Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)

CEMSE's multifunctional center offers free annual revisions and emergency healthcare for students of associated public schools and delivers health training to students, teachers and parents. The organization also has a mobile team to reach schools that are far away. CEMSE’s costs are covered predominantly by the Church, external sources and fees pay for treatments, medications, and lab exams. CEMSE’s health program also includes the following projects:

• Dental health: With ANESVAD funding, CEMSE was able to strengthen dental health as a speciallity. This project includes (1) training for professors so that they are able to incorporate oral health topics into their curriculums, (2) parent workshops and the possibility for them to conduct small dissemination projects (like campaigns or fairs), (3) training and certification of students as oral health promoters who then form groups which carry out training activities for their peers in the school and the community, (4) orthodontic assistance, including free check-ups and basic treatments for all school children, and other low-cost treatments, and (4) preventative campaigns involving the benefits of fluoride, oral hygiene, etc.
• Genesis Hall: An intergenerational meeting space where parents, teachers and students can meet to orient themselves and receive advice regarding RSH, STIs and HIV with the use of games and audiovisual activities. Leaders are trained with the mission of delivering informative, preventative activities in the schools and neighborhoods (during fairs, in mobile tents, etc). References are given for cases of STIs and HIV with the support of government health center alliances. In addition, an educational website regarding RSH (http://www.itsidanet.edu.bo) is available to provide young people with access to up-to-date information as well as a “virtual consulting space.” External funding was needed at the beginning of this project to develop all the materials and set the webpage, but the initiative is now sustainable through the work of volunteers and contributions from parents.
• Infant and Maternal health: Based on the idea of community health vigilance, volunteers are trained and receive certification from the Ministry of Health. Volunteers then take census of all homes in their assigned areas in order to later conduct periodic visits, identify risks and illnesses, and make referrals to health centers. The program is supported by an informatics system which allows to electronic record keeping and data tracking for each family. This project was initially implemented by CEMSE, but now that the founding has ended, the government is taking charge of most of its activities and contracting human resources from CEMSE.

Technology Info
Purpose: Facilitating Patient Communications (General Education)