Residents & Fellows in Global Health
CHIMPS is a resident-run, faculty-supported international medical program founded in 2002 by pediatric residents at the University of Washington in Seattle. CHIMPS works with two local NGOs in El Salvador to ensure sustainability at the community level. Members of CHIMPS work with a rural community in El Salvador to support ongoing public health interventions there and provide sustainable medical care in collaboration with the community and a local nongovernmental organization. Past trip activities have also included health talks (charlas), dental missions, anemia survey, and development of community health committees.
This group has traveled every year to the same clinic in Abelines, El Salvador, during the last week in June in an effort to create an ongoing, sustainable, cross-cultural relationship. Most years, 4-6 R1s, as well as faculty, medical students and community pediatricians travel to this remote region to partner with a local NGO and provide community-based health education during the last week in June (all R1s have June 25 to June 30 off each year while new R1s begin their clinical rotations).
Mission: To ethically address underlying health issues and to provide sustainable public health interventions and medical assistance for underserved communities in developing countries.
How to get involved: trips include annual weekly brigades or month long project-based electives
- Join the mailing list
Ann Marchand: marchand@uw.edu - Check out the website
- Go to a monthly/quarterly meeting to learn more!
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