About

What does USC MEDLIFE do?
We organize mobile clinics in Peru, Ecuador, and Panama, support the Medlife fund, spread global health awareness, and work within our Los Angeles community to help extend the right of healthcare to every individual. USC Medlife is more than just an organization that sends students off on a mobile clinic for a week, but rather a group of students dedicated to supporting healthcare year-round, whether in South America or our local community.

Medlife is a 100% non-profit organization that delivers Medicine, Education, and Developmental services to communities in need in Latin America through mobile clinics and the MEDLIFE fund.

What is a Mobile Clinic?
We bring local doctors familiar with the health care system to remote areas. The same local doctor who provides services to the poor year round is able to provide more services to more of his or her patients
We believe this is the most sustainable and culturally sensitive care that can be provided during a short-term service trip. This allows us to better respect cultural norms, avoid language barriers, more easily earn the trust of our patients, provide relevant diagnoses and immediate treatment, and provide access to the follow-up care that many require.

“As a Global Health major, I spend many of my classes learning about epidemics and health care problems that afflict the world. We also spend the majority of the time discussing solutions that will save the most lives for the least amount of money. I used to think that this was effective healthcare intervention. However, on my trip with MEDLIFE to Ecuador, effective policies and cost efficient analysis of disease epidemics fell to wayside as I came face to face with the brutality of poverty, the helplessness of communities, and a gap in lifestyle quality that must and will be closed. MEDLIFE showed me the gravity of the health crisis that afflicts most of the world, but, more importantly, showed me a way to make a difference, to help a little, and for that, I will forever be grateful!” – Divya Ayyala, Mobile Clinic participant