Surgeries, Screenings and Teamwork Make up Successful Mission to the Philippines
March 1, 2012

Written by: Saji Perera, Medical student, EVMS
From the field: Bicol Region, Philippines

Note: Saji, a fourth-year student from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va., joined us in the Philippines for a multi-specialty training mission. Her mission blog follows.

Feb 15, 2012: Day 1 in Bicol Region

The fifty-minute plane ride from Manila to Naga City was just long enough to give the checkered green plains and majestic mountains of the Philippines country side to show off to us. One of... read more

Technology and Training in the Philippines
February 21, 2012

Written by: Ellen Libby, Director of Marketing Physicians for Peace
From the field: Naga, Philippines

Today we traveled to the small city of Naga, where the fourth Resource Center for the Blind facility was holding a special program for the day. This center was built three years ago after Dr. Penny Bundoc connected three organizations, including Physicians for Peace, to fulfill a need for the visually impaired people of the local area.

The day was dedicated to the visually impaired children of Naga,... read more

Update from Bicol: Health Worker Training and Student Screenings
February 17, 2012

Written by: Ellen Libby, Director of Marketing, Physicians for Peace
From the field: Bicol Province, Philippines

Dr. Michelle Butista welcomed the Barangay health workers and thanked many of those who volunteered to support our medical mission team during the four-day mission.

She then addressed the group of 30 health workers and 100-plus patients. The focus was on hygiene practice and how to observe symptoms and provide the correct treatment.  The health workers were hanging onto the doctors’ every... read more

A Day Filled with Hope and Transformations
February 14, 2012

Written by: Ellen Libby, Director of Marketing, Physicians for Peace
From the field: Bicol Region, Philippines

We started the day at 6:00am with the team divided into three groups. The surgery group went to the local health clinic with Saji, our medical student intern from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. At the clinic, our group worked alongside the hospital’s OR team. There were two operating rooms set with six tables and one room with two tables... allowing for a total of 14 simultaneous... read more

PFP-Philippines Conference Kicks off New Efforts for Healthy Vision
November 13, 2011

Written by: Laura Gwathmey, PFP Staff
From the Field: Manila, the Philippines

I'm so proud of our PFP-Philippines team. They hosted a very successful symposium yesterday – “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” – of which I was a part.  

The symposium represented a new direction for our Seeing Clearly program in the Philippines. It was held in metro Manila and was the first of 3 symposia that PFP-Philippines will be hosting.

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