Impact Global Health Alliance’ work on the construction of a Casa Materna in the community of Chivaquito in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala has caught the attention of local newspaper Reportaje del dia. In the article below, reporter Rodrigo Sic describes the first meetings between community leaders and the Observatory of Reproductive Health and the Panamerican Organization of Health to develop plans for the new health center.
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“With the purpose of improving the health of the women and children of its rural areas, the Observatory of Reproductive Health, in coordination with the Panamerican Organization of Health (OPS), met in the community of Chivaquito in Cabulco, Baja Verapaz in order to flesh out the details of the construction of a Casa Materna in that village.
The meeting began in Chivaquito, nearly 20 kilometers from the center of the city. The leaders of the organizations walked several hours in order to reach the community, as it is one of the most remote in the city. There are 167 families in the community that will benefit from the construction of the Health Clinic.
The community members that met with the organizations’ leaders stated that the most important thing for them was keeping medicine in the health centers. They requested that they be stocked with medicine that could later be used to later stock the Casa Materna.
One of the children that will benefit from the project was very happy to know that the organizations were constructing a Casa Materna where he and his siblings could receive medical care.”
Original in Spanish
Con el fin de mejorar la salud de las mujeres y los niños del área rural, el Observatorio de Salud Reproductiva, en coordinación de la Organización Panamericana de Salud (OPS), se reunieron para afinar detalles de la construcción de una casa maternal infantil en la aldea de Chivaquito en Cabulco, Baja Verapaz.
La actividad se llevó a cabo en la comunidad que dista 20 kilómetros del casco urbano, las autoridades caminaron varias horas para llegar, pues la aldea es una de las más lejanas del municipio y cuenta con 167 familias que serán beneficiadas al ser realidad del proyecto de la edificación.
Los comunitarios que se juntaron con las autoridades manifestaron que lo más importante para ellos es mantener los medicamentos en los Puestos de Salud, por lo que demandaron que se equipen con medicina para luego trabajar el proyecto de casa materna en el lugar.
Uno de los niños que saldrán beneficiados se alegró al saber que se construía una casa maternal donde lo ayudarán a él y sus hermanos.
