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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In April of 2024, Morning Edition on radio station GBH sat down with Dr. Joan LaRovere to discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning can transform global healthcare delivery by matching physicians to the areas where they can have the maximum impact.
Virtue Foundation closed 2023 with our annual Surgical and Teaching Mission to Ghana with a multidisciplinary team of 14 volunteer doctors, surgeons, and nurses, from the U.S., Austria, and Ghana.