In Ecuador, up to 2,600 deaths per year - mostly among children - could be prevented with improved access to clean water and sanitation, according to a recent publication of the World Health Organization.*
Construction of dry ecological toilets (as shown on left) and installation of clean water tanks are just two of the ways that GPA is helping communities in Ecuador protect their children’s health.
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In Chiapas, Mexico, the group of midwives who received training from GPA over several years has now organized itself into a legal entity. On September 27, 2008, these indigenous midwives obtained legal status as an organization, giving them greater access to training, resources, and hospital facilities.
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*Prüss-Üstün A, Bos R, Gore F, Bartram J. Safer water, better health: costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2008.
An article on GPA’s work in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico and Ecuador was recently published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health. This article, written by founder Scott Cohen, MD, and colleagues, discusses GPA’s efforts in training health promoters in these countries, and highlights some of the challenges GPA faced in our early years.
