Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation
The Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation, in alliance with the Health Committee of Santa Ana, Honduras, aims to improve health and the provision of health services for underserved people in the area of Santa Ana, Intibuca, Honduras. The program strives to promote self sufficiency at a grass roots level, and to educate BCM medical students, residents, and faculty of the ongoing healthcare needs and daily challenges faced by people in rural, resource-poor areas.
Teams of physicians and students from BCM visit Santa Ana in April and October of each year to conduct health clinics and to do community-oriented primary care. The first health team from BCM visited Santa Ana in February 2001; over one thousand patients were seen and excellent progress was made in community health assessment and plans to improve healthcare in the area. Subsequent visits have been equally productive and busy. BCM will be continually involved with Santa Ana to provide more reliable medication supply and to ultimately help community leaders build an improved healthcare facility there and to procure local physicians for continuous healthcare.
(from Shoulder to Shoulder "Mission Statement" and "Program History")