Angels in Medicine features physicians, nurses, physician assistants and other healthcare workers who reach people without the resources or opportunities for quality care, such as teens, the poor, the incarcerated, the elderly, or those living in poor or war-torn regions.
Featured Articles
Nyaya Health:
Improving Healthcare in Western Nepal
The clinic building is ideally located: it sits above the flood plain, at the end of the only paved road leading into Achham. It was originally a 1200 square foot grain shed. But it was structurally sound, and the owner was agreeable to its transformation. On April 7, 2008 the former grain shed doors opened as a new clinic with a delivery suite, pharmacy, counseling room, procedure room, laboratory and storage room. . . more
Dr. Lanny Smith and Doctors for Global Health
For Dr. Lanny Smith, the pivotal moment came when he traveled to Nicaragua in 1985 with a peacemaking group and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. In a "life-changing experience," Dr. Smith lived with a Nicaraguan family and experienced firsthand the living conditions of poor Nicaraguans, as well as the political climate. "We heard gunfire every day. . ." more
Book Excerpt:
The New Humanitarians:
Inspiration, Innovations and Blueprints for Visionaries
Welcome to a trip around the world. You will travel to six continents, led by men and women of various ages and backgrounds. Be warned, you may go to some fairly desperate places, but they all have a seed of hope. You will not be traveling as a tourist, but rather as an activist with more than three dozen organizations —- each one incredible. . . . more
Danielle Butin: Following Her Signposts to Improving Global Healthcare
In February, duffel bags filled with supplies went with a surgical mission to New Delhi, and sutures were sent to Liberia to support Physicians for Peace in their efforts at cleft palate repair. On March 13, the first 40-foot container of unused medical supplies left for Haiti to support the work of Partners in Health. . . . more
Jeff Solheim, RN, Penny Edwards, and Project Helping Hands
The luckier groups wake up at four in the morning to stand in line. Others arrive after walking for two days. They all come to receive free health care or dental work, and they all leave after being treated by a physician, nurse, or dentist. More importantly, they walk away with an education. . . . more
Doing More with Less:
Dr. Emily Dow and Doctors of the World in Chiapas, Mexico
The partnership between DOW and the Hospital San Carlos in Altamirano, Chiapas, began in 1994 when the Zapatista uprising led to the mass departure of local healthcare workers in response to the unrest and violence. Nearly half of the citizens in Chiapas are indigenous Mayan, and a quarter of the population does not speak Spanish. With a history of neglect and discrimination, this community already suffered from high rates of malnutrition, maternal mortality, and tuberculosis. . . . more
Recent Angel Sightings
Rape victims receive support in Congo's war-torn North Kivu
When Marie (not her real name) was working in a field outside her home village in Congo's eastern North Kivu province, a man with an automatic rifle suddenly approached. Paralyzed with fear, the 20-year-old woman was dragged to the ground and brutally raped. After the attack, the man disappeared into the surrounding bush while Marie managed to get dressed and stagger home. more
Donkeys in the Courtyard
from the GAIA Vaccine Foundation blog
We were talking about what Brown University students found when they came to work in the clinic in Sikoro, this summer. Besides the women who were too poor to pay the five dollars to deliver their babies in the clinic, besides the children taking care of children, and besides the lack of clean water and food. . . and they made songs that they sang and the students captured those songs on film. They sang about the children begging on the sidewalks, about the poverty bringing HIV to Sikoroni. more
Annapolis doctors help Romanian teen walk again *** more
Physician travels to treat bomb injuries in Yemen *** Durham Doctor Brings Expertise, Medicines to Guyana *** more
Angel Videos
"Love is a rain of diamonds in the mind. . ."
from Love is a Rain of Diamonds, by May Swenson
set to music by Vermont composer Gwyneth Walker as part of her Songs for Women's Voices