Health care for 24 communities of the Mamoré River through the "Kenko Go Hospital-Boat"

Bolivia

Justification

The main problems that this project seeks to address are:

Address the difficulties of access to health services by rural communities around the Mamoré River
Reduce maternal and infant mortality
Reduce rates of malnutrition, anemia and parasitic childhood
Lack of knowledge of the right to health and the duty to take care of your health
Achieve basic health care in the communities themselves

Mamoré River (Department of Beni)

Pastoral Social Cáritas Beni

General Objective: Guarantee a proximity health care service for 24 communities located on the banks of the Mamoré River.

Specific Objective: Bring health care closer to families living in 24 communities on the banks of the Mamoré River

(24 indigenous communities).

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n each of the voyages, the Boat personnel carry out the following:

General medicine, dentistry, nursing and laboratory benefits
Immunizations of children under one year of age
Training in dental brushing and hygiene.
Supply of community kits
Training of the ship’s personnel to adapt to the regulations of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
Coordination of staff with the Departmental Health Service SEDES
Specific attention to pregnant women (detection of pregnancies, prenatal controls, supply of material for deliveries) from the health team.
Specific attention from MEF (Pap smear, supply of tetanus vaccine, training on cervical-uterine cancer …) from the health team.
Weight and height control of children
Vitamin supplementation
Taking blood and feces samples for child deworming.
Child deworming
Holding of “health fairs”.
Advice and training for the establishment and improvement of family gardens.
Coordination of the promoters with the health personnel of the “Kenko-Go” ship