Nearly 300 people, including doctors, nurses, psychologists, nutritionists, midwives, experts and ethnic health liaisons, make up the medical care teams that begin the tour through the rural communities of the Amazon.
The health route that will travel through the Amazon jungles for six months began with a consultation process with the indigenous communities, their traditional authorities and civil authorities of the department, who have planned since February of this year the medical immersion with tours. wide by rivers and trails until covering the entire geography of the dense territory.
From now on, almost 300 people are going to visit and live with each community until the month of December, learning about and caring for the illnesses of those who for decades have protected the lungs of the world.
Regarding this social work never before carried out in the Colombian Amazon, Dr. Laín Eduardo López, special intervening agent of the ESE Hospital San Rafael in Leticia, indicated that at the initiative of President Gustavo Petro and the Ministry of Health, they seek to reach the territories furthest from the country.
“It is something new, it is the first time that a medical services route that harmonizes and generates trust between the population and the health system has been developed in the country. We want to learn from them and for the communities to benefit the most without neglecting the culture, because historically it is traditional medicine that has cared for our indigenous people in the jungle and now arriving in the company of their own experts helps us improve the mission.” , accurate.
Intercultural health approach
The basic intercultural health teams will reach every corner of the Amazon, with their native languages and the knowledge of traditional medicine with which they seek to complement Western medicine in favor of the life of the indigenous communities that live on the margins of the rivers and the deep jungle.
Social profitability
The health route through the department of Amazonas, a territory that can only be reached by air and river, in addition to having a monetary cost that exceeds 17 billion pesos, has a cost of living and voluntary delivery that does not have price due to the effort and dedication of its participants who can take up to a week to travel from one community to another.
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“The important thing here is not the financial cost, it is the social profitability that the Ministry of Health is betting on, as one of its flags of social support to save the lives of those who are taking care of the Amazon jungle, is to reach to those families who protect the lungs of the world and that is why it is important to bring them medicine so that they can preserve their life, their culture and the common home where we live,” said Dr. Laín López.
This is one of the health initiatives that become a reality from the central level to be able to contribute to the lives of Colombian citizens who have been forgotten for so many years and in that journey to learn what diseases are affecting the communities and What are the factors that affect your health ailments.
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