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In Bolivia, the rain forest is still pristine and intact, a solid green carpet of densely packed trees, off-limits to logging, farming, ranching,
Read the StoryBirth on Bolivian plane; baby gets free flights
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A Bolivian airline is giving free flights to a child born on one of its airliners. Spokesman Jerry Holters says the girl was born two ...
Read the StoryBolivia organized a telethon for the victims of Chile and Haiti
LA PAZ, March 7 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Solidarity Campaign “Chile and Haiti Need of You”, sponsored by Bolivian Government during this week finishes Saturday with a telethon and the participation of popular artists.
Read the StoryCentro Medico Humberto Parra News
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July, 2000
The clinic recieved land to build on donated from Milton Parra. The clinic will be named Centro Medico Humberto Parra in honor of Milton's Father.
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Matico? Clavo de olor? Sangre de Grado? Investigating Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices in Centro Médico’s Communities
What is matico or clavo de olor? What kind of a remedy is sangre de grado, or what does tree bark treat? These are questions that US volunteer and first-year Northwestern University medical student, Yuna Rapoport, is asking as part of a study on traditional health beliefs, remedies and medical practices in Centro Médico’s 11 communities.... Read More
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Chronic Care Video
In 2005 two medical students, Lisa Jager and Sara Medendorp, developed a chronic care program. Explore the origins of this program through this documentary about the experience.
Centro Medico in the News
Simple Interventions Make a Big Difference in Bolivia
For Dr. Susan Hou, the practice of medicine is a family affair. Far from her U.S. career in nephrology, Dr. Hou's family connection to medicine is rooted in the rain forest of Bolivia, where in 2001, she cofounded a clinic called Centro Medico Humberto Parra, in the village of Palacios. Here she works side by side with her husband and clinic cofounder Dr. Mark Molitch, an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at Northwestern University, and her son Ethan, a fourth-year medical student.
Photo Gallery
When Jason Oppenheimer was our clinic coordinator, he came up with an idea to promote reading for the kids of the local towns. He created a small library that kids could take books from. Here are the pictures of the process of the mural they painted.
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