Boston College Global Health Initiative: Nicaragua

Boston College Global Health Initiative: Nicaragua Undergraduate and graduate nursing students provide primary care, nursing service, and health education in one of the poorest communities in Nicaragua.

The William F. Connell School of Nursing Global Health Initiative is a clinical experience through Boston College. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students provide primary care, nursing service, and health education in Managua, one of the poorest communities in Nicaragua. BC has a longstanding relationship with this community and seeks to improve conditions by empowering local health promoters

and care providers. We collaborate with Augsburg College Center for Global Education who coordinates GHI's trips and provides classes on the health and political system and visits to cultural and clinical sites. Please help support this valuable service-learning opportunity with a donation to:
Global Health Initiative
Attn: Ronna Krozy
Boston College Connell School of Nursing
140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Many regions of Nicaragua rely heavily on the sugar cane industry for their economy. Around 70% of these sugar cane work...
12/16/2014

Many regions of Nicaragua rely heavily on the sugar cane industry for their economy. Around 70% of these sugar cane workers will develop Chronic Kidney Disease, though the cause of such a high morbidity rate is still unknown. Check out this short video by La Isla Foundation to learn more about the issue and the research being done to find a solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c3kNNqfBDQ

La Isla is a small community located on the outskirts of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua in the Central America lowlands. Its sole economy is the sugar cane industry ...

04/17/2011
04/17/2011

Undergradaute and graduate students of the Boston College Connell School of Nursing discuss their experience of the 2007 Global Health Initiative's trip to Nicaragua.

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