Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) is an American

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

dedicated to building free

primary health care Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. Primary health care enables health systems to support a pe ...

clinics A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care need ...

for the medically underserved population, including those without

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History

Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) was founded in 2001 in

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. The organization experienced steady growth until its partnership with ''The Dr Oz Show'', after which rapid growth was reported. In 2021, VIM announced that its free clinic program would be moved to the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC).

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External links

Volunteers In Medicine Website

VIM Clinic Directory
Non-profit organizations based in Vermont Organizations based in Burlington, Vermont Medical volunteerism

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