Interplast Photo Exhibit: The Gift

Borges photo

Interplast and the Center for Global Health present

The Gift: A Photo Exhibit
Phil Borges’ thought-provoking & inspirational photographs of Interplast’s work in Vietnam and Peru

Borges photos Thursday, October 11 – Friday October 19
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
East and Miles Rooms off the Turner Concourse,
School of Medicine

Interplast is the first humanitarian organization to provide free reconstructive surgery for children with clefts, disabling burns and hand injuries and has provided 68,000 life-changing surgeries for those living in underserved countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Learn more about Interplast's work at
www.interplast.org.

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Did You Know?

Johns Hopkins health researchers are currently working in 64 percent of the 192 UN-recognized countries in the world.
The world population is currently greater than 6.6 billion people and is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 (according to UN projections).
Of the top ten causes of infant and child mortality, Hopkins researchers are currently working to alleviate ALL of them.
79 percent of Hopkins' overseas projects are in developing countries.
There are Johns Hopkins campuses in China, Singapore, and Spain that provide education associated with health care.
105 medical students from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have registered for clinical electives in 34 different countries.
Students in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hail from 83 different countries.