Carolina Honduras Health Foundation (CHHF) began providing medical care to impoverished Hondurans over twenty-five years ago. After the clinic was built in Limon in 1997, five medical teams visited Limon and surrounding villages in the Department of Colon that year. In just a few years, CHHF medical and dental teams increased to 16 - 18 teams annually. In March 2020, all abruptly stopped. But the medical needs did not. In this presentation, CHHF staff and volunteers will discuss the mission of CHHF, their innovative response to the health care needs of their Honduran people when medical teams were halted, and the implementation and visualization of this response.
Presenters for this event include:
- Emily Barnes, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, WVU Clinical Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Practice and Community Engagement, CHHF Team Member
- Mary Ellen Koenn, CLS, WVU HSC Professor Emeritus, CHHF BOD and Team Member
- Christine Mitchell, MS, CHHF Executive Director.