By Mary Elizabeth Flores, Program Director at Clinica Verde As part of its model of compassionate care, Clinica Verde covers staff lunches for its entire team - and it's a great experience for everyone. It allows us to get together…
By Jeny Wegbreit Last January I visited Clínica Verde for the Annual Board Meeting. As a new board member visiting Clínica Verde for the first time, I was impressed by the professionalism of the staff and the beauty of the clinic. In…
A Brief Overview of the Relationship between Public and Private Healthcare in Boaco, Nicaragua: Results from the Field Special Thanks: Clinica Verde (Boaco, Nicaragua) Kellogg Institute of International Studies (Notre Dame, IN, USA) Investigator: Daniel J Olivieri, PI University of…
By Daniel Olivieri Last Saturday, I was talking to an incoming freshman at Texas Christian University who wanted to know what I was doing in Nicaragua and how I got here. More importantly, she asked me why I was “in…
In June, Clinica Verde nurse Yessica Solano and Administrator David Narvaez were invited by the Strachan Foundation to attend a conference on restorative practices in Costa Rica. Here, Yessica shares her experience. My experience in the IIRP Latin American conference…
By Daniel Olivieri “The real question now,” an old Cuban doctor told me, “is looking at what happens when it [universal healthcare] doesn’t work.” We had just completed 15 interviews in Habana Vieja, when I decided I wanted to work in…
Zika is on everyone's minds these days as the virus spreads throughout Latin America and the Pacific Islands (with over 900 travel-related cases in the U.S.). By the end of May more than 200 cases of Zika were registered in Nicaragua.…
BY JENY WEGBREIT BOSTON – What an amazing day! My Clinica Verde Co-Chairman Nikhil Bumb and I were honored to represent Clinica Verde at the Classy Awards in Boston. Day two of this three-day event was filled with inspiring speeches…
BOSTON – Classy, the world’s first social impact platform with the goal of helping organizations solve social problems more effectively and efficiently, announced Clinica Verde as a finalist for the 6th Annual Classy Awards. The Collaborative + Classy Awards…
Kerry Brackett and Cary Collins recently joined the Board members of Clinica Verde for a trip to Nicaragua to see the clinic. Kerry is a native of Wisconsin who works as Health and Fitness Manager at Meadowood Napa Valley and Cary…