A Remembrance of Cheryl Ann Kennedy
The Executive Board, staff, and volunteers of Medicine For Peace were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr.
Haitian Health Care Workers Stand Strong
Erlose Cerfrere registering patients in rural dispensary Gang-associated abductions and killings, looting, attacks on institutions, and road-blockades in Port-au-Prince hostage
MFP Responds to Health Crisis in Haiti
Since February 2019, Haiti has been shaken by civil disturbances. These started in the capital, Port-au-Prince, but quickly spread across
MFP’s New Technology Improves Cancer Patient Care
Cervical cancer is a worldwide problem causing @250,000 deaths each year, predominantly in the developing world. Since 2010, MFP’s Women
Combating Cervical Cancer in Rural Haiti
Cervical cancer is a disease that primarily afflicts poor women, and Haiti has the highest rates in the world. In
Women’s Health Month in Gros Morne
The banner that hangs in front of the Alma Mater Hospital read, “March is Women’s Health Month. Free Examinations and
Srebrenica Revisited
As soon as we entered Bosnia-Herzegovina in July 1995, we learned that the Serbs had overrun the United Nations designated
Milestone Reached: MFP Screens 2,000 Haitian Women for Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer rates in Haiti are among the highest in the world. MFP initiated a cervical cancer detection and treatment
The Childrens Scholarship Fund For Girls Celebrates its Twentieth Year
Girls from Central and South America experience the highest school drop-out rates in the US. The Children’s Scholarship Fund for
MFP Health Center For Victims of Torture Enters Third Year
Since the MFP Health Center For Victims of Torture opened its doors in November 2009, the medical team has delivered