Community Health Initiative in Guatemala Underway
They have given pre-publication rights to Rotary District
6440 and PAHO to assure immediate availability of the information for the
Guatemalan project organized by Rotary District 6440 in Northern Illinois,
Rotary District 4250 Guatemalan clubs, the Guatemalan Minister of Health (MOH)
and PAHO, and to beta test the content before eventual publication by PAHO.
“Diagnostic Imaging in
the Community- A Manual for Clinics and Small Hospitals” is edited by Dr.
The manual has sections on site selection and survey,
radiation safety, site preparation, film processing, digital alternatives and
ultrasound. The manual includes general X-ray systems with a focus on the
digital World Health Imaging System for Radiology (WHIS-RAD) an international
standard supported by PAHO and WHO.
The pilot site in
“Diagnostic Imaging in
the Community- A Manual for Clinics and Small Hospitals” is available at www.dicsh.info, a Rotary District 6440
website and on the PAHO website, www.PAHO.org
More information from PAHO is available at http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5576&Itemid=2164&lang=es