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
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 ›By Dr. Ben La Brot | Medical Director
It is great that we are able to provide a regular ongoing health service to so many communities over such a large area, but it is not enough that we can, for example, treat the chronic diarrheal... Read the full report ›