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.
2022 sees the return of Virtue Foundation to Mongolia
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Virtue Foundation Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia resumed in May of 2022.
Virtue Foundation Austria Donates Medical Equipment to Bulgaria
Earlier this year, the Virtue Foundation Austria team made a donation of medical equipment valued at $600,000 to Sofia’s Second City Hospital in Bulgaria.
VF donates 20,000 doses of antibiotics to Ghana
Antibiotics are a valuable tool against serious infections, including pneumonia. Virtue Foundation has donated 20,000 doses of IV amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (known as taromentin in Austria and augmentin in the U.S.) to the Wa Regional Hospital in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Redefining Philanthropy: Virtue Foundation, Horasis and the UN
The aims and methods of philanthropy have changed considerably over the years, and tech has played a huge role in that transformation. At the October 2020 Horasis Extraordinary Meeting, Virtue Foundation co-founder Dr. Joan LaRovere told how VF’s AI-driven Data Mapping Initiative can serve as an example to other nonprofits as they seek to match resources and need. Horasis, convened with the UN, is the world’s foremost gathering of business leaders who interact with key government officials and eminent thought leaders.
Virtue Foundation at the DataRobot AI Conference
Virtue Foundation’s groundbreaking Data Mapping Initiative is a first-of-its-kind mapping-and- matching global health platform—and it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of AI tech company DataRobot and its AI for Good program. VF co-founder Dr. Joan LaRovere spoke at DataRobot’s AI Experience World virtual Conference in May 2021.
Solving a maternal health transportation crisis: motorcycle ambulances
In rural Ghana, expectant mothers have had a big obstacle to a safe delivery: Lack of transportation to a healthcare facility. But Virtue Foundation has partnered with Moving Health, a nonprofit launched by MIT students, to solve that problem. Together they are producing inexpensive, sustainable transportation in the form of a trailer that can be attached to the back of any motorcycle.
In Memoriam: Dr Laurent Jouffroy
On December 16, Dr Laurent Jouffroy passed away peacefully at his home in Strasbourg surrounded by his loving family. For over a decade, Dr Jouffroy had been a pillar of Virtue Foundation’s medical outreach programs to Mongolia where he had been involved in teaching and direct patient care. A giant in the field of Anesthesia in France, his many accomplishments included his leadership as President of the French Society of Anesthesia and Reanimation (SFAR) amongst others. An author and pioneer in the field of ambulatory anesthesia, he is credited for helping advance the science and practice of ambulatory anesthesia in France and beyond.
Insights in Global Health: A Compendium of Healthcare Facilities and Nonprofits
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