Latin America and the Caribbean
ASHA has awarded grants to assist private institutions in the Latin America and Caribbean region since 1957 and continues to do so today. To date, ASHA has awarded approximately $114 million in assistance to various institutions in this region. In FY 2003, ASHA awarded four new grants to institutions in this region. ASHA's primary objective is to strengthen the capacity of these institutions through demonstrating American advances in education, medical technology and practices in the areas of research, training and patient care. Some of these institutions have extended the use of American ideas and practices to improve agricultural productivity and combat poverty in rural areas through use of sustainable methodologies and information systems.
The impact of these projects has increased the number and quality of institutions of higher learning, hospitals and clinics. The grants have also contributed to improvements in the socio-economic livelihoods of the communities served and increased mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean.
During FY 2003, nine of the fifty-eight institutions with active grants administered by ASHA worldwide were located in Latin America and the Caribbean. They include five universities, four hospital centers and one high school. These institutions are located in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico. The educational institutions provide academic and vocational training at the high school, undergraduate and graduate levels. The universities offer programs in the liberal arts, business, medicine, nursing, agriculture, and the sciences.
In FY 2003, approximately 29,000 students were enrolled in ASHA assisted academic and medical institutions, 28,000 of them in degree programs. The medical institutions also provided medical services to approximately 71,000 patients. Many alumni of academic institutions and recipients of services from medical institutions assisted by ASHA in Latin America and the Caribbean are now key decision makers in their respective fields of endeavor.
A list of institutions is located at ASHA Assisted Institutions
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