How Does MEDLIFE Promote Health Education?
The first three letters of ‘MEDLIFE’ stand for Medicine, Education, and Development. Our work in Latin America seeks to improve the overall welfare of people living in poor communities by…
MEDLIFE Project Fund Projects
Parent Education in Peru
On a cold and misty Thursday afternoon, after an exhausting day of stair-building during our engineering brigade, I headed down the muddy slopes of Pamplona Alta alongside a few other MEDLIFE…
Women’s Health: Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Exams in Peru and Ecuador
Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer contracted by women in Peru. It is the number two cancer killer of women in Ecuador; in the USA, it doesn’t even…
Developing Community Infrastructure Projects in Panama
This summer MEDLIFE conducted it’s third-ever Mobile Clinic in Panama. It was the first time that the Mobile Clinic had visited the rural interior of the country, and also…
Photo Update: MEDLIFE’s First Engineering Brigade
The interns get their hands dirty! Cassidy, a visiting student from Iowa State, receives a construction lesson from a community member. The community leader…