Improving Healthcare

Since 1990, the Latvian Medical Foundation has assisted in providing medical supplies, enhancing the education of medical students, nurses, and physicians, developing medical information technology, and improving children's healthcare, cardiovascular, and orthopaedic services in Latvia.

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About Us

About Us

In 1987 Dr. Bertram Zarins visited the Soviet-occupied Latvia for the first time to speak at an All-Soviet Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Riga.
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Goals

Goals

In 1989, the First World Congress of Latvian Physicians was held and attended by physicians from the United States, who saw the tragic state of health facilities in Latvia.
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Projects

Projects

The Zarins-Knight Traveling Fellowship promotes the advancement of care in Latvia by enabling doctors to travel abroad and study the latest in medicine.
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Our Fellows

Our Fellows

Each year a committee selects 4 to 6 applicants who are either physicians or medical students within two years of receiving their medical degrees.
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