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| Olanchito, Honduras, January 2014: with Dr. Mike Stevens, Jean Rabb, RN, Dr. Renderos, Padre Pedro O'Hagan |
- Ongoing clinical care to 18 mountainous villages in collaboration with the Olanchito Ministry of Health
- Collaboration with Pico Bonito Foundation to install permanent water chlorination systems for communities with cisterns
- Collaboration with VCU Engineers Without Borders to assess new water catchment systems in remote villages
- Ongoing maintenance and distribution of water filtration systems for communities without chlorinated cisterns
- Ongoing provision of medications, vaginal speculums and antihelminthics (deworming) for the La Hicaca Centro de Salud (Health Centre) to maintain a supply for one year
- Ongoing collaboration with the Ministry of Health for education projects on nutrition and hygiene
- Ongoing research projects on soil transmitted helminths and women's health issues. We will coordinate with Dr. Ana Sanchez of Brock University of Ontario, Canada.
