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The US International Health Alliance is dedicated to enriching living conditions and improving the health status of people in underserved areas in the Petén region of Guatemala.
Our vision is that the entire Petén population will have barrier-free access to health care.
Currently, our mobile team of local doctors and professional nurses provides care to 34 communities in underserved areas.
During 2016, we treated 2,062 patients. We anticipate doubling that number this year through the Bienestar para Todos (Wellbeing for Everyone) program, a new initiative to serve the needs of school-age children. School age children are often unable to attend our daytime clinics - unlike their mothers and young siblings.
When we piloted the program this spring in San Francisco, we discovered that over 25% of the children suffered from growth stunting due to chronic malnutrition and over nutrition resulting in obesity.
Our team plans to visit 2400 children in the area's poorest schools beginning August, 2017. Our team will provide full medical examinations, height and weight check, vision testing, anemia testing, education on hygiene and diet, and low cost referrals to local care providers.
USIHA’s consistent presence in the Petén and the relationships we have built over the past two decades position us to take this action now. But sadly, our budgetary constraints prevent us from taking on a project that will nearly double our patient volume.
We can deliver this program annually for just $6 a child.
And, thanks to a generous donor, the first $10,000 of your contributions will be matched, ensuring that we can plan for year two and beyond.
Your donation will help us to diagnose, treat, and prevent under nutrition (malnutrition); over nutrition (obesity leading to diabetes); anemia resulting from malaria and numerous other childhood diseases.
Please consider a life-giving gift.
The children of today - who will form the communities of tomorrow - thank you.
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