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Bolivia: Evo Morales on the Daily Show

Blogs like Comunica Bolivia provided a bit of background information about the program in anticipation of the appearance. But see the full interview at the link.

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Centro Medico Humberto Parra

Centro Medico Humberto Parra strives to improve the health and well-being of poor rural Bolivian communities.

Centro Medico provides free primary healthcare, medication, health education and other health services to people who would otherwise not be able to afford them. The clinic works in partnership with the surrounding communities to enable them to lead healthy lives. Centro Medico is primarily staffed by volunteer American and Bolivian physicians and is entirely funded by private donations from Bolivia and the United States.

What's New?

May 17, 2009

Centro Medico has made it to NPR! A few weeks ago, Dr. Susan Hou and Dr. Mark Molitch, our fearless leaders, took to the airwaves on Chicago Public Radio to talk about the clinic on Worldview. You can listen to the piece here.

We've been lucky enough to land in the news a lot lately. Over the last few months, we've appeared in The Daily Northwestern, the Loyola Phoenix, and the Lawndale News. We hope you enjoy the press! Please spread the word!

Care at Centro Médico Continues Despite Torrential Downpours, a Bridge Collapse and Knee-deep Mud

Anyone who has worked at Centro Médico knows that one of the biggest challenges to providing patient care is not lack of supplies or funds but Mother Nature. Since February 2007, wet summer weather has resulted in treacherous road conditions forcing Centro Médico to move house and operate out of the small government-supported medical post in the village of Palacios

Centro Medico volunteers reach out to Bolivian teenagers through sexual health education

In July 2006, after spending three months in Bolivia, Sharon Hopkins, a Master of Social Work student from Nova Scotia, Canada, along with excellent help from American volunteer medical students Melissa Marinelli, Ben Gray, Lisa Jager and Lavinia Sinitean and clinic nurse Guinda Vallejos Guerra, delivered six sexual health education presentations to junior high and high school students in the towns of Yapacani and Buena Vista. The presentations were part of a sexual health project that Sharon conducted for Centro Medico Humberto Parra.

Matico? Clavo de olor? Sangre de Grado? Investigating Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices in Centro Médico’s Communities

What is matico or clavo de olor? What kind of a remedy is sangre de grado, or what does tree bark treat? These are questions that US volunteer and first-year Northwestern University medical student, Yuna Rapoport, is asking as part of a study on traditional health beliefs, remedies and medical practices in Centro Médico’s 11 communities.