Integra Foundation, Malta are partnering with the Research Institute for Health and Social Change (RIHSC), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK on an action research project providing disabled people in extreme poverty in Guatemala with emergency health care, in particular those residing in the poorest rural areas and indigenous populations . It prioritises those living in the most impoverished conditions. Working collaboratively throughout all stages with local level Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and other trusted partners as well as families and communities, the project contributes to alleviating the barriers in particular the costs that traditionally bar access to emergency health care, while offering a sustainable and individualised health care programme that is locally owned and run. The project is currently funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Malta.
For more information see http://integrafoundation.org/guatemalaproject/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CYhKFmlvSk.
Contact for project: Dr Shaun Grech E-mail: integrafoundation@gmail.com
Information and picture from the project provided by Shaum Grech, Integra Foundation
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