Specific Issue: Vulnerable populations

Vulnerable populations

Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are improving the health care of vulnerable populations in Latin America:

When hospital patients are well enough to be released, ideally they head home to an environment where they will get even stronger and healthier and make a full recovery.

But what happens when those patients -- young patients in particular -- are released into home environments that make recovery impossible? What if their families cannot afford the crucial follow up care? What if they are struggling just to provide basic nutrition and a safe or sanitary home?

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