Yesterday, Juan Ciudad NGO and the San Juan de Dios Foundation delivered the telemedicine kit created by Kerox Technology for the Community Health Project in Human Settlements in Iquitos, Peru. The project was launched in 2017 with the San Juan de Dios Clinic located in this town in the Peruvian jungle.
At a meeting held at the clinic yesterday, October 17, Professor Lara MarĂa MartĂnez of the San Rafael-Nebrija University Center in Madrid explained how the suitcase works. It is equipped with the necessary measuring devices to perform a situational diagnosis of the population, facilitating the collection of data on a series of parameters such as oxygen saturation, pulse, blood pressure, glucose, hematocrit and hemoglobin, and Zika.
The project currently has five health promoters and 15 community workers who will use the suitcase in their work with nearly 400 families in four settlements in Iquitos. All of them were present, as well as Teresa Cifuentes (Mamma Irene Human Settlement), Jessica Cardama (project coordinator in Iquitos), Roberto Lorenzo (Juan Ciudad NGO field liaison), and the two members of Juan Ciudad NGO who are on a working visit: Gonzalo Sales (director) and Iratxe DĂaz (head of Logistics Support).
From left to right Lara MarĂa MartĂnez, Teresa Cifuentes and Jessica Cardama at the presentation of the suitcase at the SJD Clinic in Iquitos.
This community health project has two objectives. On the one hand, it seeks effective health promotion and prevention, and on the other, it aims to demonstrate that, through the role of the Community Health Agent, the incidence of prevalent diseases in the area can be effectively reduced.
This initiative has also received support from the Regional Government of Castile and LeĂłn, the Community of Madrid, and the Esplugues City Council.
From left to right: Roberto Lorenzo, Iratxe DĂaz, Lara M. MartĂnez and Gonzalo Sales in Iquitos.
Source: Juan Ciudad NGO Communication
