Americas

Project HOPE’s programs in the Americas address the most pressing health problems in the region, including maternal and neonatal mortality, diabetes, natural disasters, and health emergencies.

 

Since 1962, Project HOPE has helped strengthen over 25 countries in the Americas with a range of support including humanitarian assistance, medicines and supplies, health care training, and health education. Key successes of our work throughout the region include:

  • Expanding access to maternal and child health care by establishing clinics and training health workers
  • Developing an online diabetes education platform for health workers in Latin America
  • Strengthening countries and health systems to prepare for and recover from natural disasters
  • Improving people’s health and well-being through health education and community-based activities

Currently, Project HOPE is working to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in the Dominican Republic through training health workers and upgrading equipment at leading maternity hospitals. HOPE is also supporting the Ministry of Health in establishing a post-graduate education program for nurses on obstetrics and neonatal care.

In Puerto Rico, Project HOPE is working to tackle the burden of diabetes by equipping health workers and helping people with diabetes self-manage the disease.

Project HOPE also works with local, regional, and international partners to strengthen emergency preparedness efforts in the Americas. Recent events such as Hurricanes Maria, Matthew, Harvey, and Irma have highlighted critical gaps in surveillance and emergency response. HOPE is coordinating with partners in Puerto Rico to conduct training for teams of local emergency responders.

Our History in the Americas
Project HOPE has worked in communities throughout the Americas since 1962, when the SS HOPE first docked in Peru. Over the years, our reach in the Americas expanded to include several successful long-term programs such as:

  • A maternal and child health clinic network in the Dominican Republic, which continues to operate independently today
  • Child survival programs in Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras, and Haiti
  • A Pneumovax vaccination program in Nicaragua and Honduras
  • Diabetes programming in Mexico and the United States
  • Economic strengthening of Village Health Banks in Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru
  • A rehabilitation program in Haiti
  • HIV programming in Honduras

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Project HOPE in Americas

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