Improvement of health conditions for the victims of armed conflict in the Colombian Pacific Coast

The project represents Phase II of the intervention carried out between 2018 and 2019. It is also implemented in Colombia in the Districts near the Pacific coast of Chocó, Cauca, Valle and Nariño. Since there are no treatment strategies to bring health services closer to these communities where the population has multiple difficulties in terms of access to health services, the objective of the Project is to directly reach the victims of the armed conflict to provide health services with the San Raffaele Hospital Ship  to help reduce morbidity and mortality. 
In this Phase II, an element of risk management in partnership with the Meritorious Voluntary Firefighters Brigade of Cali has been added to the project. The project will try to strengthen local knowledge and skills both in disease prevention and health promotion, as well as in integrated risk management. With regard to the treatment of victims of disasters and epidemiological events, the coordination of medical response actions in case of emergency will be improved with the establishment and implementation of an Emergency Medical Team (E.M.T.) for timely action, as well as providing technical assistance to hospitals, in coordination with national, departmental and municipal systems and relief agencies, also to address COVID-19 emergencies. The hospital ship is the result of the collaboration between AISPO and the Italo Colombian Foundation of Mount Tabor and is funded by the Directorate General for Civil Protection and European Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO).