   Peter C. Alderman Mental Health Clinics are Centers of Excellence, which serve as a model for global replication. They are designed for high impact in regions that have the greatest need and the highest likelihood of success. The Clinics:
 Are established
in countries where healthcare professionals and physicians from the ministries of health have already been trained in the Master Class series.
Partner
with local governments, medical schools and religious institutions, deeply embedded in the country served.
Ensure
quality of care and adherence to protocol of treatment that effectively returns 90% of the patients to productive lives.
Provide victims
with culturally appropriate and sustainable treatment.
Engage
exclusively local, indigenous caregivers, so that each country retains the ability to heal its victims without relying on outsiders.
Offer
spiritual counseling from local religious groups.
Are subject to regular impact studies to evaluate patient outcomes and staff performance.
The first Peter C. Alderman Clinic
opened in March 2005 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the
second clinic in Soutr Nikum, Cambodia opened in 2006. The first
of four clinics in Uganda was opened in Tororo
in early 2007.
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