Delivering care and using data science for good in global health.
There are 143 million people waiting for surgery in low and low-middle income countries.
Our mission is to deliver quality healthcare to those in need while working to create an efficient marketplace for global healthcare delivery through machine learning and AI.
Delivering healthcare where it’s needed most
Led by a team of surgeons and other medical professionals, Virtue Foundation has worked in over 25 countries delivering healthcare while enhancing the skills of local healthcare professionals. With a special focus on Ghana and Mongolia, we’ve delivered care to over 50,000 patients.
Connecting volunteer surgeons, physicians and global health actors to those in need of healthcare
Through our Actionable Data Initiative, we employ machine learning and AI to better match healthcare needs and resources in 72 low and low-middle income countries. VF Match, our first-of-its kind platform, developed in partnership with Carto, Databricks, and DataRobot, provides medical professionals and other global health actors with the information they need to best deploy their time, talent and resources to those who need it most.
Updates
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Virtue Foundation Concludes 2025 with the Ghana Healthcare Initiative
A volunteer medical team traveled to Ghana to provide complex surgeries, clinical training, and essential supplies across northern facilities. The mission strengthened partnerships, expanded capacity for local providers, and supported ongoing efforts that will continue to grow through 2026 and future programs.
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Virtue Foundation Presents at the 2025 Global Ophthalmology Summit
In August 2025, the team shared new research at the Global Ophthalmology Summit, presenting global access mapping from the Actionable Data Initiative and glaucoma surgery findings from Ghana. The work highlights care gaps, surgical outcomes, and models that strengthen eye health in underserved regions.
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Virtue Foundation Returns to Mongolia and Explores Northern Province
A multidisciplinary team returned to Mongolia for 2 weeks of advanced care and clinical training across Ulaanbaatar and Khuvsgul. Volunteers treated patients, performed specialized procedures, mentored local clinicians, and broadened access through continued collaboration with hospitals and regional partners.
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Virtue Foundation’s Actionable Data Initiative Featured in the Financial Times
The Financial Times featured Dr. Joan LaRovere’s application of her MIT Sloan Executive MBA to enhance the VFMatch platform, a key component of the Actionable Data Initiative, which connects physicians to underserved areas by addressing critical healthcare needs.
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Virtue Foundation Presents at the 2024 Global Ophthalmology Summit
In August 2024, the Virtue Foundation shared findings from the Actionable Data Initiative at the Global Ophthalmology Summit, highlighting healthcare access gaps in Ghana and Mongolia. VFMatch offers maps for 72 low- and middle-income countries, identifying medical deserts across specialties.
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Virtue Foundation Returns to Mongolia, Hitting Major Milestones
In May and June 2024, a 46 member volunteer team completed its 14th mission in Mongolia, offering advanced subspecialty care, training, and data driven support across multiple provinces. The effort marked major clinical milestones and strengthened long term healthcare planning with local partners.
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Virtue Foundation Presents at Data + AI Summit in San Francisco
Virtue Foundation at the 2024 Data + AI Summit highlights how the Actionable Data Initiative leverages AI and data analysis to address healthcare disparities in low- and middle-income countries, identifying underserved areas and driving global change through innovative partnerships.
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Virtue Foundation Participates in MIT/ Forbes AI Summit
In April 2024, Virtue Foundation joined the “Forging the Future of Business with AI” summit, where Dr. Joan LaRovere presented the Actionable Data Initiative, showcasing its use of AI to map healthcare facilities, identify medical deserts, and uncover insights to guide future medical and surgical missions in underserved regions.
Videos
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For the second year, Virtue Foundation Supports Surgical Mission to Ecuador
In July 2023, Dr. Parag Gandhi led a team to Ecuador, performing about 20 surgeries in Chimborazo with Virtue Foundation’s support, in collaboration with Partners for Andean Community Health (PACH).
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Virtue Foundation Supports Surgical Mission to Ecuador
In August 2022, Dr. Parag Gandhi, an oculoplastic and reconstructive surgeon, who has served as a Virtue Foundation volunteer for several years, led a mission to Ecuador.
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Data Mapping for Good
Dun & Bradstreet and Virtue Foundation partner to support the Data Mapping Initiative, a forward-thinking technology platform that seeks to create a more efficient marketplace for the delivery of healthcare in under-served regions of the world.
Publication of World Compendium of Healthcare Facilities and Nonprofit Organizations
Professor Andrew Lo
MIT Sloan School of Management
“The world’s financial markets utilize big data in real-time to facilitate the flow of capital and reduce market inefficiencies. World Compendium leverages this same data-driven approach to reduce inefficiencies in the global health market.”
True global change begins within each of us—one person at a time, one act at a time.
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