Project Suyana Peru Humanitarian Aid Trip

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Project Suyana Peru Humanitarian Aid Trip
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Who We Are

• A diverse, student-led, non-profit organization
• Project Suyana aims to assimilate students
  from all areas of the undergraduate and graduate
  colleges who share a deeply rooted interest in
  medicine and global health care. Students will
  collaborate throughout the 2007-2008 school year
  to attain the appropriate financial and medical
  resources that would assist in the projects
  success while gaining a first hand experience in
  global health.

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Maternal Health in Need

• Infant death rate 53.1 of every 1000 live births
• Maternal death rate 200 of every 100,000 births
• -World Health Organization, Peru
• In the capital, Lima, Peru there are
  approximately 12-15 physicians per 10,000
  inhabitants.
• In Puno, Peru, approximately 4-6 physicians are
  available per 10,000 inhabitants.
• -Ministry of Health, Puno Peru 2006

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Puno, Peru
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Descriptive Statistics for Healthcare and Birth
Outcomes

• Statistic 1996 DHS
• Average antenatal visits 3.48 (3.63)
• Share of births at home () 54.9

Source The World Bank Economic Review, 2005
19(2)203-223
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Long Term Project Goals

• Construction of Casa de Espera make it an
  affiliate branch of the Central Hospital.
• Create a long standing Public Health Awareness
  program that could be utilized by local public
  and social workers in both urban and rural
  regions of Puno.
• Establish a stronger English curriculum within
  local public schools and orphanages.

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Trip Overview

• Set up a week long free health clinic screening
• Connection to land and population
• The sky is the limit!
• Health screening in rural Puno
• Distribution of year-round clinical supply
  collection
• Rounding with physicians
• Surgery (abdominal, trauma, urology, thoracic)
• Pediatrics (neonatology)
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Emergency and Family Medicine
• Also available in the summer
• Public health programs
• English education for grade-school
• students and hospital staff

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Trip Facts and Stats

• Time
• Spring break February 22nd March 2nd
• Summer break June 26th July 24th
• Costs (based on previous trip to Puno)
• 700 airfare
• 10/day room and board
• 5/day food
• Local languages
• Castellano Spanish (proficiency required by trip
  time)
• Aymara

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Project Suyana, Summer 2007 Uros Islands, Lake
Titicaca
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Capital Folklorica de Peru
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Hospital Regional de Puno
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The People
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The Application

• Travel application October 3rd
• Visit our website to download the application
• www.projectsuyana.org
• Please send your travel application to
• projectsuyana_at_umich.edu
• An informal interview process will take place
  after submission of applications.

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Muchas Gracias! Hasta Pronto!