Expedition report · August 2025

37th Expedition Zoé in Arapiuns

Name: 37th Expedition: Zoé in Arapiuns
Start: 2025-08-15
End: 2025-08-21
Location: Rio Arapiuns

15 to August 21, 2025 · 7 daysRio Arapiuns

Caring for those who care for the Amazon

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appointmentsin 7 days of expedition: 1,759
volunteers: 16
hours donated: 808
in donated services: R$ 175k

Value of the services donated on this expedition: hours actually worked × the market rate for the specialty, reported by the volunteer or, failing that, the market average — the methodology of note 11 to the audited financial statements. Amounts in Brazilian reais.

About the expedition

1,759 consultations across 35 communities

The 37th Expedition: Zoé in Arapiuns took place from August 15 to 21, 2025, in Arapiuns aboard the Abaré II. The team included professionals in dentistry, gynecology, general medicine, pediatrics, ultrasound, pulmonology, cardiology, and others. A total of 82 pediatric consultations, 125 gynecology consultations, 94 cardiology consultations, 57 pulmonology consultations, 279 general medicine consultations, 354 dental procedures, 210 ultrasounds, 74 echocardiograms, 31 electrocardiograms, 32 Pap smears, 1 IUD placement, and 420 rapid tests were performed.

1,759 consultations delivered by Zoé in 7 days of navigation.

Appointments

What was done, by category

1,759in total

Exams
Clinical consultations
Other procedures

Exams

44%

767

Rapid tests420
Ultrasounds210
Echocardiogram74
Pap smears32
Electrocardiogram31

Clinical consultations

36%

637

General practice279
Gynecology125
Cardiology94
Pediatrics82
Pulmonology57

Other procedures

20%

355

Dental procedures354
IUD placements1

Highlights

What marked this expedition

35 communities in 7 days of navigation

Two simultaneous fronts of care: the hospital boats Abaré 2 and Ailton Barros, serving 35 riverside communities and indigenous villages, and a mobile team on a fast boat serving adjacent communities.

911 exams and 734 consultations

A multidisciplinary team of 16 volunteer specialists donated 808 hours, supported by the Santarém City Hall (logistics and hospital boats), the Teva Prize for Humanizing Health, and equipment lent by the Sírio-Libanês Hospital, Siemens, and GE.

From Santarém to Cachoeira do Aruã

Approximately 12 hours of navigation to Cachoeira do Aruã, with stops in Mentai, Pascoal, Curi, and São Pedro, and indigenous villages such as Portelinha and Cachoeira do Maró.