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1997 -- 2007 Celebrating 10 Years of Improving Health in Ecuador
	QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO THE WORLD'S POOR
	How do you deliver quality healthcare in rural areas of developing countries? How do you make it self-sustainable so that the local people can afford to pay via their own means? Andean Health and Development has created a healthcare model that emphasizes quality care, dignified services, and self-sustainability. THE MODEL WORKS! Our first facility in Pedro Vicente Maldonado is at 100% cost recovery -- which means the local people are paying for their healthcare!
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	AHD BEGINS WORK IN LA MANA
	Building on the successful pilot project in Pedro Vicente Maldonado (PVM), Dr. David Gaus has started work on a second location in rural Ecuador: La Mana in the Cotopaxi Province southwest of Quito. In La Mana, the AHD Team will be focused on deploying the AHD Model to target four key areas: Clinical Services, Adminstration, Community Access and Utilization and Leadership Development. Taking into consideration neighboring communities, upwards of 70,000 people are potentially served by Hospital La Maná. 70% are poor, indigent, marginalized sectors of society with an average family income of less than $250/month. 40% of the population are children; 25% women of reproductive age; 10% elderly patients.
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	AHD Story Published in Pan American Journal of Public Health
	"Making secondary care a primary concern: the rural hospital in Ecuador" written by David Gaus, Diego Herrera, Michael Heisler, Barnett L. Cline, and Julius Richmond was published in the March issue of The Pan American Journal of Public Health. The Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH) is the flagship technical and scientific periodical of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which is the Secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America.
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	David Gaus Profiled in M Magazine -- Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine
	During February, M Magazine from Milwaukee published an excellent article on their native son, Dr. David Gaus. The article, titled "The Picture of Health," describes the road David has travelled since growing up outside Milwaukee to his current role as the leader of Andean Health and Development in Ecuador. The article also provides some insights into David's personal life including his wife Elizabeth and three wonderful children in Ecuador and David's extended family back in Wisconsin.
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	AHD Speaks at American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
	AHD Board Members Barney Cline, Mike Heisler and Alan Gianotti joined Dr. David Gaus at the 56th Annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The meeting took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 6th. Dr. Cline organized this special symposium as an adjunct to the ASTMH general session. The symposium expanded the typical ASTMH agenda to focus on service delivery and the possible implementation of scientific advances.
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