Monthly Archives: April 2009
4.27.09 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
4.15.09 Haiti gains support of global donors
By Jennifer Browning On Tuesday, foreign donors and international financial institutions renewed their commitment to Haiti, pledging at least $324 million toward the country’s economic recovery over the next two years. During the day long conference donors pledged to focus
4.7.09 Celebrate world health
By Jennifer Browning Today, World Health Day, marks the anniversary of the 1948 founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year’s focus is on the need to make hospitals and health facilities safe in disasters and other emergencies. In
4.5.09 Neurosurgical team arrives in Port-au-Prince
By Jennifer Browning PORT-Au-PRINCE, Haiti–Seventeen people arrived in Haiti yesterday as part of Project Medishare’s Neurosurgical team which were composed of neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthesiologists, pediatricians and students. The group was there to help children with various neurological problems such
4.1.09 Senate approves Kerry-Lugar amendment restoring President Obama’s FY 2010 budget request for international affairs
By Jennifer Browning Today the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent approved an amendment to the 2010 fiscal year budget resolution that would recommend international affairs programs be funded at President Obama’s request of $53.8 billion. Both the House and Senate
4.1.09 A mobile clinic in remote Boucantis
By Shayla Hesse BOUCANTIS, Haiti–While yesterday we took in the lay of the land and got acclimated to our new surroundings, today we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. After a fortifying breakfast we broke up into teams,
