ButterflyMedical – Providing Knowledge to the World

A little known non-profit organization known as Butterfly Medical is doing just that… Providing Knowledge to the World.

What this organization is attempting to do is provide mainly developing and third world countries with free access to medical knowledge that could potentially save countless lives. So so many people die in developing countries from curable diseases not because they don’t have access to proper care, but because the care they are receiving is inadequate. Malpractice, for whatever reason, is extremely high in these less fortunate nations and by increasing the amount of information available to them, many people could be saved.

So how does Butterfly Medical plan to accomplish this? By simply having people, mostly volunteers, research diseases, medical conditions, and practices and then write articles about what they found. These articles would be made available in a database after their legitimacy could be confirmed. Also, these, as well as many currently existing articles would be translated so those in other countries could benefit from our American research. Many have referred to this idea as the Wikipedia of medical knowledge. And in some respects it is – people submit so others can read. But at the same time, there are many difference in the content, way in which the information is delivered, and much more.

Another aspect to this organization is providing a social networking portal for doctors, patients, students, etc. to interact about various things, mainly dealing with issues which are prevalent in developing countries.

I encourage you to investigate this more on your own and consider if you’d like to be apart of this phenomenal cause.