{"id":8547,"date":"2012-10-01T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediciperlapace.org\/progetto\/ecuador-maternal-and-child-health-in-esmeraldas\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:53:57","slug":"ecuador-maternal-and-child-health-in-esmeraldas","status":"publish","type":"progetto","link":"https:\/\/mediciperlapace.org\/en\/progetto\/ecuador-maternal-and-child-health-in-esmeraldas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador \u2013 Maternal and Child Health in Esmeraldas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8547\" class=\"elementor elementor-8547 elementor-7789\" data-elementor-post-type=\"progetto\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c1cde e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58c1cde\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e45488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e45488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maternal and child health in Esmeraldas\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5612e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5612e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doctors for Peace has worked in collaboration with the S. Jos\u00e9 Cottolengo Health Center, of which it has integrated the amulatory activities. It has carried out monitoring, prevention and treatment activities for high-risk pregnancies, child malnutrition and chronic diseases. She also trained a group of Ecuadorian volunteer mothers to promote the dissemination of information and good prevention practices in the community.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4d99d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d4d99d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527c536a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"527c536a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Map\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908ddd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"908ddd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Esmeraldas&#038;t=m&#038;z=4&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Esmeraldas\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Esmeraldas\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6b48d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6b48d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b4897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9b4897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fcf9a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fcf9a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Esmeraldas, a city of 184,000 inhabitants located 300 km from Quito, has a poverty index of 78.3%, significantly higher than the national average (60%). Doctors for Peace, in collaboration with <strong>CECOMET<\/strong> and the <strong>Center for Tropical Diseases of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Negrar<\/strong>, has activated a community epidemiology project at the local Health Center, aimed at <strong>reducing mortality in the population of the poorest neighborhoods<\/strong>. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae05e38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae05e38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a41033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a41033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a62d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a62d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doctors for Peace has carried out <strong>monitoring, prevention and treatment activities for high-risk pregnancies, child malnutrition and chronic diseases<\/strong>. The outpatient activities of the S. Jos\u00e9 Cottolengo Health Center, the health facility targeted by the intervention, were integrated with those of the territory, applying the regulations of the Ministry of Health which assigns a percentage of the staff&#8217;s time to activities at home or in the area, and an equivalent percentage to be dedicated to outpatient activities (50\/50). The interventions carried out by the midwife Rosario Chanatasig and Dr. Daniela Armani were supported, aimed at integrating the clinical and monitoring activities of the local Health Center to reduce morbidity-mortality from avoidable causes in the population of the poorest neighborhoods. The health personnel involved in the project have been entrusted with the task of supervising the nutritional status of children under 5 years of age; monitor pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium; identify chronic patients (hypertensive, diabetic, epileptic); monitor the treatment of patients with tuberculosis; Educating to health. 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