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Alauca Healthcare Access

Alauca is a community in the east of Honduras located near the

municipality of El Paraiso.  The people of Alauca are fortunate

enough to have a health center in their community. This health centeris a CESAMO,  the larger of the two different types of health centers that the government provides.  It almost always has at least one doctor on staff and several nurses.  They also occassionally have access to a dentist.  Even though the health center is well staffed, patients still experience long waits and sometimes are not able to be seen the same day due to overcrowding.  Medication is also no always available depending on what the government sends. Compared to some other more remote communities, Alauca has decent access to health care. 

Community Demographics

Alauca is home to about 1200 people and has about 220 homes, with an average of 5 inhabitants per home.  Alauca is close to an urban area and serves a lot of smaller communities with its health

center and secondary school.  There are over 15 smaller communities that come to brigades and the health center and secondary school.  Students will walk from communities up to two hours away to attend

school in Alauca.

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Brigade Site Information

The brigade is held at the school since it has considerably more space than any other building in the community, including the health center.  The school is very large, with 14 full sized classrooms. 

The school has ample space for the brigade to run and can accommodate large groups of students.  Below are some pictures of the school brigade site.

Current Community Initiatives

There are currently no other community initiatives going on in Alauca.

Community Health Statistics

Below is a chart showing the illnesses treated on our most recent brigade to Alauca

Below is a chart showing the dental procedures performed on our most recent brigade to Buena Vista.

Current Status

Last Visit: 7/23/2014

This past March, a group of volunteers from Philadelphia University PA School visited Alauca on their brigade.  With the help of both Honduran and US health care professionals, they saw a total of 985 medical patients over three days, as well as 35 dental patients.  Patients came from 15 different surrounding communities to receive medical care on the brigade.

Visit Other Programs in Alauca

Global Brigades strives to implement a model of Holistic Development in communities through a system of collectively implementing health, economic, and education initiatives to strategically meet a community's development goals. Learn more about the other programs being implemented in Alauca:

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