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Our mission A Promise of Health delivers programs of innovative homeopathic healthcare and health education to the poor of rural Mexico. Providing primary healthcare is the cornerstone. Nutrition, hygiene education and home garden programs are basic building blocks to a healthier tomorrow. Working with local healthcare professionals, governmental leaders and community organizations, A Promise of Health constructs a framework of support to insure our mission. Our work Founded in 2001, A Promise of Health opened its first clinic in the small village of Huhí, in Mexico’s Yucatán. At first our work only provided primary healthcare. As we soon discovered, to solve basic health issues, needs of better nutrition and hygiene must also be addressed. In the first year, A Promise of Health’s program expanded to include health and hygiene education. A home garden program was initiated to improve the people’s nutrition. Today, after only 6 years, A Promise of Health, now serves nearly 158,000 people living in 20 communities in northern Yucatán. Each of our doctors see on average, 35 patients each day. Many are children. In our reporting system, we track 94 categories of physical and mental illnesses and are able to provide medication for them. Most common diseases, in this tropical climate are caused by parasites or from bacterial infections. Because of lack of refrigeration and poor hygiene, diarrhea and colitis are common. During the rainy season we treat many respiratory illnesses including asthma. Older patients often suffer from chronic arthritis and rheumatism aggravated by climate, diet and hard physical work. Mental depression and anxiety are common maladies among these marginalized people that respond favorably to homeopathic treatment. Today, A Promise of Health’s homeopathic medical clinics, education and home garden programs, for the first time, bring low cost, effective primary healthcare solutions to the rural Maya living in Yucatán. A Promise of Health is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization classified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) charity. All donations to A Promise of Health are fully tax deductible.
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