The Floating Doctors Mission is to reduce the present and future burden of disease in the developing world, and to promote improvements in health care delivery worldwide. Our Goals Include: -Providing Free Acute and Preventative Health Care Services -Improving Access to Specialist Medical Care in Developing Regions -Supporting Community Development and Capacity-Building Initiatives -Collecting Clinical Data for Program and Health Landscape Monitoring -Reducing Child and Maternal Mortality -Promoting improvements in health care practice worldwide
Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:
By Jolie LaBrot | Development Director
For the last week of April, 20 volunteer medical professionals joined us at the Hospital in Bocas del Toro to provide free cataract and pterygium surgeries for patients across Bocas del Toro and the... Read the full report ›By Jolie LaBrot | Development Director
We are nearing the finaly phase of preparation for or our April vision surgery campaign. After the successes of last year, the momentum is incredible! Our team is currently finalizing patient... Read the full report ›By Katherine LeTendresse | Floating Doctors Volunteer
By Katherine LeTendresse, Student at Global Medicine Program, USC Floating Doctors Volunteer From the first hours encountering the health professionals who volunteer with or work full time at... Read the full report ›
