The Foundation SEMG solidarity, winner of the 4th edition of the Abbott Foundation Award for health cooperation in Latin America.

Spain, 2011-August once more the work the SEMG-solidarity Foundation of the Spanish society of General physicians and family (SEMG) for the improvement of health in Latin American countries has been recognized, this time by the Abbott Foundation which has given him the award for the fourth edition of the Abbott Foundation Award for health cooperation in Latin America by one of the projects carried out in Nicaragua.

On 30 May was the verdict of the jury of the 4th edition of the awards of the Abbott Foundation, resulting winning the project provision of training in the clinical teaching city Sandino, developed and implemented by SEMG-solidarity in collaboration with the Centre for studies and Social Promotion (CEPS) of Nicaragua.

The award-winning project, encompass actions and social work Foundation SEMG-solidarity has been carried out in Nicaragua since 2003. Among them the medical program doctor, with which Optional Spanish sponsor and providing support for Nicaraguan sick optional, and the creation of the Ciudad Sandino Clínico-Docente unit opened in March 2008, where in addition of providing healthcare to the population of Nicaraguaeach year from Spain medical brigade trained the general practitioners in the country by providing them with the use of new diagnostic techniques and providing them with information about the latest treatments. The € 50,000 that the award has provided Foundation SEMG-solidarity, will make it possible to continue to encourage these social and educational programmes and carry out further actions on the same line of work.

From the SEMG-solidarity Foundation we promote health improvement in a broad sense, we go to the population, both medical students and physicians already practising in the country. Trying to improve the scientific and technical level of doctors and future doctors, and so provide them all the training and the possible material both for its health care activity as formative ”, detailing Dr. José Manuel Solla, President of the foundation of SEMG-solidarity.

As he has acknowledged the Abbott Foundation, the final choice has not been easy, given that between 23 nominations, contained several initiatives of great value and high interest in the development of relations of cooperation in the health sector between Spain and Latin American countries, but the SEMG-solidarity project known for being that better met the evaluation criteria on the basis of this call globally.

In the awards ceremony that took place yesterday in the Auditorium of the University of Alcalá, Dr. plaice picked up in the hands of the Secretary general of health José Martínez Olmos award. On delivery they accompanied the general Secretary of health, the rector of the University, Fernando Galván, and the President of the Abbott Foundation, Esteban Plata.

About us

The SEMG-solidarity Foundation is a private organization, non-profit cooperating for the progress of countries in developing. The main objective of the Foundation is to help those countries that do not have a thriving health care system and where the gaps exceed basic needs for human subsistence. Helping colleagues who live a precarious professional situation.