The Bus of health and good living

Bolivia

Justification

In the area of ​​intervention, the absence of specialist doctors in the public health system is a fact, the majority attend in private spaces. In addition, the public health system works with children up to the age of 5 and does not collaborate with civil society organizations. This leaves a wide swath of the population uncovered from any free health care system. In these years, and thanks to the work of the San Lucas Foundation Mobile Hospital, it has been possible to have communities with zero mortality rates.

Location

Municipality of Cochabamba

Local Partner

Fundación San Lucas (FSL)

Objectives

General Objective: Promote the health and social welfare of the population of the peri-urban neighborhoods of Cochabamba through prevention, medical and dental care, training and citizen participation.

Specific Objective: Reduce the morbidity and mortality of the population through public health (management), preventive health and curative health.

Main population

(women / men / childhood).

Project duration

Budget

Financing

TAU, Fundación Astiz Iraizoz Hnos (39.687,39€)

Activities:

  • Signing of agreements, one per year in the eight communities.

  • Health diagnosis or baseline, one per year in two communities. Bimonthly community training workshops in eight Base Territorial Organizations, during 10 months, 5 workshops per community, a total of 40 workshops.

  • Fruit tree planting campaign, one per year. 72 training workshops for 120 women from eight communities.

  • 1 workshop per month for 9 months in eight communities. 15 workshops for 20 educators from five Care Centers for children and adolescents at high risk.

  • 3 workshops a year in five centers. 6 Workshops for 20 educators from eight Uainas Centers “Comprehensive Care Unit for children under 6 years old.”

  • 3 workshops a year in two sectors. 144 biweekly training workshops for 9 months in eight communities, 325 children. 16 environmental campaigns a year with 325 children in eight communities. 2 campaigns per community.

  • Biweekly medical consultation for 10 months in eight communities, 1,000 patients, 160 days. Pap smear campaign, one a year in eight communities, 100 women, 16 days. Biweekly dental consultation for 10 months in eight communities, 1,000 patients, 160 days.

  • Oral hygiene campaign, two a year in eight communities, 600 children, 16 days.