Fundación Baylor Colombia was established at the end of 2014 with the signing of cooperation letters between the hospitals of Manaure and Riohacha, with the support of Chevron, Ecopetrol, the Office of the First Lady of Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Health & Social Protection. Our area of service, La Guajira, struggles with various critical health problems, including high rates of infant and maternal mortality. These problems are largely the result of lack of access to health care for high-risk populations and health education and training for children, mothers and public health professionals.
Fundación Baylor Colombia has focused its efforts on the Indigenous Health & Self-Sufficiency Program, known as SAIL (Salud y Autosuficiencia Indígena). The program works in partnership with the existing health system in La Guajira. Activities in the communities of Riohacha and Manaure are aimed at providing integrated solutions, driven by the local community and focused on five objectives: access, capacity, surveillance, prevention and partnership.