Mexico
El Equipo de Apoyo en Salud y Educación Comunitaria (EAPSEC, The Team for the Support of Community Health and Education) was established in 1985 by a small group of Mexican health promoters. Since 1989, PIH has collaborated with EAPSEC to improve medical infrastructure in the region and to recruit and train hundreds of health workers, known as promotores.
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Bringing access to health care to mountain communities in one of Mexico’s poorest states.
Harvard medical student Cassandra Peitzman explains the photovoice project.
PIH/EAPSEC continues to combat non-communicable diseases throughout Chiapas
An interview with the newest physician with PIH's partner organization in Mexico.
Recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Stan and continuing empowerment of community health promoters were the main themes of 2006 at EAPSEC (Equipo de Apoyo en Salud y Educación Comunitaria), a PIH-supported project in Chiapas, Mexico.
New guidelines and goals for treating MDR-TB announced. June 2006 -- New guidelines for treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were announced at a gathering of TB experts in Atlanta on May 10.
Since October 5, 2005, we have been following the tragedy unfolding in the PIH supported project in Chiapas, Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Stan.
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Mirebalais Hospital's green technology plan includes electricity conservation, water conservation and treatment, and sustainability initiatives. Read More »
PIH's supported project in Chiapas, Mexico, reaches out to isolated communities. Read More »
A physician from PIH’s supported project in Mexico reflects on his trip to Haiti. Read More »
Examining the best ways to prevent the spread of a contagious disease across international borders. Read More »
The Lancet reports on PIH partnership working to tackle tuberculosis in Chiapas, Mexico. Read More »
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Publication date: 06/01/06
by Partners In Health; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health (2006)
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Children’s health and malnutrition
