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Health Mission Statement
The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee Health Program’s mission is to expand the base of support for health programs directed to the under-served residents of Montego Bay by assembling the most qualified team of health professionals and delivering the most competent level of health service to the under-privileged residents of Montego Bay.
Health Mission Objectives
The objectives of the health mission are:
- To offer screening to detect illnesses that the residents of Montego Bay may not be aware of.
- To offer sterilization to women needing tubal ligation surgery.
- To provide education, counseling and physician referrals.
- To conduct workshops designed to promote advanced health education for health professionals.
- To conduct community outreach and immunize identified children against communicable diseases.
- To enhance the professional skills of volunteers by providing a contextual, comparative, inter-disciplinary, and trans-cultural perspective of international health issues and their local implications for both consumers and providers of services.
- To identify and procure medical supplies and equipment for the use and benefit of clinics and hospital in the Montego Bay Area
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