Saving Brains: Youth in action
Developing a counseling system/model led by Chorti Maya youth to improve maternal and child health in communities of the municipality of Jocotan, department of Chiquimula (Guatemala)
Program: Saving brains, Grand Challenges Canada funded by Global Affairs Canada
Principal Investigator: Dr Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Associate Professor and Director, McGill Institute for Global Food Security
Project Manager: Dr Patrick Cortbaoui, Academic Associate and Program Director, McGill Institute for Global Food Security
Objective
To implement a new community counseling model for maternal and child health, with supportive supervision and the use of performance incentives, led by youth from Guatemalan rural, indigenous communities.
Project Implementation Partners
- Action Against Hunger - Guatemala
- McGill University
