Brazil 2003

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: April 11-20, 2003
Number of cases: 52
Type of cases: Most cases done in this trip were of general surgery nature in addition to few gynecological cases.
Members of the mission: Medhat Allam, Ravi Kothuru, Bob MIneo, rajesh Patel, Maryellen Spandonsi, Michael Sherwood, Kristen Forte, Grace McCarty, Christopher Torres, Ellen Herfield, Vito Alamia

Population : 172,000,000

Density : 20/km2

Fertility : 2.4 children/woman

Life expectancy : 68 years

Urban population : 81%