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The Damien Foundation in Nicaragua
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Tuberculosis
Quite recently, the Foundation started supporting the National Tuberculosis Control Programme in 10 of the country's 17 health regions. It supports supervision and training designed to maintain and improve still further the detection and cure of tuberculosis patients in these 10 regions in the Western part of the country.
Leishmaniasis also
However, Nicaragua is, more than anything else, the only country where the Foundation is fighting leishmaniasis. Support has been given without interruption for nearly ten years, so we have been able to organise a genuine programme incorporated into primary health care. Among other things, the programme supports training of community health workers in heavily affected areas and mobile teams.
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| Start of the project |
1990 |
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| Partenaires locaux |
• The National Leishmaniasis Control Programme
• The National Tuberculosis Control Programme
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| Type of project |
• Started for leprosy
• Today, since 1995, it has catered for leishmaniasis and, since 2004, for tuberculosis
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| Population covered in 2007 |
2.042.445 |
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| Patients detected and treated in 2007 |
• 4.972 leishmaniasis patients
• 610 tuberculosis patients |
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| Expenditure in 2007 |
71.937 euros |
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For more details on le Nicaragua ?
Please  download our detailed account.
For more information on any of our projects,
Please consult our 2007 activity report.
Download (PDF, 2,2 MB)
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