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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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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. José lives with his mother, […]
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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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