Brazil 2001

Travel across the world with us.  Enjoy meeting local people and watch their daily lives.  This page does not contain any medical photos but rather photos of the local environments as we lived it.  Browse through the photos and join the team members in their few minutes of relaxation between the long working hours.

Date of Mission: June 2-11, 2001
Number of cases: 48
Type of cases: We performed wide variety of operations including bowel surgery, gallbladders, and an emergency C-section that saved the lives of a young mother her baby boy.
Members of the mission: Medhat Allam, Ravi Kothuru, Bob MIneo, Rajesh Patel, Maryellen Spandonsi, Kristen Forte.

Population : 172,000,000

Density : 20/km2

Fertility : 2.4 children/woman

Life expectancy : 68 years

Urban population : 81%

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