Health Programme

Situation prior to the start of the Project (2006):

• There were no sanitation and sewage services.
• Only one health worker provided services to all the communities.
• Limited understanding of birth control, family planning, and sexual health issues.

Objectives of the health programme:

• Strengthen local public health institutions.
• Improve integral health services, in particular for women and children.
• Promote healthy habits in the communities.

Achievements:

• Signature and execution of cooperation agreements with the primary government authorities in the health sector: Regional Bureau of Health of Cajamarca and Sub-Regional Bureau of Health-Chota.
• Increased presence of the State in the area, through preventive health campaigns executed by MINSA (Ministry of Health) and ESSALUD (Social Security administration) in local communities: La Granja, La Pampa, La Iraca, Paraguay, el Sauce and Pariamarca.

Read about our community support program.