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As more migrants were making their way from the border to the Chicago area, a group of University of Illinois Chicago medical students formed the Mobile Migrant Health Team to provide care for them.
Volunteer medical students are working to fill the gap, providing free care at police stations and other locations where migrants are first housed.
Make a Medic is a UK-based charity that aims to support the education of medical students and facilitate public health initiatives in low and middle-income countries.
Russia’s war has had a devastating impact on healthcare provision in Ukraine. WHO has recorded more than 1,100 attacks on its healthcare system since the invasion began on 24 February 2022, and more than one in 10 Ukrainian hospitals have been directly damaged by the war.
By helping the homeless find and keep housing, Vivent Health is achieving very high HIV suppression rates.
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