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Abisinia Healthcare Access

Abisinia has a health center that was built by the Nicaraguan

government about 15 years ago. The center has 3 consultation

rooms, a pharmacy area, and a small lobby. It is staffed by two

medical doctors. The main problem with the health center is that

they do not have any medicine, so the patients have to travel to 

Jinotega to buy them. Most community members will not purchase 

the medicines recommended to them because they can not afford 

them, or can not afford to take a day off work because they need the

income in order to feed their families.

Community Demographics

Abisinia is home to around 9,900 people and has about 1800 homes,

with an average of 5.5 inhabitants per home. There are about 2,000

children between the ages of 0 to 5 and 3,500 children between the

ages of 6 to 14.

Brigade Site Information

Medical brigades use the Abisinia primary school as their brigade

site. The intake and charla stations are often held outside of the

health center. The traige station, consultation rooms, dental station,

and pharmacy are located inside various classrooms of the school.

Current Community Initiatives

There are currently no other community initiatives taking place in

Abisinia. The Community Health Workers program is currently being

developed in Nicaragua and will be initiated in this community in the

near future.