What is the Amazon Medical Project?
The Amazon Medical Project is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that runs Yanamono Medical Clinic in the Peruvian Amazon. The clinic was founded 16 years ago by Dr. Linnea J. Smith, M.D, a practicing physician from Wisconsin. The goal of the clinic is to serve Amazon river communities deep in the Peruvian jungle who otherwise would not have access to western medicine. Initially, Dr. Smith operated out of a small thatched-roof room without electricity, running water, staff, funding, or lab services. After hearing a radio interview featuring Dr. Smith, volunteers from the Rotary Club’s District 5580 built a six-room clinic complete with a well, solar panels, a hammock house for patients and their families, and adjacent rooms for clinic workers and visiting medical staff. While the clinic is rudimentary by western standards, it manages to treat 2000-2500 patients a year, most arriving by dugout canoe or on foot. Services include family planning, prenatal care and birthing, dental care, treatment of s
The Amazon Medical Project is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that runs Yanamono Medical Clinic in the Peruvian Amazon. The clinic was founded 16 years ago by Dr. Linnea J. Smith, M.D, a practicing physician from Wisconsin. The goal of the clinic is to serve Amazon river communities deep in the Peruvian jungle who otherwise would not have access to western medicine. Initially, Dr. Smith operated out of a small thatched-roof room without electricity, running water, staff, funding, or lab services. After hearing a radio interview featuring Dr. Smith, volunteers from the Rotary Club’s District 5580 built a six-room clinic complete with a well, solar panels, a hammock house for patients and their families, and adjacent rooms for clinic workers and visiting medical staff. While the clinic is rudimentary by western standards, it manages to treat 2000-2500 patients a year, most arriving by dugout canoe or on foot. Services include family planning, prenatal care and birthing, dental care, treatment of s
