Southern Sudan, like Sudan’s western region of Darfur, suffered a 22-year conflict and genocide that ended in 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Now, Juba Teaching Hospital struggles to serve the sick, wounded and dying with very few resources. The University of California San Francisco plans to deliver health to a country in need, but they need your help.
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Six Months After the Earthquake, MedShare Continues to Help Haiti Rebuild
July 13, 2010This week marks six months since the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti, claiming over 230,000 lives, injuring more than 300,000 and leaving 1.5 million people homeless...
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Ghana FOCOS: Foundation of Orthopedics...
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Ethiopia Yemage Medical Center
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Nicaragua American Nicaraguan Foundation
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Haiti Project Medishare
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Ecuador Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil
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July 12, 2010 03:34 pm
Still Helping Haiti Six Months Later
Today marks six months since the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti, claiming over 230,000 lives, injuring more than 300,000 and leaving 1.5 million people homeless.
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June 29, 2010 11:40 am
Medical Aid for Nicaragua
We often forget how blessed we are as a nation to have a strong healthcare system, and in spite of going through the hard times of a recession, a strong overall economy compared to the majority of our global friends. Nicaraugua, for example, 1 in 2 people live in extreme poverty, 3 in 10 kids are...
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June 21, 2010 02:55 pm
Help for Haiti: St. Francois de Sales Hospital
Today, Friday June 18, 2010, a 40-foot container of medical humanitarian aid for HAITI was loaded and shipped out of MedShare’s Western Regional Distribution Center. The container is carrying over 12,000 lbs of medical supply and equipment donations that will be used at ST.
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June 21, 2010 02:40 pm
The Tale of Two Wards in Tanzania
MedShare’s Volunteer Programs Manager, Lindsey Barber is visiting hospitals throughout East Africa this month. Here is her powerful experience at a hospital in Tanzania...
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June 18, 2010 12:02 pm
Sharing the Health in Vietnam
Children's Hospital in Vietnam...
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June 9, 2010 10:26 am
From Dr. Guptill in Niger
Every once in awhile it hits me like a ton of bricks. It is a privilege to be a doctor for the people of Niger. You wouldn’t believe what their lives are like and how poverty limits them. I often see patients that are from “the bush” as my translators like to say. This means that they...
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June 3, 2010 12:01 pm
Unnecessary Deaths in The Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is at the center of Africa’s World War, but you don’t hear about it in the news. Since its outbreak in 1998, 5.4 million people have died, making it the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II. A large majority of these deaths are from preventable...
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May 27, 2010 04:01 pm
Help for Haiti #20: St. Nicholas Hospital
This little boy in Haiti plays with surgical glove outside hospital grounds.
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May 26, 2010 11:09 am
Huffington Post: Sustainability, not Numbers, Equals Success
As part of the rebuilding of Haiti, the goal is sustainable health care improvements, so future patients aren’t doomed. International NGOs have raised over a billion dollars, but are the funds going to build a sustainable Haiti? Read More on Huffington Post
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May 21, 2010 03:43 pm
Help for Haiti: St. Damien Pediatric Hospital
Haiti may not be dealing with quite the emergency trauma that they once were, but the people, specifically in the healthcare system, are still suffering as a result of the January 12th earthquake that basically destroyed their country. So far, MedShare has sent almost 100 tons of medical supplies...
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