A longitudinal population-based medical survey of the Urarina will provide detailed documentation and analysis of the disease burden in the Urarina, and help to plan health responses and resources. Mbarara University was founded ten years ago with the express purpose of promoting community health. Located in Mbarara, Uganda, the School is in need of physician and basic science teachers. In the United States Volunteers who have visited and worked with DGH abroad give presentations on community-based health care and Human Rights to students in universities, elementary and high schools, community organizations, as well as government and church groups. Volunteers operate an administrative office and handle a newsletter, email communications, and this web site.
Volunteers also coordinate donations of computers and office equipment.
Much of the computer, software and office equipment used by MDS in El Salvador have been donated. Volunteers identify and collect medical and education supplies for use in El Salvador and other developing countries. This led to the founding of the Atlanta Alliance for Health and Human Rights, of which DGH is a founding member. Inc. CCRC is a national group promoting preventive medicine and education of health and other professionals in Community Oriented Primary Care. In 1998, DGH sponsored a Poetry Contest to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, as well as to draw attention to the still ardent need to fulfill its promise.