Abstract
Most Americans are aware of the great need for health care services in the developing world. In this article, Dr. Thomas Gellhaus provides a compelling story of his volunteer efforts to provide obstetric/gynecologic surgical services to developing countries. Since 1996, he has completed 16 projects in the Dominican Republican, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Tanzania. In direct response to Dr. Gellhaus’ successes, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa has made a commitment to develop a sustainable site in Bolivia. Current plans include annual projects that allow physicians and residents to provide valuable medical care to patients in Bolivia, and the long-term vision is to develop an infrastructure that improves health care in this population.
Highlights
Most Americans are aware of the great need for health care services in the developing world
In direct response providers per 10,000 people, while Bolivia had only 12 health care workers per 10,000 people and Zambia to Dr Gellhaus’s successes, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa has made a commitment to develop a sustainable site in Bolivia
My 12-year-old daughter, and I attended a presentation by another physician who had recently participated in a medical mission project in the Dominican Republic
Summary
Most Americans are aware of the great need for health care services in the developing world. In direct response providers per 10,000 people, while Bolivia had only 12 health care workers per 10,000 people and Zambia to Dr Gellhaus’s successes, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa has made a commitment to develop a sustainable site in Bolivia.
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