Mexico > In March 2001, VIDA representatives traveled to Mexico to assess the needs of the area and establish a relationship with a group of professional women in the health field who were trying to improve the access and quality of health care of Mexicans in need. Later that same year, VIDA-Mexico was established by this group of women, with the support of VIDA-USA, in Zamora in the centrally located state of Michoacán.

With 4 million people, the state of Michoacán is similar in size and population to Ireland, but dialysis services for low-income persons are only available in the capital city of Morelia. VIDA's first project was the establishment of a permanent dialysis center (Centro de Diálisis VIDA) at the General Hospital in Zamora with 6 Cobe C3 machines sent from the United States. Patients now will not have to travel such long distances anymore to recieve much needed dialysis treatment.