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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
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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
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Emergency Medical Assistance Fund in Estancia, El Salvador – José Ismael
José Ismael Needs Our Help Dear DGH Friends, José Ismael needs your help. And he needs it right now. José is 10 years old and has leukemia. It’s treatable and potentially curable. But, the chemotherapy he needs is in San Salvador, four hours from his home in Estancia, El Salvador.
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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
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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
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