TULA FOUNDATION

Purpose

The objective of the project is to decrease COVID-19 related mortality and morbidity in Guatemala. The project will improve the community response to and recovery from COVID-19 in target regions, including specific measures for women, girls and indigenous populations experiencing marginalization or vulnerability, and will strengthen COVID-19 preparedness and equitable response by community health workers and key stakeholders. The primary activities include: (1) delivery of distance education training for frontline health workers on COVID-19-related topics to improve community response and recovery; (2) use of a digital health system by community health workers to maintain culturally-sensitive quality health services for marginalized populations, including women and girls; (3) addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in vulnerable Indigenous communities; and (4) use of a digital health system to deploy real-time epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 at the community level to inform timely decision-making. The project is a short-term emergency response to COVID-19 in Guatemala.