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La Cuesta Healthcare Access

La Cuesta is a community located in the department of Valle. The community has access to a local health center that is at most a 30 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. 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 San Lorenzo most commonly by bus or on foot. Overall, La Cuesta has a decent health center that is readily accessible.

Community Demographics

Manzaragua is home to about 882 people and has about 250 homes, with an average of 8 inhabitants per home. It is the located in the south of Honduras and is surrounded by about 7 other communities: Santa Maria, El Guante, San Lorenzo, Tempisque, Los Socios and Amapala. Since the health center is in La Cuesta, these communities must travel to La Cuesta to seek care. They also attend the medical brigades that take place in La Cuesta. 

Brigade Site Information

Since space is limited in the health center, brigades are held at the school. The school is large and the classrooms are close to one another, with about 9 large rooms for the 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 150 patients per day. Below are some pictures of the Brigade Site:

Current Community Initiatives

There are currently no community initiatives taking place in La Cuesta.

Community Health Statistics

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

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

Current Status

Last Visit: 7/13/2014

This past July, a group of volunteers from the Memorial University of New Foundland visited La Cuesta on their brigade.  With the help of both Honduran and Canadian health care professionals, they saw a total of 462 medical patients over three days, as well as 30 dental patients. Patients came from 6 different surrounding communities to receive medical care on the brigade.

Visit Other Programs in La Cuesta

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 La Cuesta:

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