Programs

 

  • Hygiene
    • Promoting hand washing, covering mouth when coughing, discouraging spitting, improved human waste disposal, improved handling of soiled needles and medical equipment.
  • Immunization

    Promoting improved quality, access and availability of vaccines. Promoting high quality cold chain linkages. Improved health education.

  • Nutrition

    Promoting improved nutrition especially among the most vulnerable and supplementing with vitamins and minerals when needed.

  • Maternal/Child Health
    • Improving pre, peri and post-natal care for women, support breast feeding, infant care and early childhood care Supporting contraception programs when needed.
  • Prevention

    Rickets, iodine deficiency, TB, HIV, AIDS/Chronic Diarrhea/dehydration, Growth Stunting, Vaccine preventable disease.

  • Clinical

    • Primary Health Care, Mental Health Care, Palliative/End of life Care. Infectious diseases including TB, HIV/AIDS, Cysticercosis, Bartonelloses.

  • Medication
    Promoting improved access to essential medications working with government and pharmaceutical industry
  • Investigatory tools
    Helping research in the development of innovative investigatory tools for use in remote areas.
  • Education
    Recognizing the importance of education to the physical and mental health of these communities. Emphasis on educating community health workers.