University of Miami Special Report: Cuba and the Caribbean

Cuba & The Caribbean Special Report

  • The Environment
    • A Museum of Marine Life
    • Exploring Energy Options for Cuba
    • Working Together to Build a Sustainable Future
    • Influencing Hurricane Intensity
    • Finding Keys to Coral Survival
    • A Pregnancy Exam for Jaws
    • Protecting Flora, Fauna, and Humans in the Caribbean Biological Corridor
    • Father of Dust
    • Science as Diplomacy
  • The People
    • A Conversation with Yoani Sánchez
    • – Conversando con Yoani Sánchez
    • A Unique Cultural Perspective
    • – Una Perspectiva Cultural Única
    • Unearthing the Mysteries of the Caribbean
    • El Mar y Él
    • Helping Hands in Haiti
    • Tracing Circuitous Lines of the Black LGBTQ Experience
    • Student Organizations Embrace Caribbean Culture
    • A Winning Team
    • Exploring Shipwrecks in the Caribbean
    • Language and the Negotiation of Identities
    • Cuban Lecturer Inspires Students through Stories of Resilience
    • Chinese Influences on Life and Religion in Cuba
    • A Chinese-Cuban Secret Society in Havana
  • Business & Economy
    • Restoring Cuba’s Historic Infrastructure
    • Serving the Underserved in Dominican Republic
    • A Bright Future for Caribbean Fish
    • A Close Look at Cuba’s Health Care System
    • Studying Caribbean Currency
    • Haiti After Hurricane Matthew
  • Health Care
    • Sharing Ideas Amid a Changing Culture
    • Cuba Water Hassles
    • Sharing Insights On Trauma Care
    • Delaying Motherhood for Childhood
    • There’s Something in the Waters of Puerto Rico’s Guánica Bay
    • Health Care in Haiti
    • Missions of Mercy
    • Transforming Nursing Education in Guyana
    • Creative Insight on Cuba’s Wastewater System
    • A ‘Living Laboratory’ for Studying Multiple Sclerosis
    • A Hemispheric Approach to Bioethics and Health Policy
    • Campeche and UM Join Hands to Improve Public Health
    • Comparative Studies Could Identify IBD ‘Triggers’
    • A Close Look at Cervical Cancer in Haitian Women
  • Politics & Policy
    • A Renewed, Tenuous Relationship
    • A Trusted Ally for Leftists
    • GTMO: Mayberry with a Caribbean Breeze
    • On the Frontlines of Immigration
    • Marrying Science and Policy in The Bahamas
  • Arts & Culture
    • A UM Architect’s Connection to Cuba
    • Digital Home for Cuban Theater
    • Football Flashback: ‘Canes vs. Cuba
    • An Interdisciplinary Hemispheric Collaboration
    • Exploring Architectural Wonders
    • Sanctuaries Reveal ‘Otherworldly’ Past
    • Unexpected Reception
    • Connections to the Past
    • Havana: The ‘Rome of the New World’
    • The Lowe Features Caribbean Art
    • A Musician Grows in Cuba
    • Afro-Cuban Religion: Surviving and Thriving Underground
    • The Musical Divide of Charismatic Worship in Haiti
    • Impresiones: Sights and Sounds from Travels in Cuba
    • The Fruits of Caribbean Literary Studies
    • Jazz Cubano!
  • Centers & Institutes
    • ICCAS: A Hub for Information on Cuba at the University of Miami
    • Abess Center: Saving Coral Reefs
    • CCS: Hemispheric Collaboration
    • – CCS: Colaboración Hemisférica
    • UMIA: Collaborative Scholarship in the Americas
    • CCS: Using Computational Mapping to Communicate Culture
    • CHC: A Collection of Historical Gems
    • – CHC: La “joya” de las Colecciones Cubanas
    • UMIA: A Hub for Caribbean Research
    • UM Hillel: Connecting to Jewish Cuba
    • UM Hillel: A Vibrant Patronato, the Cuban Jewish Community
    • UM Hillel: Student Perspectives from Cuba
    • ‘Cane Talks: Examining the Culture of Cuba

Health Care in Haiti

Health Care in Haiti
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The University of Miami and Project Medishare provide much-needed medical services in Haiti, and are training Haitians to help Haitians.

More than 23 years ago, Barth Green co-founded Project Medishare, an organization that depends on volunteer doctors and nurses from the University of Miami and around the world to provide quality health care to Haiti’s poorest populations and training for the country's health care workforce.

Green, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UM’s Miller School of Medicine, was there, in January 2010, immediately after the devastating earthquake that knocked down Port-au-Prince and killed tens of thousands of people.

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A Haitian health care worker meets with a patient at Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince.

UM doctors, nurses, engineers and others established a tent hospital on the grounds of the main airport, treating more than 30,000 victims over five months. When it closed, the tent hospital moved to Hospital Bernard Mevs, becoming Haiti's first critical care and trauma hospital.

When Hurricane Matthew ripped through the Caribbean in October 2016, Project Medishare provided tons of supplies, and its staff treated thousands of injured at a clinic in Jeremie. Trauma patients were transported to Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince for more advanced care.

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Patients wait to see doctors at Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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And, on January 17, 2017, Project Medishare Hospital Bernard Mevs opened a new wound care clinic in Port-au-Prince – the first of its kind in Haiti.

Project Medishare and the University of Miami have a long and committed relationship to Haiti for providing health care and training its doctors and nurses to improve treatment.

“We were there 20 years before the earthquake and we will be there 20 years after,” says Green. “I am very proud of what we and our partners have accomplished, but it truly represents only the beginning. All that Haiti needs and wants is opportunity.”

To read these stories and more, visit the Haiti Special Report produced by University Communications and published on January 12, 2015 – the fifth anniversary of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
http://haiti.miami.edu

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