Real Medicine Foundation (RMF) is a humanitarian organization founded in 2005. The organization carries out activities that seek to provide physical, emotional, social, or economic support, the goal is to empower with real solutions that heal, give hope, and rebuild lives, both now and in the future.
Since its inception, Real Medicine Foundation has grown to operate in 15 countries in four continents and has aligned with governments, international agencies, including the UN, to reach those most in need.
RMF runs diverse projects throughout Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Peru, the United States, Armenia, Turks and Caicos, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Nigeria. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices and partners all over the world. Real Medicine is also in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council as of August 2011.
Based on today's best practice Modern Medicine, RMF utilizes a Comprehensive Integrative Health Care Model. Once survival and immediate health care needs are addressed, they establish mobile and stationary health clinics employing regional staff and tailoring them to local needs. Using these clinics as hubs, they implement additional modules of care that address the priority needs of the region being served.
Programs such as Maternal Child Healthcare, Malnutrition Eradication, HIV/AIDS Care, Malaria Treatment and Prevention, and Microfinance and Livelihood projects are introduced to build on the existing infrastructure already in place. These programs, addressing some of the developing world's most important issues, such as Maternal and Infant Mortality, Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Malnutrition are part of Real Medicine's commitment to treating the whole person.
By staying for the longer term and by working with local staff and resources, they ensure long term sustainability, local ownership and health care capacity building. At home in the US, Real Medicine Foundation conducts healthcare and education outreach programs, and has provided aid to Hurricane Katrina survivors.
