A Message from Tina Brown
Tina Brown, former Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek & The Daily Beast, discusses Virtue Foundation’s work in the areas of Acid Violence and Women Empowerment.
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Mongolia medical and surgical volunteers examine nearly 1000 patients and conduct nearly 300 surgeries in Ulaanbaatar, Khovd and Olgii
On June 3, 2013, our team of 21 surgeons, doctors and staff returned from a successful medical and surgical teaching mission in Mongolia. In total, our volunteers spent 3 weeks on the ground in 3 different cities providing free medical and surgical care to families who would otherwise continue to be blind or disabled from…
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2013 Mongolia Surgical Teaching Mission
In Mongolia, seeing is survival. For these nomadic peoples living in remote areas, surgery is an inaccessible, unaffordable luxury. During our fifth Mongolia surgical teaching mission, we will bring life-saving, sight-restoring operations to Mongolians while educating local surgeons. Contribute now by purchasing essential equipment and supplies for our team.
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Acid Violence Center of Excellence in Bangladesh
As an expert surgeon who has operated on dozens of acid attack survivors, Director of International Programming and Global Health Dr. Ebby Elahi will serve on Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh’s Center of Excellence Advisory Committee to study and replicate best practices in acid violence prevention and treatment. For more on our long-term commitment to combating…
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Dr. Joseph Salim Invited to Speak at the United Nations
Our President and Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Salim was invited to present at the U.S. State Department’s “Global Initiative – Women in Action” International Visitor Leadership Program at the United Nations in New York.
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Dr. Ebby Elahi receives Mt. Sinai’s Award for Outstanding Service to the International Community
On March 5, 2013, the Auxiliary Board and its Young Women’s Division recognized Virtue’s Director of International Programming and Global Health Dr. Ebby Elahi for his leading role in improving global health.
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Dr. Joan LaRovere presents at Maternal Health Conference in Vienna
On December 6, 2012, Vice President and Co-Founder Dr. Joan LaRovere spoke at the Menopause, Andropause and Anti-Aging Congress in Vienna, Austria. Her talk, “Matching Resource with Need: Data Mapping to Understand Maternal Mortality and Women’s Health,” centered on our collaborative work with the University of Vienna Medical Center in Tumu, Ghana.
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Get on the Map! for Women and Girls Brazil
As part of our Data Mapping for Sustainable Development, we continue to partner with Women in the World to map organizations working on women’s issues globally. This year, we are expanding to include maps on the state of women in the world and comparative maps on gender-based violence trends, including state responses to combat the…
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Virtue Foundation in-depth report cited in article on acid violence in Bangladesh
Women News Network recently posted an article on the issue of acid violence and other forms of violence against women in Bangladesh. In it, the author cites to the Virtue Foundation and partners’ report, Combating Acid Violence in Bangladesh, India and Cambodia. Read the article: http://womennewsnetwork.net/2012/07/11/bangladesh-advocacy-acid-crime/
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Get on the Map! For Sustainable Development
Get on the Map! is an innovative new interactive mapping initiative that lets non-profits, governments, corporations and individuals access, analyze and visualize rich stores of data to better design their interventions. It aims to centralize national, district-level and local data, as well as Virtue Foundation indices in its core competences of health, education, empowerment and justice.
