For more than a decade, Virtue Foundation’s volunteer health professionals have delivered critical surgical and medical care and training throughout Ghana. As part of these efforts, we provide services in maternal health and gynecology, general surgery, plastic reconstructive surgery, ophthalmology/oculoplastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, and pediatric intensive care.
We have also initiated several groundbreaking programs, including:
A noninvasive ventilation pilot program for children under 5 years of age that is reducing cause-specific child mortality rates due to respiratory failure from 14% to 4% in the Tumu Municipal Hospital.
An emergency transport system in the Sissala East District in the Upper West Region that has served over 10,000 people.
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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 Concludes 2023 Healthcare Initiatives with Ghana
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.
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Virtue Foundation Expands Educational Outreach in Ghana
During this year’s trip to Ghana, the Virtue Foundation team was excited to contribute to an educational initiative to support and sponsor schools in Northwest Ghana.
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Virtue Foundation Austria Hosts Congress Highlighting Over a Decade of Work in Ghana
In April 2023, Virtue Foundation Austria hosted a congress in the Austrian Chamber of Medicine in Klagenfurt.
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Virtue Foundation Completes its 2022 Healthcare Initiatives with a Return to Ghana
The Virtue Foundation concluded its 2022 healthcare initiatives with a mission to Ghana. In November, with the largest team to date – 15 doctors, surgeons, nurses, and volunteers – from the United States and Austria began the holiday season to serve communities in the underserved northwest region, including Tumu and…
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Virtue Foundation Sponsors a Primary School in Ghana
Virtue Foundation has always been dedicated to three core areas: healthcare, education, and women’s empowerment. During this year’s trip to Ghana, the Virtue Foundation team was very excited about the opportunity to also work towards an educational initiative, supporting the renovation of the Tutco Demonstration Basic School.
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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.
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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.
