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Ipetí Emberá Medical Access

Ipetí Emberá is located directly off the Pan-American Highway in the Tortí

District.  The community's clinics are hosted at the elementary school,

located in the center of the community.  There is a health post in the

community, but it is not staffed and currently sits empty.  When brigades

are not present, Ipetí Emberá's community members go to the Tortí Health

Center for basic care.  This health center is about 30 minutes away by bus

once the community members have walked to the highway.  The

community's path to the highway is rocky, unpaved, and without shade.

Community Demographics

Ipetí Emberá is home to about 450 people and has about 85 homes, with an

average of 5-6 inhabitants per home. Ipetí Emberá is an indigenous

community of the Emberá culture.  The community members share a river 

with a Guna community (Ibedi Guna) and a Latino community (Ipetí

Colono).  

Brigade Site Information

Medical/dental clinics at Ipetí Emberá are hosted by the community's

elementary school.  The school has five classrooms, a kitchen, a dining

room, and a basketball court.  Volunteers will see an average of 80 patients

per day, and doctors typically spend about 10 minutes with each patient. 

Brigades conduct educational charlas throughout the day typically to

provide  15 hours of health education across the week.

Past Brigade Information and Statistics

                           *Only one day in Ipetí Emberá- Clinic days split between 2 communities. 

Last Update: February 2016

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