Monthly Archives: January 2008
1.11.08 Birth at the hospital in Thomonde
By Julie Megler Thomonde, HAITI–Tonight officially marks the closure of our trip. Tomorrow will be our last day in the field. Today brought yet another highlight for all of us. A little more than a year ago, Zami Lasante (Partner’s
1.9.08 Community health in Haiti
By Julie Megler Thomonde, Haiti–The seventh evening of our adventure and we’re indulging in our nightly ritual of counting pills as we listen to music off of Gaby’s Ipod. There are thousands of them by the bottle. The whole process
1.8.08 Home visits in the Central Plateau
By Julie Megler Central Plateau, HAITI–Today we split into two groups, half of us continued with another round of house visits and half visited one of the local schools. The house visits began with another rally post. We stood in
1.7.08 A clinic in Marmont
By Julie Megler Marmont, HAITI–Once again we found ourselves being tossed around like a bunch of hot potatoes in the back of the Medishare truck. We were accompanying Anna and Theresa, Medishare’s Cuban doctor and nurse, to the clinic in
1.4.08 University of Miami nursing students attend an immunization rally post in Haiti’s central plateau
University of Miami Nursing student Julie Megler vaccinates a child at an immunization rally post in Circa, Haiti. Photo by Gabrielle Denis. By Julie Megler Circa, HAITI–Today we got a chance to see what community health really means first hand.
1.3.08 Arriving in Thomonde
By Julie Megler After a grueling three hours of waiting for a new part to fix a mechanical problem in our American Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Port Au Prince, and a short hour and twenty minute flight we
1.2.08 University of Miami nursing students visit Haiti’s central plateau
As part of the University of Miami nursing program, the university’s nursing students travel outside the United States for field work. This week they are traveling to Thomonde, Haiti to work with Project Medishare’s in country staff, doctors, nurses and
