GL_2020 Annual Report

Honduras: Strengthening the
Rural Health System
portable cart stocked with easily
accessible equipment and medication
for emergency medical situations. It
allows staff to respond quickly and
effectively during an emergency and
transport life saving supplies where
they are needed. However, many
health facilities in resource poor
communities have to make do without
this important equipment.
Paula, a nurse at one of the health
facilities shared, “We experience
shortages of supplies and have to send
patients to buy their own gauze when
we run out. Global Links crash carts
arrived with key medical supplies
and we’re now well stocked in our
treatment room and vaccination
station...we have everything we
need organized and on hand for
vaccinations, wound care, and minor
treatments.”
wheelchairs for local vaccination
clinics in Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Karen Calderón, the director of
the Wampusirpi Health Network
in Honduras shared, “Thank you all
for your help, we are very grateful.
Thanks to your donation we have
been able to face Covid-19. We have
been able to give better care [to our
patients] and we continue in the fight!”
Nurse in Honduras with crash cart
from Global Links
Goal: Support the efforts of the
Honduran health authorities to
strengthen the public health care
system, to improve the quality and
access to health services in remote
areas with an emphasis on vulnerable
populations, and to adapt the public
health system to the country’s
changing epidemiological profile.
Health Impact: Global Links rescued
surplus crash carts that are now
making a difference in Honduran
health facilities. A crash cart is a
Medical Surplus Recovery
Our Goal: Recover surplus that
can improve health. No longer
needed furnishings and equipment
help Global Links support health
improvement initiatives locally
and globally. And, we keep surplus
materials out of landfills.
Impact: Our region’s surplus
supported our partners’ response to
the pandemic in their communities
near and far, whether that was
patient beds in Honduras or
Surplus beds in use in rural
communities in Honduras