Honduran Health Alliance

June 26 – July 21, 2011

Honduran Health Alliance

Why We Go

Cervical Cancer is one of the leading causes of death of women in low-income countries, but is highly preventable with education, annual exams, and follow-up care

Activities Patient Outcomes

Well woman annual physicals and pelvic exams

STI testing

Birth control counseling

Seminars on STIs, Family Planning, Domestic Violence, Nutrition, and Cervical Cancer

History of seven successful trips

Women with positive pap smears receive free follow up at a local clinic

Women with STIs and their partners receive treatment

Women receive birth control

Women are empowered to make decisions about their reproductive health

What We Do

Riding to Clinic

Working at Clinic

Socializing at Homestay

Teaching a Seminar

4th-Year Elective Credit

Public Health

Education Experience

Mentorship from 4th-

Years and Attendings

Honduras Travel, Fun, and Friends

Benefits: Why HHA?

Spanish Skills

through Clinic &

Homestays

Clinical Experience

Where We Go

Aiport Option # 2 (San Pedro Sula)

Airport Option #1 (Tegucigalpa)

Nearest City (Choluteca)

Clinic & Homestay #1 Health Education

& Homestay #2

HONDURAS

Program Fee: $650, reducible with Fundraising

Air Travel: $300-$700, depending on departure and destination cities

Travel Insurance: ~ $30

Optional Trip: ~ $100

Costs

Application Timeline Application

deadline (LAHI): 10/8

Interviews: around 10/18

MS1 Team Orientation: around 11/13

Spring Course: February – May

HHA Trip: 6/26-7/21

http://www.med.unc.edu/hha

HHA Interest Meeting:

Tuesday 9/21

12-1 pm

Bondurant G10

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