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Villagers are learning to take control of their diabetes and hypertension as part of Centro Médico’s innovative chronic care program. Our video segment highlights the joint effort of the clinic and communities to provide and encourage long-term care for patients living with two of Bolivia’s most common health challenges.
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Centro Medico Humberto Parra strives to improve the health and well-being of poor rural Bolivian communities.
Centro Medico provides free primary healthcare, medication, health education and other health services to people who would otherwise not be able to afford them. The clinic works in partnership with the surrounding communities to enable them to lead healthy lives. Centro Medico is primarily staffed by volunteer American and Bolivian physicians and is entirely funded by private donations from Bolivia and the United States.
What's New?
July, 2000
The clinic recieved land to build on donated from Milton Parra. The clinic will be named Centro Medico Humberto Parra in honor of Milton's Father.
Top Stories
Centro Medico Responds to the Floods in Beni
This year Bolivia experienced some of the worst flooding it has seen in years. The Beni, a region of northern Bolivia, was especially hard hit. Agriculture is the main industry for the area and the floods destroyed the crops and livestock displacing many families from their homes.
Bichos, Brushing and Being a Good Eater: Centro Médico’s Kids Get a Lesson in Hygiene and Nutrition and Some Listening Time with Shakira
During summer 2007, US volunteer Joe Johnson and Bolivian Coordinator Edith Dietz visited 3 schools in the Centro Médico Communities, El Pilar, San Miguelito, and Palacios, to teach children about the importance of washing well, brushing well and eating well.
Care at Centro Médico Continues Despite Torrential Downpours, a Bridge Collapse and Knee-deep Mud
Anyone who has worked at Centro Médico knows that one of the biggest challenges to providing patient care is not lack of supplies or funds but Mother Nature. Since February 2007, wet summer weather has resulted in treacherous road conditions forcing Centro Médico to move house and operate out of the small government-supported medical post in the village of Palacios
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