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While everyone likes to complain, we often don't realise how good we have it here in Australia.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, TrekMedic is a non profit team of volunteer doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who have come together to help provide basic health care, education and emergency aid to under-priveleged communities worldwide. After a trial expedition in 2011 we have returned to Nepal on average twice per year and are now pioneering new missions to Africa and continue ongoing work in Nepal. We run basic regular mobile and established village health clinics alongside local health workers and in areas where there is no existing clinic. Nepal has a population of nearly 30 million people with one third living below the poverty line. 25% earn less than one American dollar per day. Children under 5 are 10x more likely to die than if born in Australia. Adults between 15 and 60 are 5x more likely to die than if living in Australia. The top 3 major causes of death are pneumonia, diarrhoea and measles (all preventable illnesses associated with poor living conditions and a lack of access to sanitation and basic health care)

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While everyone likes to complain, we often don't realize how good we have it here in Australia. In April 2011, two teams of doctors & nurses visited Nepal and spent 5 weeks in both the Everest and Annapurna regions of Nepal treating trekkers suffering from high altitude related conditions and seeing and treating over 400 villagers in the Annapurna region, most of who had never seen a doctor or dentist ever in their lives. That mission was the pioneer expedition to pave the way for future teams to return and continue the work that was started.

Since that point in time, we have sent dozens of teams to Nepal and treated thousands of patients all across the country as well as sending one team to Kenya. Additionally, in 2015, Trekmedic took part in the earthquake response that devastated the entire country of Nepal, sending in rolling teams of volunteers spanning a 3 month relief effort and treating over 4,000 patients in villages and refugee camps across 19 affected locations. Our most recent treks in April/May 2018 saw us treat over 1,500 patients over multiple areas in the lower Everest Khumbu region.

Our model is based on small, usually 4-8 person teams, that trek out into the villages and either set up mobile clinics or work alongside established health posts. Our volunteers are comprised primarily of Australian doctors, dentists, nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals and we now also team up with a Nepalese doctor for each trek as well.