Description

This two-week outreach trip will be in Iquitos, Peru seeing both local & indigenous peoples for medical care and services. After six days serving in the city of Iquitos, the group will travel on the Amazon River to provide care to local tribes and villages. This trip is associated with Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Institute of Global Health. Please contact IGH@MSU.EDU for more details.

If you are interested in participating, please follow this link to complete the application. Applications MUST be submitted by the deadline of June 16, 2023.

Trip Leader: Jodi Flanders, DO (flande23@msu.edu)

Location: Iquitos, Peru

Dates: July 29 — August 10, 2023

Cost: $2,807 per person (double occupancy); $3,283 (single occupancy)

Application Deadline: June 16, 2023

Cost of Trip Includes

• 12 nights of accommodations
• 3-star & 4-star hotels with private bathrooms & air conditioning
• Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner (excluding travel days to/from Lima)
• Domestic transportation
• Flights from Lima to Iquitos & from Iquitos to Lima
• Buses & boat transportation
• English-speaking guides for group excursions

NOTICE OF COSTS NOT INCLUDED

• International airfare (i.e. United States to Lima & Lima to United States)
• Airport & international taxation
• Personal expenses (i.e. shopping, gifts, self-chosen excursions or extensions to travel before or after trip timeframe)
• Gratuities for transfers, Guides, servers, meals, etc. on travel days

Participant Needs

• Students: AT CAPACITY
• Physicians: 20 (at this time the following specialties are in most need)
  • Neurology
  • Rheumatology
  • Geriatrics
  • Gynecology
  • Diabetic
  • Otolaryngology
  • Cardiology
  • Orthopedics
• Pharmacists: 2
• Medical Interpreters: 20
• Dentists: 2