[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”5em”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”0.3em”][trx_image url=”976″ bottom=”small”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][trx_title type=”2″ top=”tiny-“]Who We Are[/trx_title][vc_column_text]Medical Visions Peace (MVP) was founded as a tax exempt non-profit 501(c) (3) non-governmental organization in 1990. Its primary mission is to promote and foster the well-being of the underserved rural community by emphasizing preventive health and acute care education programs. MVP believes that health education in underserved rural communities creates awareness regarding the most useful way of utilizing often overlooked abundant resources commonly found in these communities.
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”0.9em”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MVP began programs in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in January 2002 in order to address continuing medical education and emergency medical care needs in the city and surrounding underserved communities. This included a Pediatrics Advanced Life Support provider course provided in partnership with Physicians for Peace. This program has been expanded to include Maternal-Child intervention programs such as Helping Babies Breath, an activity supported by American Academy of Pediatrics and World Health Organization.
Several nurses and volunteers from the Tidewater area and beyond travel several times a year to teach initial neonatal care to village mothers, deliver primary care to children and the elderly by providing medications for common ailments. These medications are often donated by drug companies here in the USA.
Treatable illnesses, such as malaria, typhoid, pneumonia, diarrhea from horrible water sources, infected cuts on children who often walk barefooted often lead to serious morbidity. Mothers and their newborns are often malnourished. An important component of the mission is to teach the rural villagers the principle of disease prevention, nutrition and empowerment through self-sufficiency programs. MVP provides much needed care and each trip is highly anticipated.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”3.1em”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]