When MEDLIFE began mobile clinics in Tanzania we encountered many new medical situations, firsts and opportunities to show how we care. None a more heart-wrenching and ultimately inspiring patient…
Last week, our student volunteers in Lima had the opportunity to hear about issues such as poverty and public health in Peru through the eyes of a promient public figure.…
On my very first day helping out on a clinic in Riobamba, Ecuador, we travelled past rolling green hills, steep river valleys, and then into thick mist to…
As an intern at MEDLIFE, getting to work the mobile clinics week-in week-out during the clinic seasons is definitely a perk. I awake most days at 6am, which sounds…
Here at MEDLIFE, we encourage our student chapters to carry out our mission of delivering Medicine, Education and Development not only internationally, but also in their local communities through various…
Written by Rosali Vela and translated by Ebony Bailey Throughout these eight years in which MEDLIFE has worked with low-income communities in Latin America, we have always thought that the…
Dina Cayllahue Jimienez is a field-nurse who has been working with MEDLIFE for the past eight months. Read more about Dina below: Where are you from? I was born…
Luis Pomo is a 6-year-old boy from Lima, Peru who suffers from blindness and muscular dysplasia. Unable to walk his mother carries him everywhere on her back: up and down…
A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to visit Villa El Salvador on the outskirts of Lima; myself and Nicole as yearlong interns, along with Luis from…
Part of our Mobile Clinic routine at MEDLIFE is the dental station, where patients are able to receive dental treatments such as cleanings and extractions. Many of the communities…
In the old district of Rimac in Lima, which is cut through by the Rimac River, the “Shipibos” (a community from the Amazon jungle) have found a place to…
In the old district of Rimac in Lima, which is cut through by the Rimac River, the “Shipibos” (a community from the Amazon jungle) have found a place to…
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