We are committed to an expanded vision of primary care based on small rural hospitals that are the focal point for comprehensive community health, championing prevention while saving the lives of children and adults every day.
First, our hospitals are self-sustaining as a result of active community involvement and dynamic public-private partnerships with local, regional, and national levels of government.
Second, we operate a large family practice residency program for physicians and a training program for nurses in cooperation, respectively, with the Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito and the Luis Vargas Torres University in La Concordia. These physicians and nurses will revolutionize health care in rural Ecuador by providing first rate medical care and exemplary administrative practices.
Finally, by partnering with leading academic institutions, we are creating a Health Research Center whose mission is to conduct rigorous research to help optimize the AHD model, measure program impact, and ultimately influence policy decisions based on solid science. Our expectation over time is to transfer the AHD model into the public sector at the national and regional levels, and to other developing nations where appropriate.
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