The monthly meeting of health promoters was run by the TFH program assistants Adalila Zamora, Albany Chavarría, Dinora García, and Xiomara Blandino. The meeting included a talk about cervical and uterine cancer from Amanda Eastwood. Afterwards the promoters discussed the topic, which they felt had a lot of relevance to rural communities without frequent access to healthcare screening. Many promoters decided that they would advise the appropriate groups in their communities to be screened at the central clinic now that they were aware of the guidelines.
The promoters again requested an injection training seminar, with greatest interest in being able to provide contraception (Depo-Provera) to isolated women of their community. TFH is coordinating with the Ministry of Health to arrange such a training, while again emphasizing the scope of practice for health promoters, and the need to not exceed their level of medical training with focus on primary prevention and community organizing.
Many promoters advised TFH that they would be unable to attend the December monthly meeting since this was the time for the coffee harvest, and they would be needed on their family farms. It was decided that the December meeting would be cancelled, with TFH program assistants instead traveling out to each participating village to give 1 on 1 support for projects.
