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§ Pillar 01 · Healthcare · In Design

Boots on the ground.
Designing the model.

Medical Missions are in the design phase. We have not yet sent a mission abroad. This page describes what we’re thinking — and the questions we have to answer before the first cohort flies. If you’re a clinician, a partner-hospital admin, or a logistics donor, we want to hear from you.

§ 01 · The Concepts

Three formats we’re evaluating. All in design.

Open to clinical input
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Concept · Surgical Camps

Specialty surgical missions

Short-duration surgical missions for backlogged elective procedures — hernia, hydrocele, lipoma, cataract — that languish on Niger Delta hospital lists for years.

  • Cohort of volunteer surgeons + anesthesia + OR nursing
  • Co-delivered with a partner teaching hospital
  • Free to the patient · all supplies provided
Concept · Specialty Clinics

Specialty outreach clinics

Time-bound specialty clinics for fields underserved by the Iwere Care telehealth program — OB-GYN, pediatrics, dental, ophthalmology, dermatology.

  • Multi-day specialty clinic with a partner site
  • Diagnostics + screening + referral pathway
  • Iwere-language patient education
Concept · Community Screenings

Free community screenings

Wide-net community screening days — BP, glucose, cervical, vision, hearing — connected back to the Iwere Care telehealth program for ongoing care.

  • Hosted at community venues, not just clinics
  • Direct hand-off to telehealth follow-up
  • Trained community health workers as the bridge
§ 02 · The Questions

Six questions we’re working through. Help us answer them.

Clinician + ops input welcome
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What needs to be true before the first mission flies.

Q1Who runs the medicine? A volunteer-led model means cohort recruitment, credentialing, and indemnity must be designed before the first mission flies.
Q2Who covers the patients? Free-to-the-patient is the floor. We need to design the supplies pipeline, partner-hospital agreements, and post-mission follow-up.
Q3Who handles indemnity? US/UK/Canada-licensed physicians need clear malpractice coverage before they can volunteer abroad. We’re reviewing options.
Q4Who counts the outcomes? Every mission must produce a written report — patients seen, procedures done, complications, follow-up plan. No published numbers without it.
Q5Who pays the airfare? Mission cost is real. We’re designing a sliding subsidy model so volunteers aren’t turned away by cost alone.
Q6Who’s the partner? Every mission needs a named host institution in-country. Identifying and signing those partners is step zero.

We’d rather design it right than
launch it fast.

Medical Missions are real work — surgery, anesthesia, indemnity, supplies, follow-up. We’re building the operating model carefully so the first mission, when it flies, is one we can defend on every detail.

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