WHY SUPPORT US?
Health
The Colombian Pacific Coast is one of the least developed regions of the country and therefore more vulnerable to the effects of poverty. The majority of its inhabitants have the characteristics of a population that is geographically inaccessible to health services and where there is no care strategy in practice that brings these services closer to citizens.
Culture
The midwives arepreservativesof Afro and indigenous culture, of ancestral medicinal knowledge.
Midwives have agrande respect and gratitudein all communities and has the role of Elementos cohesive of social relations.
independence of women
Difficulties of traditional midwives
- Communication with the network
- Delivery of the basic material
- Training for the cost of transportation
The current state of the health service delivery network in Chocó
- "Informal" providers (midwives and traditional doctors) disjointed from the health system
-Hirrationality of doctors and lack of follow-up psychological
- Staff turnover
- Cross-cultural blur
- Little adherence to protocols
- Poor communication between levels of care
- Fragmentation between public health and service provision
- Inadequate infrastructure and transportation and high costs
A timely careduring pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum secan prevent most injuries and fatalitiesas well as nearly three quarters of neonatal deaths.
ALLIANCES
Institutions, organizations, and municipalities that have contributed to the development of the network.
National
Local
International
