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Awakening
Hippocrates,
By
Dr. Ed
O'Neil, Jr.
OmniMed's Founder and President
"Written
with impressive
knowledge and with the compassion of a medical doctor who has worked in
the poorest countries of the world and whose life has been marked by
the miseries he has come across. This book is a moving and pressing
appeal to all people of good will."
-Rhena Schweitzer Miller,
former director of the Schweitzer-Bresslau Hospital in Lambarene,
Gabon, and daughter of Albert Schweitzer, MD
What
if all health providers could easily and effectively work to
improve the health of the global poor? What if the ideal of global
health equity were to move from a surreal dream of the few into the
mainstream of modern medicine, and health were to become a birthright
for all people, regardless of their nationality or income? Since 1998,
Omni Med has worked to catalyze a revolution in the medical profession
to make such ideals become a reality; specifically, by helping a much
larger percent of providers to work directly in developing countries,
and make this most urgent work a part of the very fabric of their
lives.
Events
such
as the tsunamis of 2004 and Hurricane
Katrina, as other disasters before them, inspired Americans to serve
those in greatest need, and raised awareness of the larger forces that
divide our world into haves and have-nots. However, those who respond
to such calamities have often found it difficult to find the
information needed to properly prepare for and find the right service
opportunity. We at Omni Med have compiled data on service opportunities
for health providers, as well as the best means to serve, particularly
for those with little time or prior experience. We invite all of our
colleagues to join us in the fight to create a more just world order.
Uganda
is the
focal point of Omni Med's current work. Since early 2009, Omni Med sent
15 U.S. health
volunteers to train over 200 Ugandan community health
workers. Each community health worker takes about $60 to train and
provides basic
primary and preventative care to 25-30 rural households. An innovative
aspect of the program is the rigorous evaluation of the direct impact
of the volunteers’ efforts, something decidedly lacking but
desperately
needed in the service sector. Read more about the Uganda program here.
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