VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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Partnerships Help VCOM Provide Continuity of Care

O ver the past 20 years, VCOM has established in-country approvals through the ministry of health and in-county partnerships with other nonprofit non-governmental organizations in order to provide SUSTAINABLE healthcare clinics. These in-country partners are important for our clinics and for providing the logistics for our outreach trips such as identifying areas that are safe and also those most in need. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic The Punta Cana Foundation and the Ministry of Health provide support for the VCOM efforts in the Dominican Republic. These are important partnerships for the success of advancing public health and healthcare in the country. These partners and VCOM support the Verón Rural Clinic who see patients from the most impoverished communities of Verón, Bavaro, and the surrounding rural areas. Since 2017, VCOM is also a partner supporting the Oscar de la Renta Pediatric Clinic , which provides patient care and emergency care to children from the surrounding area.

Baxter Clinic, Tegucigalpa, Honduras The Baxter Foundation and VCOM partnership began in 2007. Baxter Foundation operates a theological college in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and through a partnership with VCOM reopened the former James Moody Adams clinic in 2018. The clinic is staffed by carefully selected bilingual Honduran physicians who have been hired and credentialed by VCOM and by Baxter staff. This successful partnership has led to an established clinic that provides ongoing care, with over 13,000 patient visits annually. VCOM fourth-year students participate in one-month long rotations at the clinic. In addition, VCOM students and faculty provide three annual outreach trips to surrounding rural areas and populations in need. Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras Mission Upreach (Mision Hacia Arriba) hosts VCOM for three annual outreach medical trips each year, which provide medical care to remote villages in the mountainous coffee growing areas of the country. In addition, VCOM hires a Honduran bilingual physician (through Mission Upreach) to provide a mobile clinic to remote communities surrounding Santa Rosa. VCOM second-year

The VCOM international medical outreach program has provided care to over 1 million patients through outreach trips and VCOM partnerships providing sustainable year-round clinics for over 20 years