In 2019, Kevin Xu, Chairman of MEBO International, announced at the Clinton Foundation gathering that MEBO International would join the Clinton Foundation in delivering regenerative medical technology training across Latin America — the 'Regenerative Wave — MEBT Training in Latin America' program. Delayed by the pandemic, the commitment was renewed in 2022: together with its Latin American partner Difare, MEBO International officially restarted the Regenerative Wave in September, fulfilling the pledge to train 160 medical professionals in the region.
The first session took place in Quito on September 6, with more than 50 local healthcare workers attending in person, connected live to a second venue in Cuenca with over 40 participants. The session was also streamed online, enabling 188 more professionals across Latin America to learn and interact in real time.
The second session, held in Guayaquil on September 7, drew an even warmer response — local clinicians have applied regenerative medical technology longer and with a stronger foundation. A session planned for 80 attendees ultimately welcomed more than 100, forcing organizers to add seats on the spot.
Participants came from public hospitals, private hospitals, and clinics, spanning burns, plastic surgery, endocrinology, gynecology, and pediatrics — evidence of the technology's broad local recognition. Local media followed the sessions closely with on-site interviews and coverage.
The curriculum covered two themes: the global development of regenerative medical technology, and its current progress in Latin America. Xu Weiwei, Director of the Beijing Office of the International Society of Regenerative Medicine and Wound Repair, systematically presented the technology's history, patents, and mechanisms — providing a physiological moist environment, relieving pain, controlling inflammation, preventing infection, improving scars, liquefying necrotic tissue, and promoting in-situ skin regeneration — alongside recent global clinical research and complex case studies.
Difare medical advisor Eduardo Pactong then explained the TIME principles of wound bed preparation and how regenerative medical technology addresses each step, emphasizing its outstanding safety profile and its importance for pregnant women, newborns, and children. He shared successful Latin American cases in burns, diabetic foot, and plastic surgery, and introduced mebo.education, the academic website for the latest global developments in the field.
In a lively Q&A, the speakers fielded more than twenty questions — from effects on epithelial growth factor levels to combination with other therapies and standardized procedures. In 2019 we promised to train 160 Latin American healthcare workers; three years later, we have far exceeded that goal by training 400. MEBO International will continue expanding training programs across Latin America, bringing relief and benefit to more patients.