Elena Vargas Palacios

• Coached, mentored and trained HP Supervisor in order to improve her job performance.
• Strengthened the capacities of the Community Health Workers in the Main Camp.
• Collaborated with other departments to ensure a participatory design of the Health Promotion and Community Engagement strategies for Al Hol camp, despite the context constraints and challenges.
• Upon request, supported NCD Hassakeh project and Al Hol project as IMS Staff Health focal point.
• Supported as Acting MTL for Al Hol project, as needed.
• Provided support to NCD Hassakeh project for the recruitment processes of HP Supervisor and HP officers.

• Medical focal point (in absence of PMR position) of Migration Project in sub-base Tapachula.
• Implementation of the medical activities addressing the needs of migrants survivors of ill-treatment, sexual violence survivors and mhGap implementation.

• In charge of managing health promotion teams in 2 projects located in the north of Mozambique, with internally displaced persons and returnees
• Support to the national network of Community Health Workers.

• Organization of the emergency intervention due to the increase in migrant caravans and asylum seekers in the last semester of 2021, with a focus on vulnerable populations (pregnant women, the Haitian population, people with protection needs and sexual violence survivors)
• Establishing contact with the network of stakeholders working on the issue of migration to guarantee the access of the population of interest to existing health and social protection services
• Development of Advocacy Strategy and project proposal.

• In charge of managing health promotion teams in 2 projects located in the north of Mozambique, in camps for internally displaced persons due to violence.

• Implementation of the community health strategy at the mission level in the projects in Honduras (Choloma and Tegucigalpa), Mexico (Reynosa and Matamoros) and Guatemala (La Gomera)
• Support to the coordination of projects taking responsibilities as Project Medical Reference and/or Manager of health promotion activities in projects related to sexual violence and mental health, mental health and migration, mental health and COVID-19 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas and Choloma, Honduras.

• In charge of coordinating FD’s projects in the Pacific and South regions of Nicaragua.
• Supervision of Global Fund Tuberculosis Project for FD, as sub-recipient of funds.

• Responsible of Global Fund TB project for sub-recipient Belgian NGO. See Country Grant: Nicaragua joined together for a sustainable national response in the reduction of tuberculosis and mortality, with emphasis on vulnerable populations and based on a family and community health model

• Coordination of activities with Unidad de Proyectos-INSS (Main recipient of funds) and Ministry of Health (Central and SILAIS level)

• Creation of methodological design for workshops addressed to community health workers and primary healthcare workers.

• Writing quarterly, semiannual and annual reports of programmatic activities.

• Budget management

• Monitoring and Evaluation of activities

A non-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) that offers free basic healthcare services in communities with limited access to healthcare.

• Revision of protocols, medical and volunteer guidelines

• Supervision of doctors in field (mobile clinics)

• Coordination of activities with community leaders, governmental entities (MoH, MoEd) and healthcare providers to carry out health promotion, prevention and curative care interventions

• Providing medical orientation to volunteers from Canada and United States about the most common tropical illnesses and basic semiology.

• Leading medical teams, setting up mobile clinics in rural communities in Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

• Performed physical examinations and diagnostic tests to assess patient health.
• Provided treatment for illnesses, infections, injuries, and other medical conditions.
• Prescribed medications to patients for the management of acute and chronic diseases.
• Counseled patients on diet, hygiene, lifestyle changes, and preventative care measures.
• Educated patients about their condition or illness, prescribed medications, and provided instructions on how to manage symptoms at home.
• Advised patients and community members on topics concerning diet, activity and disease prevention.