MARIA
LUISA ORTIZ
WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE
MULUKUKU,
R.A.A.N., NICARAGUA
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Dorothy Virginia Granada
May 31st the Global Health Council awarded to Dorothy and the clinic their extremely prestigious award, the Best Practices in Global Health Award. This tremendous honor recognizes the work of the clinic in empowering local women, in saving lives, and for addressing the issues of violence and poverty as integral to providing health care.
Thousands of the major movers in global health and international health policy makers gathered in Washington, D.C. to honor models of leadership in the field. We are so proud to have Dorothy and the women of the Cooperative acknowledged for the outstanding work they do. The Council recognized the model of community women coming together to improve their lives by integrating health care with antiviolence work and with antipoverty initiatives as a “best practices” model.
In the words of the GHC, the award is given “to celebrate…the efforts of a public health practitioner or organization dedicated to improving the health of disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations and to recognize the programs that effectively demonstrate the link between health, poverty and development.” Recipients must “demonstrate the success of the program, measurable results…, as well as possess the ability and expertise to share, inspire and extend best practices for improving health.”
The clinic is, of course, extending its model through its outreach to the outlying communities of the municipality with community health workers and the initiatives to decrease maternal mortality with the new Casa Materna and new birthing facility.
Dorothy was, as always, extremely gracious and inspiring in her acceptance speech, calling the award “an affirmation of great value” and reiterating that, at the clinic, “we listen to the people we serve with our hearts and minds”.
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