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Self-medication in pregnancy
Self-medication in pregnancy is one of the riskiest behaviors we can adopt. Taking medicines that have not been prescribed by a medical professional is a dangerous and increasingly widespread practice. This risk is even higher for pregnant women, since they not only...
International Course Launch
Online training is 80% subsidized by the FdW and has contributions from international experts and specialists within the framework of the Training Program for Mediators in Prevention of deficiencies and prenatal and postnatal diseases. It arises in response to the...
Ecohealth and health inequalities
Understanding health from different areas, based on the circumstances in which people are born and develop their lives, health systems, public policy, environmental factors, among others, is to understand it from the approach posed by Ecohealth. The health and living...
El Salvador: Technology for community training with OEF
🇸🇻 The two organizations have signed a Cooperation Agreement to develop training and awareness-raising processes, within the framework of the PreNatal Program. The execution of the project, in the midst of the current health emergency situation, is a sign of...
Honduras: Mobile laboratory for detection and care of STIs
🇭🇳 The Mobile Laboratory Project provides care to detect Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and provides guidance on the importance of enjoying good sexual and reproductive health in rural areas of Honduras. Its...
We complete 35 years of work in prevention
More than 600 thousand adolescents, 200 thousand families and 60 thousand mediators and promoters have been trained and sensitized to generate responsible and healthy changes. These people have been benefited through the training process and various actions in service...
Overview of disability in Latin America
A topic of great relevance for the Waal Foundation (FDW) is the situation of disabilities that are generated by deficiencies acquired during pregnancy, childbirth or early childhood. The GBD (Global Burden Disease [1] ) database allows the number of...
Effects and projections of the health crisis
More than a year has passed since the declaration of emergency health by Covid-19 and the effects are evidenced at various levels. Latin America is the most affected region in the world and in this article we explore its current...
What will happen to maternal and child health?
The Waal Foundation's ABCD Prenatal campaign contemplates planning, pregnancy and the baby's first two years of life, following four prevention keys. In this article we will review the incidence of the health crisis on these axes. As we established in our previous...
