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 (Winter Camp)
 This lower altitude winter camp will cover villages in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Our team will provide care to approximately 2400 patients in out-patient clinical settings. A 3-day stay is scheduled at Dharamsala-home to exiled Tibetans and their religious leader, His Holiness, Gyatso Tenzing, the 14th Dalai Lama. Team will depart from various international gateways on their way to New Delhi. A combination of rail and road takes us from New Delhi to the Shivalik range, or the outer Himalayas. We drive through the Shivalik range covering villages and finally enter the mighty Dhauladhar or the White Mountain Range at lower elevations.
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 Dharamsala lies in the shadow of the Dhauladhar, or White Mountain, Range which reaches an altitude of 18,500 feet. Six miles north is Mcleodganj, home to the exiled Tibetans and their religious leader, His Holiness Gyatso Tenzing, the 14th Dalai Lama. The local population is a mix of Tibetans, Gaddis and north Indians, and the village buzzes with travelers from around the globe.
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 (Rupin Valley)
 This is a 3-week long medical-dental expedition to a remote tribal region of the Western Himalayas. This expedition is a combination of overland drives and trekking. Extended outdoor camping, changing weather conditions can make this a moderately strenuous trip. Clinics will be held in schools, village community centers and tents. Our team will provide medical and dental care and give free medicines to over 1200 patients.
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 Indo-Tibetan Borderland
 Once a part of the ancient western Tibetan kingdom of Guge, Spiti's villages provided a stop-over for trade caravans between Kashmir and Tibet. Spiti is a thinly-populated region with a population count of one person per square mile, its altitude and remoteness have limited the local health care providers to serve the region on regular basis. This is a land of 9th century Buddhist monasteries and the village of Kibber, the world's highest, permanent human settlement. Camps are set up at Shimla, Tabo Monastary and the village of Sagnam.
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 Himalayan Health Exchange (in conjunction with Northern Arizona University) is organizing a medical and cultural anthropological expedition to the Indian Himalayas in the summer of 2012. In order to enhance the learning experience of participants, this medical-anthropological expedition will also include socio-cultural and religious teachings of the Western Himalayas with daily yoga and meditations sessions. HHE will offer participants a practical approach to the study of India, Tibet and the Himalayan culture while attending a 7-day, clinical rotation. During their journey, team members will have the opportunity to investigate local history, religious beliefs and practices, modern human adaptations, regional effects of globalization, monastic life and local healthcare. In addition, through trekking and camping in remote areas, they will observe the interconnectedness of the magnificent natural environment with a daily local existence. This first-hand experience will be accompanied by daily yoga & meditation sessions and academic lectures. Participation is open to medical and Anthropology students of all levels.
Course credit for anthropology students is available through Northern Arizona University
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 (Greater Himalayas)
 ‘Lahaul’ lies in the rain-shadow of the Greater Himalayan Range. Separated by the infamous 13,000 feet high ‘Rohtang Pass,’ snow and avalanches on Rohtang cut Lahaul off from the rest of the country for almost 6 months each year. A combination of rail and road takes us to Manali (6,600 ft), and then on to our first clinic site in Lahaul district. Camp/clinic sites include remote villages of Pangi and Miyad valleys, and a patient count of 1,500 or more is expected in our clinics.
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August 1 -
August 28, 2013
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 This is a medical/dental trek through several remote Trans-Himalayan villages of Zanskar (Ladakh). Team members will fly to Leh (11,500ft). After rest and acclimatization of 2 days, team members will drive to Padum and set out on a trail which is high in altitude, rough, challenging and lies above the Himalayan tree line. All clinic and campsites are located between 12,000 ft – 13,500 ft. Access to health facilities is extremely limited for the local people and the only way to get to them is on foot.
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 A trek over the 13,800 feet high ‘Chansal Pass’ takes us to the remote settlements and villages of Dodra-Kwar. Cut off for seven months of the year due to a harsh winter and heavy snow accumulations, this region has very limited access to health care. Our team will travel by road and then trek for several days to cover these settlements and villages and provide care to all of its patients. This expedition is moderately strenuous. Altitude, rain and wet ground conditions can make this a challenging experience.
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