Welcome to Angels in Medicine, the site that highlights the work of medical humanitarians: individuals and organizations who alleviate suffering for vulnerable populations.
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By partnering with Honduran non-profit Cadena de Amor, Dr. Spomer helps orchestrate dental clinics, sometimes seeing up to 60 schoolchildren a day for fillings, cleanings and extractions. His goal is to intervene early and reinforce good dental hygiene practices to save permanent teeth.
This Carter Center video showcases Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s instrumental work over decades to greatly advance global health and human rights.
The Independent Doctors Assn in Syria is providing necessary services to a devastated country.
“Drug donation programs are effective. There is a huge need for them. And there are opportunities for states to help their residents by enacting new laws.”
Despite Venezuela’s ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis, the country’s onchocerciasis (river blindness) elimination program continues working effectively in the Amazon rainforest.
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