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Of the 6 million people in Honduras: 80% live in poverty and 60% live in rural areas.
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The northeastern third of Honduras has very few roads where many live in isolated villages and towns connected only by boat, plane or footpath. These areas, with heavy tropical rains, can be impassable
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for weeks, even months at a time. Due to these factors many people have little to no access to health care.
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This has resulted in a high mortality rate in newborns and children. Diseases such as HIV, malaria, dengue, TB and diarrheas are steadily increasing with the absence of preventative health care.
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READI teams is responding to these needs by going into remote areas providing immediate and long term relief through health care,
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community development, and training. READI teams is equipping nationals to work as health care workers in their own communities, empowering them to meet their own needs.
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During Hurricane Mitch we had an unprecedented opportunity to respond to the needs of this area, through relief supplies: food, water, medical attention, clothes and
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Our thanks
to all who responded to
the relief efforts after Hurricane Mitch
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construction teams. Though great strides have been made over the past two years, many repairs to roads and housing are still under way.
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