Nursing Heart Inc

CLINICAL AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN GUATEMALA TO ASSIST WITH HEALTH GOALS AND DEVELOPMENTAL INITIATIVES OF COMMUNITIES IN THE HIGHLANDS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PRACTICING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON NURSES.

THE EEPP PROGRAM IS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH NURSING HEART IS STRENGTHENING ITS SMALL SCALE PARTNERS IN GUATEMALA. MANY SMALL GUATEMALAN NOT FOR PROFIT GROUPS STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR TEACHERS AND RENTS PAID WHILE HELPING MANY PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, SUCCEED AND PROSPER. EACH OF THE SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORED IN THE EEPP PROGRAM WELCOME GROUPS BROUGHT BY NURSING HEART. EACH ORGANIZATION IS UNIQUE AND EACH IS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. NURSING HEART STAFF PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND MEETS REGULARLY WITH EACH PARTICIPANT ORGANIZATION TO ADVISE THEM ON HOW TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY WHILE THEY STABILIZE AND SUSTAIN THEIR MISSIONS. NHI HELPED THEM SET AND FULFILL BENCHMARKS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE NEXT GRANT. 2020 SEES THE FINALIZATION OF THIS PROGRAM WITH THE LAST TWO PAYMENT DISBURSEMENTS OCCURRING IN OCTOBER 2020. THE REMAINING ADMINISTRATIVE DISBURSEMENTS WILL BE FINALIZED BY DECEMBER 2021.

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS-THE CHW PROJECT FINDS LOCAL CHAMPIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THEIR COMMUNITY AND TRAINS THEM TO BECOME COMMUNITY HEALTH MONITORES (CHW). THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND STRENGTHENING OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THE PROGRAM EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO BECOME THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN SOLVING THEIR HEALTH PROBLEMS. THEY WILL BE TRAINED TO ASSESS, REFER, MANAGE, AND PREVENT MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND FOCUS ON HEALTH PREVENTION ACTIVITES IDENTIFIED THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND REDUCE THE BURDEN OF DISEASE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE THROUGH ACCESS TO EARLY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND HEALTH EDUCATION. WE PROVIDED ENHANCED EQUITY OF ACCESS FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, ACT AS A TRUSTED BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND ULTIMATELY PREVENT UNNECESSARY DEATHS FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASES AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS BUILT ON TRUST.

WOMENS CLINIC. THE PREVENTION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH THROUGH THE RAPID VIA TEST IS A FUNDAMENTAL PROGRAM SINCE PRECANCEROUS CELLS CAN BE DETECTED EARLY IN WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE. WHILE PAP SMEARS ARE AVAILABLE IN HEALTH CLINICS IN GUATEMALA THER ARE MANY BARRIERS TO RECEIVING THIS SERVICE AND ONE OF THEM IS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PREVENTATIVE PRACTICE. CERVICAL CANCER IS THE BIGGER CAUSE OF CANCER RELATED DEATH IN GUATEMALA. THIS SEASON WE HAVE CONDUCTED 10 VIA CLINICS IN 9 COMMUNITIES UTILITZING ONLY GUATEMALAN MEDICAL STAFF. WITH REDUCED NUMBERS DUE TO COVID PRECAUTIONS WE SCREENED 267 VIA RAPID TESTS OF WHICH 10 TESTS WERE POSITIVE. EIGHT CRYOTHERAPIES WERE PERFORMED, 51 VAGINAL INFECTIONS WERE TREATED AND 24 PATIENTS WERE REFERRED FOR FOLLOW-UP DIAGNOSING AND TREATMENTS. DUE TO GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS, PATIENT QUANTITIES HAVE BEEN LESS THAN USUAL. NORMALLY IN THESE CLINICS FOR WOMEN WE SERVE 600 WOMEN ON AVERAGE.