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Sartenejas Healthcare Access

Sartenejas is a community located in the municipality of Danli in the department of El Paraiso. 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 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. On occasion, community members have access to a dentist. Should a visitor to the health center require more medical attention than can be given at the center, community members can travel to the hospital in Danli most commonly by bus or on foot. Overall, Sartenejas has a decent health center that is readily accessible.
 

Community Demographics

Sartenejas is home to about 1,295 people and has about 242 homes, with an average of 5 inhabitants per home. It is the center of a larger area including 2 other communities: Chirinas and El Higuerito. These communities visit the same health center in Zapotillo and they also attend medical brigades in Sartenejas.

Brigade Site Information

Since space is limited in the health center, brigades are held at the school. The school is large, with about 7 rooms total for brigade stations and plenty of outdoor space. 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

There are currently no initiatives taking place in Sartenejas.

Community Health Statistics

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

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

Current Status

Last Visit: 5/15/2014

This past May, a group of volunteers from Boston University visited Sartenejas on their brigade.  With the help of both Honduran and US health care professionals, they saw a total of  565 medical patients over 3 days, as well as 20 dental patients. Patients came from 2 different surrounding communities to receive medical care on the brigade.

Visit Other Programs in Sartenejas

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 Sartenejas:

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