Join us in Brooklyn for the first ever Dance for Doctors!
The structure of Adopt A Doctor allows us to make a significant impact within our target countries without experiencing governmental and political roadblocks.
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Identifying Our Doctors
We collaborate with the Global Alliance to Immunize Against AIDS Vaccine Foundation (GAIA), the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) through its Hospital Revitalization Program, the Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP), in addition to hospital administrators in our target countries…
What We’re Doing to Help
Adopt A Doctor alleviates the problem of high turnover rate and lack of physicians by providing financial aid and other critical resources so they can remain and continue their work. It is our mission to encourage these doctors to stay…
Our Work Matters
This is a serious crisis because of the dismal health conditions in these countries. Everyday, 35,000 children under 5 years of age die in the developing world. The great majority of these deaths are from health problems that can be…
Why
Many African countries find it difficult to attract and retain experienced physicians because salaries are so low. In Malawi, for example, a doctor earns on average just $70 USD per month. This prompts she or he to practice medicine in…
