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Physicians for Peace
Physicians for Peace is an international, humanitarian, nonprofit, medical education organization dedicated to building peace and international friendships in developing nations with unmet medical needs and scarce resources through:
- Medical education and training,
- Clinical care, and
- Donated medical supplies.
Dr. Charles E. Horton, Sr., an internationally acclaimed humanitarian and renowned plastic surgeon from Norfolk, Virginia (USA), founded Physicians for Peace in 1989 as a private, volunteer, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization with respect and compassion for members of all nations.
Medical relief efforts around the globe are urgently needed, and current efforts are not enough. The developing world carries 90 percent of the world’s disease burden yet has only 10 percent of the medical resources. Physicians for Peace strives to reverse this inequity. By focusing exclusively on long-term, sustainable, replicable medical education and training, we send teams of medical volunteers – including physicians, dentists, nurses, physical therapists, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals – to places where their teaching and healing skills are needed most, including the Middle East, Central America, South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, and beyond. To date, our volunteer teams have visited over 50 countries, with more being added each year, giving hope to hundreds of thousands of people.
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