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Jalaca Healthcare Access

Jalaca is a community located in the municipality of Talanga, which is about 1 hour away from Tegucigalpa. The community has access to a local health center that is at most a 20 minute walk for community members. This health center in Cantarranas is known as a CESAMO, which is the larger of the two different types of health centers provided by the government. It is usually staffed by at least one doctor and several nurses. Dental care is also available to community members. 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 most commonly by bus or on foot. Overall, Jalaca has a decent health center that is readily accessible.

Community Demographics

Jalaca is home to about 800 people and has about 75 homes, with an average of 8 inhabitants per home. It is located in the mountains of Honduras and is surrounded by about 4 other, smaller communities: La Cuesta, Jalaca Abajo, Los Pastos, and La Chorrera. Since the health center is in Jalaca, these smaller communities must travel to the road to seek care. They also attend the medical brigades that take place in Jalaca. 

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 8 large rooms for brigade stations, and plenty of outdoor space for charla and Data Informatics. 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

Other organizations that actively serve the community of Jalaca are Plan International, Land Use and Production Enhancement (LUPE) and the Local Economic Development Agency of Intibuca.

Community Health Statistics

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

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

Current Status

Last Visit: 5/21/2015

This past March, a group of volunteers from Arizona State University and Texas Tech University visited Jalaca on their brigade.  With the help of both Honduran and US health care professionals, they saw a total of 708 medical patients over three days, as well as 79 dental patients. Patients came from 8 different surrounding communities to receive medical care on the brigade.

Visit Other Programs in Jalaca

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 Jalaca:

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