Health Program

The original intent of PAHS was to improve the health of poor people living in impoverished communities. Today, well into our fifth decade of operations we continue to improve health by providing basic healthcare for families with little or no financial means. Our primary focus is nutritional rehabilitation for infants and toddlers and young children who have not received adequate nutrients to meet their growth needs. We provide basic health care, medicine and nutritional rehab for those living in poverty, and in this way we help to prevent more serious illnesses and death.

Outpatient Clinic

• Parents living in poverty with small children, single parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, elderly people, the children in our Homes and our staff members and their families are the main beneficiaries of our Outpatient Clinic. The Clinic is staffed by a nurse. Patients are given a consultation and medications as their condition warrants.

Nutritional Rehabilitation

• Children between the ages of one and eight years are admitted for treatment of first, second and third degree malnutrition. Typically the parent or guardian is advised that the child will need to remain in treatment for two to six months depending on the severity of nutritional deficiencies. A lacto-ovo vegetarian diet is provided, including soy-based foods, whole-wheat bread and fruits and vegetables. The medical regimen includes oral vitamins, injectable vitamins (in the acute phase) and medications for any condition the child may have due to their weakened immunity resulting from malnutrition. The malnourished child typically begins to show significant improvement within the first five days, looking healthy within the first month of treatment. A recovering child is kept in treatment for 1 – 6 months after they appear to have fully regained their health to ensure a full recovery.

Community Health

Communities are screened according to the number of children admitted to our Nutrition Hospital , and a health team or social worker is sent to the community to search for potential patients and to educate adults in the community on signs of malnutrition. Also a member of the staff follows up on the condition of small patients that have returned home in order to help their reintegration process.

• List of Communities that receive our services in the following areas

Name of the Community	Location (State)	Nutritional Health	Education	Health Assistance	Clothing and Food
Peña Blanca	Cortés
Aguazul	Cortés
Meambar	Comayagua
Los Chorros	Cortés
Los Laureles	Cortés
Sta. Cruz de Yojoa	Cortés
Los Naranjos	Cortés
Las Delicias	Comayagua
San Antonio	Cortés
El Palmar	Comayagua
Las Crucitas	Sta. Barbara
Rio Lindo	Cortés
San Luis Planes	Sta. Barbara
El Dorado	Sta. Barbara
Jaitique	Cortés
Las Vegas	Sta. Barbara
El Cedral	Sta. Barbara
La Guama.	Cortés
Aguazul Rancho	Cortés
Agua Maria	Cortés
El Mochito	Sta. Barbara
Buenos Aires	Cortés
El Campanario	Cortés
Rio Seco	Sta. Barbara
El Capiro	Cortés
La Fe	Cortés
Zacapa	Sta. Barbara
El Tigre	Cortés
Cañaveral	Cortés
Nueva Esperanza	Cortés
El Eden	Cortés
Monte Verde	Cortés
Los Caminos	Cortés
Gracias	Lempira
Cerro Azul Meambar	Cortés