HealthPartners gets $7.9 million grant for health co-ops and care centers in Uganda, 3 other countries
The
Using grants from the
Under the new grant, also from
"We will be connected to the co-ops, but we are not going to have that responsibility like we had in the past," said
Co-op members in
"We have it set up where we could actually train the Ugandans in those communities ... to run the programs," said Aebischer. "The [Ugandan] Ministry of Health was really interested in how to get health care in a rural setting to be self-sufficient," he said.
Because incomes are so low in rural
Poor health statistics
About 6 percent of the Ugandan adult population is living with AIDS. Diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, sleeping sickness and rabies infections are common.
The health co-ops, which are governed by their members, have also partnered with other co-ops and organizations such as the
In its new role,
The health centers will connect girls ages 10 to 19 with adult mentors, who will help them learn about reproductive health but also income generation and money management, nutrition, leadership and other life skills that improve health and well-being.
With the new
"The reason we chose those countries is because of existing co-op development efforts," Aebischer said.
Halvorson, who left
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