project Medishare co-founder featured on The Huffington Post

By Jennifer Browning
With all the small successes Project Medishare has made, Haiti is still in dire need of help. This was Dr.Arthur Fournier’s message in his article, “Haiti on the Brink” in The Huffington Post. Dr. Fournier writes how individuals can help Haiti in their struggles just like University of Miami medical student, Elizabeth Greig [...]

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