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NETHERLANDS
Nurses adapt to virtual training post-COVID, share insights at ICPAN 2023. Evolving nursing education...
BOLIVIA
In her five years on the ReSurge International Board of Directors, Manisha Shetty Gulati has witnessed...
VIETNAM
Son Hoang from central Vietnam wears many hats – a doting grandmother, a devoted mother, a resilient...
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BOLIVIA
Magali's journey from burn victim to medical student showcases the power of resilience and the importance...
MALI
In Mali, there is only one physician for every 12,800 people—and no reconstructive plastic surgeons....
VIETNAM
Hoa, a young mother, knew intimately the stigma of a cleft lip as she had been born with one herself....
BOLIVIA
Joseph is a 7-year-old boy from El Alto, Bolivia. He was born with syndactyly, a condition in which his...
ZAMBIA
When baby Christine was born in central Zambia, her mother immediately noticed that something was wrong....
BOLIVIA
When you meet Jonathan, you quickly realize he has more cares than a typical 6-year-old should. He has...
NEPAL
Sirisu is a charming 4-year-old from Nepal who accidentally scalded his arm while making hot food for...
NICARAGUA
During a clinic in Nicaragua last March, we met 2-month-old Dara. Dara, like so many other children,...
NEPAL
Astha, a baby girl in Nepal, fell from her mother’s lap into a fire during a traditional ceremony when...
ZAMBIA
Determined to do the best they could for their babies, mothers Bella and Mwanga banded together for a...
MALI
Awa, an 11-year-old girl, was shaking down fruit from a tree with a metal pole when her pole hit a live...
BANGLADESH
Alam lives in an apartment building in Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world....
ECUADOR
Jacqueline’s 28-year-old daughter, Andrea, is her pride and joy. When Andrea was born with a bilateral...
INDIA
I’ve been looking forward to returning to Dehradun because I would finally get the opportunity to revisit...
VIETNAM
On a surgical team trip to Quy Nhon, Vietnam, we met Tam, a man who has been waiting 58 years to have...
ZAMBIA
Mateo was one of nearly 17,000 people who receive a severe burn every year in Zambia, a country with...
VIETNAM
Y Dim, now 2 years old, was born in the rural mountains of Vietnam with a cleft lip. After she was born,...
NEPAL
Outside Bharatapur, a southern crossroads town where Nepal’s east and west meet on the nation’s main...
VIETNAM
The ReSurge team fell in love with 3-month-old Thi Ngol Quyen during a trip to Vietnam in April 2013....