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Coyolito Healthcare Access

Coyoltio is a community located about 1.5 hours away from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The community has access to a local health center that is at most a 20 minute walk for community members. This local health center is known as a CESAR, which is the smaller of the two different types of health centers provided by the government. It is usually staffed by at least one auxiliary nurse and occassionally community health workers. The center is well-equipped with recent technology and caters particularly well to women's health. There is a need for more medication to give out to patients. Should a visitor to the health center require more medical attention than can be given at the center, community members can travel to the hospitals in Tegucigalpa or Villas de San Francisco most commonly by bus or on foot. Overall, Coyoltio has a decent health center that is readily accessible.

Community Demographics

Coyolito is home to about 1,072 people and has about 217 homes, with an average of 7 inhabitants per home. It is the located at the top of a mountain and is surrounded by about 3 other, smaller communities: La Mesa, El Hato and Chiquistepe. Since the health center is in Coyolito, these smaller communities must hike up the mountainous road to seek care. They also attend the medical brigades that take place in Coyolito. 

Brigade Site Information

Since space is limited in the health center, brigades are held at the school. The school is medium sized and the classrooms are close to one another, with about 3 large rooms for triage, consultation and pharmacy, a small kindergarten room for Dental, and plenty of outdoor space for charla and Data Informatics. The health center is used for our OB/GYN station. Doctors spend an average of 10 minutes with each patient and volunteers are able to provide 5-6 educational charlas a day.  Each brigade sees an average of 300 patients per day. Below are some pictures of the Brigade Site:

Current Community Initiatives

Coyolito has various community initiatives taking place throughout the year. The InterAmerican Bank colaborated on a road improvement project and the local city halls worked on building latrines in the community.

Community Health Statistics

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

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

Current Status

Last Visit: 8/10/2015

This past May, a group of volunteers from Rho Pi Phi and Chabot College visited Coyolito on their brigade.  With the help of both Honduran and US health care professionals, they saw a total of 655 medical patients over three days, as well as 54 dental patients. Patients came from 14 different surrounding communities to receive medical care on the brigade.

Visit Other Programs in Coyolito

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 Coyolito:

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