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Here and There: Lessons from the Boston-El Salvador Axis at Harvard Medical School
Here and There: Lessons from the Boston-El Salvador AxisDr. Joel Sawady, CHA Cambridge Family HealthThursday, May 23, 2024 12:15-1:15 on Zoom DGH board member and Estancia, El Salvador coordinator Dr. Joel Sawady, will speak at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance Internal Medicine Grand Rounds this week. Joel will discuss the connection between community health […]
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Emergency Medical Assistance Fund in Estancia, El Salvador – Brayan
Dear DGH Friends, Brayan Osiel was born prematurely, at 31 weeks, weighing just 3.5 pounds. He spent the first two months of his life in an intensive care unit, a 90-minute drive from the clinic. Like many premature babies, Brayan wasn’t able to breastfeed. Because of his low weight, he needs a special formula for […]
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Emergency Medical Assistance Fund in Estancia, El Salvador – María
Dear DGH Friends, María Santos Rosalía Luna lives with her daughters and grandchildren in a mountainside village called Colón. Our Emergency Medical Assistance Fund has been established for the care of high-risk patients like María. She has long suffered from the impacts of diabetes, including hair loss, unusual thirst, and loss of sensation in her […]
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Emergency Medical Assistance Fund in Estancia, El Salvador – Verónica
Verónica Needs Our Help Dear DGH Friends, Verónica Raquel Ramirez is a 24-year-old woman with a permanent smile. She would never ask us herself, but she needs our support to live her life to the fullest. Verónica suffers from epilepsy, suffering from up to 10 seizures each day and more at night. Seizures are life-threatening but can […]
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IGH Global Health Seminar: Doctors for Global Health in El Salvador: 28 Years of Accompaniment and How You Can Be Involved
Doctors for Global Health is proud to have two of our long-time volunteers and board members speaking at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Institute for Global Health. Dr. Jen Kasper and Dr. Joel Sawady will present the history of our work in El Salvador. They will include practical information about how you can get involved […]
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Welcome to the New Doc on the Block, Dr. Granados!
Doctors for Global Health (DGH) is excited to welcome Dr. Amilcar Alexis Granados Arriaza to the La Asociación de Campesinos para el Desarrollo Humano (CDH) clinical team. His compassion and empathic care are a sight to behold. Dr. Granados was raised in a poor, rural part of Morazán in El Salvador as part of a […]
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Celebrate World NGO Day with Us
February 27 is World NGO Day, an opportunity to celebrate the work that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) do year-round. Here at Doctors for Global Health (DGH), that means celebrating our wonderful volunteers, donors, and certainly not least of all, our community partners. Together, they have allowed DGH to help numerous communities across the world since 1995. […]
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year from Our DGH Family to Yours On behalf of Doctors for Global Health, we extend our heartfelt wishes to all individuals and communities around the world. As we embark on another year, may it be filled with good health, resilience, and compassion. In the face of global challenges, let us continue to […]
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