The general director of the FC Barcelona Foundation, doctor Marta Segúreceived Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, director of PAHO/WHO, in an event in which the progress of this project, which both organizations have agreed to extend until December 2026, was explained.
Specifically, it takes place in the Ngäbe Buglé region, an area that is difficult to access and has the largest indigenous population in Panama. And it is expected that, once consolidated, it can be replicated in other Latin American countries.
One of the most notable components of this initiative is the transportation of medicines and rapid diagnostic kitsand in the future vaccines and laboratory samples, using drones to this geographical area, which is only accessible by river or sea.
‘We are all fine’ covers 37 towns – to reach some of them it takes about twelve hours – and covers more than 6,000 inhabitants.
In three of these communities, It is planned to enable internet access to facilitate direct communication with health professionals reference and to share clinical data.
The objective is to strengthen access to medical care in remote communities so that early diagnosis can be made and thus reduce the burden of communicable and chronic infectious diseases and improve the quality of life of the population.
The Ngäbe Buglé region has a high prevalence of infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, in addition to HIV and syphilis, which without diagnosis or treatment can be transmitted by pregnant women to their children.
EFE / Venevision News
date:2026-02-10 21:38:00
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