April 2000 • Volume 6 • Number 4
Head for Azerbaijan with Physicians With Heart
Robert Zemke, M.D., of Yarmouthport, Mass., confirms the delivery of medicine in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in 1999.If international family medicine intrigues you, consider joining the Physicians With Heart airlift to Azerbaijan this October.
Family physicians will help deliver donated medicine and supplies to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, which borders the Caspian Sea. During the trip, family physicians will introduce Azerbaijani health professionals to a new concept: family practice.
The delegates on the trip will also bring aid to an orphanage for handicapped children, whose needs include powdered milk, soap, jackets, toys and clothing.
The partners in this eighth annual airlift to former Soviet republics are the Academy, the AAFP Foundation, and Heart to Heart International, a humanitarian aid organization based in Olathe, Kan.
Particulars. The trip Oct. 6-15 will cost about $3,500 per person. To participate in the airlift, contact Heart to Heart at (405) 787-5200.
Physical challenges. Candidates for the trip should be able, for example, to walk long distances, climb stairs, lift luggage, eat indigenous foods, sustain a demanding schedule and possibly fly on propeller planes.
Donations. If you'd like to help fund the airlift's medical supplies and the donations to the orphanage, call (800) 274-2237, Ext. 4452, and ask about contributing to the AAFP Foundation International Fund.
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