| + The programmes
The programmes have evolved with time and at the moment there are two types of programmes:
•Specialized Medicine
•Promotion and prevention
PAC-ANTIOQUIA and the local hospital cover 50% of the cost and the remaining 50% is financed by donations from national, international or private sources.
+ Specialized Medical Programmes
Typical Mission
One day of work
Clinical and Surgical Medical attention
50 consultations
18 surgical cases
To complement the above the PAC-ANTIOQUIA has instituted a teaching and refresher programme for the hospital personnel, health workers and school teachers. They serve as multipliers for the community.
The specialist services offered by PAC-ANTIOQUIA are: General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Gynaecology, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Ear Nose and Throat, Orthopaedics, Urology and Plastic Surgery.
Paediatric Surgeries in the Chocó rain forest
+ Public Health Programmes
Since 2002, PAC_ANTIOQUIA has also implemented health and disease prevention programmes of which the following should be highlighted: • Visual Health
Programme
During the 5 years of the programme Screening, Optometric Consults and subsidies for eye glasses for low income children; have benefited approximately 10,200 persons.
• Healthy Maternity Programme
Conferences with local community groups, strengthens the human resources and improves the quality of the attention given to the expecting mothers. The personnel responsible for the prenatal controls for the appraisal and handling of risk are trained to teach adolescent groups in the community aimed at the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and the dissemination of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
• Health Alert Programme
Basic Health Programme to de-parasite the children, oral health and fluorination, optometric scanning, medical consults and work shops on feeding and nutritional hygiene.
• Programme for the Early
Prevention and Detection of Cervical-Uterine cancer
This comprises the following activities:
Taking of samples, reading of plaques, laboratory reports, consult with Gynaecologist, Colposcopes and biopsies, coning and surgery.
• Programme for Sexual
and Reproductive Education
This programme carried out by means of participating workshops, Conferences and educational actions with community groups Schools, Community Associations etc. It is aimed at the prevention of early pregnancy, prevention of cancer of the uterine neck and dissemination of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS.
In Colombia pregnancy in
adolescents
is over 19% of the total women in child bearing age,
a situation which favours the poverty of the country.
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