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  • Ventura Global Health Project Announces inaugural project sites

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    Press Release February 1 2013: Ventura Global Health Project Announces inaugural project sites Ventura Global Health Project (VGHP), a start-up non profit organization dedicated to enabling local doctors in their service to humanity, today announced their inaugural project sites: Moundou, Chad: Moundou Adventist Hospital VGHP is partnering with Dr. James Appel to provide specialist care…

  • Ventura Global Health Project Announces 2013 Grantees

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    Press Release February 1 2013: Ventura Global Health Project Announces 2013 Grantees Ventura Global Health Project (VGHP), a start-up non profit organization dedicated to enabling local doctors in their service to humanity, today announced their 2013 grantees: Grantees: Dr. Michelle Yates and Dr. Kavi Simpson Dr. Michelle Yates and Dr. Kavi Simpson, 2011 graduates of…

  • Ventura Global Health Project announces Inaugural Board of Directors

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    Press Release December 23 2012: Ventura Global Health Project announces Inaugural Board of Directors Ventura Global Health Project (VGHP), a start-up non profit organization dedicated to enabling local doctors in their service to humanity, today announced their inaugural Board of Directors. The new Board consists of: Dr. John Fankhauser, Medical Director at Ventura County Medical…

  • VFMR Global Health Track

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    Grantee: Ventura Family Medicine Residency  Grant Amount: $20,000 Purpose of Grant: Provide travel expenses for residents and attending physicians participating in international rotations under the Global Health Track program of Ventura Family Medicine Residency (VFMR). Brief Description: VFMR, affiliated with Ventura County Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, is a nationally known for a…

  • Dr. Self

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    Grantee: Dr. Zachary Self Grant Amount: $20,000 Purpose of Grant: Purchase Equipment for startup clinic in Santo Tomas la Union, Guatemala Description: Dr. Self, a 2011 graduate of the Ventura Family Medicine Residency,  has demonstrated commitment to long term service in Santo Tomas La Union, Guatemala. He has constructed a purpose-built clinic,  and will spend…

  • Drs. Yates & Simpson

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    Grantees: Dr. Michelle Yates and Dr. Kavi Simpson Grant Amount: $30,000 Purpose of Grant: Provide Living Expenses for long term volunteer work in Soddo, Ethiopia Brief Description: Drs. Yate and Simpson, both 2011 graduates of the Ventura Family Medicine Residency,  have been accepted as volunteer doctors at Soddo Christian Hospital in Soddo, Ethiopia, where they…

  • Sahara Desert, Niger: The Nomad Project

    Sahara Desert, Niger: The Nomad Project

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    VGHP is partnering with Dr. Robert Skankey, a retired Obstetrician who has delivered over 3500 babies in Ventura and Ojai, and his Nomad Foundation in the Sahara Desert. The Nomad Foundation has started a clinic in Tamesna, which is located on the annual migration route of the local Nomads. The clinic has a midwife training…

  • Maneadero, Mexico: Medical Outreach and possible Startup Clinic

    Maneadero, Mexico: Medical Outreach and possible Startup Clinic

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    VGHP is partnering with Dr. Carlos O’Bryan, a 2011 graduate of the Ventura Family Medicine Residency, to assess needs in providing care to underserved peoples in Maneadero, Mexico. Maneadero is an agricultural community five miles South of Ensenada in Baja California. There is a strong migrant farm worker population, many of them Mixteco people from…

  • Santo Tomas La Union, Guatemala: Clinica Medica Cristiana

    Santo Tomas La Union, Guatemala: Clinica Medica Cristiana

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    VGHP is partnering with Dr. Zachary Self, a 2012 graduate of the Ventura Family Medicine Residency, to support his startup Clinica Medica Cristiana in Santo Tomas La Union, Guatemala. Santo Tomas is a city of 25,000 residents, mainly indigenous Mayan, with four satellite towns of 5,000 residents each. Dr. Self’s goal is to “live out…

  • Moundou, Chad: Moundou Adventist Hospital

    Moundou, Chad: Moundou Adventist Hospital

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    VGHP is partnering with Dr. James Appel, a 2003 graduate of the Ventura Family Medicine Residency, to provide specialist care in Moundou, Chad. Moundou is the second largest city in Chad with a population of over 500,000 including hinterlands. There are less than 20 doctors in Moundou (compared to 679 doctors in the city of…