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Board Approves AHD Model Expansion!

The Andean Health and Development Board has approved the building of a new hospital in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. The city of 400,000, many of whom are in extreme poverty, is grossly under-served in terms of health care. AHD plans to create a Physician and Nurse Training Facility. This will be the new location for the Center of Gloabal Health!

Andean Health is now starting a capital campaign project to raise $2 million dollars in the next year to fund this project to save the lives of even more Ecuadorians.

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How Can a Hospital in an Impoverished Villlage be 100% Self-Sustaining?

Since 2007, Hospital Pedro Vicente Maldonado, in rural Ecuador, has been self-sustaining thanks to Andean Health’s community partnerships. This model has been so successful, that AHD plans to replicate the model in new locations. These sites then are used to train Ecuador’s health workforce and the health care leaders of tomorrow.

*Ecuador's Social Security pays more than what Hospital PVM typically charges for certain services. This allows us to cross-subsidize other nonpaying patients.

Have a question about this model for sustainability in developing Latin America? Please leave your questions and comments below.

Please visit www.andeanhealth.org to learn more about Andean Health and Development.

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Notre Dame Fighting Disease in Haiti

Since 1997, Notre Dame has been committed to the elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Through the mass treatment of more than 1.3 million people annually, the Haiti Program, led by Notre Dame biologist Father Thomas Streit, is one of the world’s premier initiatives against elephantiasis.
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