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Dr. Lara Antkowiak identified breastfeeding as a key intervention to vastly improve the ability of a CHOP program to help families prevent illness and promote health in the Dominican Republic.
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Using a portable ultrasound machine, Dr. Alexandra Vinograd diagnosed telescoping intestines in a 4-month-old girl in Liberia. A surgery helped save the baby's life.
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In November 2016 a group of six CHOP employees traveled to the Dominican Republic to work with local health promoters and nurses.
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A physical therapist with CHOP’s Trisomy 21 Program traveled to the Dominican Republic with the hope of making walking easier for a child with Down syndrome.
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Twice each year, a small team of CHOP employees travels to Consuelo, Dominican Republic, to educate Consuelo’s Community Health Promoters at a primary care pediatric clinic called Niños Primeros en Salud (NPS).
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Peter Grollman visits CHOP's clinic in Consuelo, Dominican Republic, which serves approximately 450 children from families who generally make less than $2 per day harvesting sugar cane.
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CHOP staff and partners have done the first rigorous study of cerebral palsy outcomes in Africa. The condition is the world’s most common cause of childhood disability.
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Under an innovative new program, CHOP clinicians are training medical personnel abroad in essential lifesaving skills to help them recognize and treat young children.
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Melissa's legacy lives on through a fund dedicated to improving the lives of underserved children in Africa.
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Tracey Haines was one of seven Global Health Allies who traveled to the Dominican Republic in 2013 to train a group of Dominican health promoters in topics like child development, parenting and accident prevention.