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Medical Care

We advance optimal health

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How We Do It

Children in the communities we serve who have deformities or other life-threatening health conditions are denied the opportunity to live a healthy, fulfilling life. By offering critical operations at significantly lower costs, we can give them that opportunity once again.

Our volunteer surgical care teams provide surgical services to thousands of local families each year, including specialized care such as general surgery, OB/GYN, pediatric surgery, orthopedic, ophthalmology, plastic surgery and dental services.  We also give back to the local healthcare system through training and education, and partner with local non-profits and hospitals to reach patients living in some of the most rural parts of the country, so they can have a new chance at life.

  • 5,289 surgeries performed in Nicaragua
  • 276 surgeries performed in Ecuador
  • 150 surgeries performed in Peru
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The Life-Changing Impact of Advance Community’s Surgical Missions

At Advance Community, our mission is to extend life-changing healthcare to underserved communities across the globe, and one of the most impactful ways we do this is through our surgical…
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Investing in Health: Make a Difference to Children Month

Many stories about children’s fates in low-income countries focus on what cannot be, instead of what can. This deficit mindset fails to acknowledge what healthy children will be able to…
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Simple Surgery, Big Benefit

Dr. Robert Brems with a cataract patient in Peru on a medical mission sponsored by Advance In a complicated and fast-paced world, it is easy to fall victim to the…
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Your Mission to Restore Health on the Rosebud

Your mouth speaks for your health. But not everyone has access to dental care. That’s true in communities worldwide and close to home in places like the Rosebud Indian Reservation…
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Bridge Players Supporting Global Surgical Missions

Help us send volunteer surgical teams to change lives! Sadly 1 in every 10 children worldwide live with a disability. This fact alone makes them less likely to attend school…
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David’s Story: Mother & Son on the Road to Recovery

David loved his mom Lorena dearly, but he struggled to hold her hand starting at age 4. That’s when David’s hands and arms were severely burned in a house fire…
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A Brighter Future for Juanito

Jennifer is a mom who refused to give up. She thought giving birth to her new son would be routine, just like it was for her other kids. All her…
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