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Country: Nicaragua
Length of Trip: Not available
Trips per Year to Latin America: Not available
Cost: Not available
Urban/Rural: Not available
Type of Volunteer: Physician, Nurse, Healthcare-related trainee, Dental
Type of Organization: Secular NGO
Type of Clinic: Mobile or Informal Clinic, Standing Clinic
Description:
Not available
Organizational Base: Boulder, Colorado
Other Programs: Scholarships
This organization has an ongoing, formal partnership with LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES in the host community.
Yes
In addition to the visiting volunteers, this organization ensures that there is ALWAYS A LOCAL CLINICIAN visibly involved in clinical care.
Yes
This organization has a staff member or partner organization PERMANENTLY available in the host community.
Yes
This organization has a FORMAL REFERRAL PROCESS for patients who need higher levels of care.
Yes
This organization builds capacity by regularly HELPING TRAIN host providers, local health workers, or community health workers.
Yes
This organization engages in regular PUBLIC HEALTH WORK OR HEALTH PROMOTION in the community.
Yes
Volunteers are PRE-SCREENED before being accepted by this organization.
Yes
Urine dipsticks, pregnancy tests, glucometers are all available, and there is a CLEAR PATHWAY for volunteers to obtain advanced tests that are not immediately available.
Yes
This organization provides PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING for volunteers (i.e. in-person or online).
Yes
This organization provides written CLINICAL PROTOCOLS to volunteers.
Yes
This organization PROMOTES the visiting clinics to locals by word of mouth or advertisement, or uses a clinic location that is already well known to locals.
Yes
This organization has a formal TRIAGE, priority, appointment, or ticketing system in place for patients visiting the clinic.
Yes
This organization has a formal STAFFING PLAN describing future needs and a recruitment strategy (i.e. for volunteers, local clinicians, translators, and support staff).
Yes
This organization solicits written FEEDBACK FROM VOLUNTEERS after the trip is over.
Yes
This organization provides written EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL GUIDELINES to volunteers, describing an approach to common diseases in the host community.
Yes
This organization keeps MEDICAL RECORDS that are easily accessible to future clinicians.
Yes
The FINANCIAL REPORTS for this organization are transparent and easily available (i.e. via website, annual report, etc).
No
This organization describes the balance of COSTS AND BENEFITS TO THE HOST COMMUNITY associated with hosting volunteers (i.e. on its website).
No
Based on information provided by 1 reviewer(s).
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(4.4 / 5)
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