SMA Missions provides medical and spiritual counseling to children from vulnerable sectors of Mexican society in rural and marginal urban areas. We are establishing a “no cost” or “very low cost” Children’s Health Clinics. OUR FIRST CLINIC AND WAREHOUSE will be launched in San Miguel de Allende (SMA), MX and then expanding coverage to other underserved locales around Central Mexico.

​This “first of its kind facility in SMA”  may include outpatient care for:

1) Christian On-site counseling performed by trained Pastoral Counselors Lay Counselors, local Pastors and Laypeople
2) Radiological procedures
3) Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis
4) Pediatric Diabetes Treatment
5) Pediatric Urology
6) Pediatric Ear Nose and Throat
7) Pediatric Orthopedics

8) Pediatric Gastroenterology
9) Pediatric Gynecology
10) Pediatric Nutrition
11) Alternative Medicine
12) Treatment for Depression
13) Sex Education Counseling (including STD prevention)
14) Substance abuse; and
15) Eating Disorders

HOSPITAL’S PARTNERSHIP
We are initially partnering with Hospital Joya and potentially another additional hospital that are committed to providing 6-8 free clinics per year in different specialties for Children (ages 1-21). These free clinics are in return for “bailment” (conditional contractual transfer) of select medical equipment and supplies that would be utilized by the Hospital for a minimum of three years.

PROCEDURES AT HOSPITAL JOYA AND
OTHER HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MAY INCLUDE:
 
Major Pediatric Surgery: (1) Brain tumors; (2) Bone malformations of the skull and face; (3) congenital heart disease; (4) Intestinal malformations (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's disease, Reflux) and (5) Misc. amputations.

Minor Pediatric Surgery: (1) Ear tube insertion; (2) Hernia repairs; (3) Bone fractures; (4) Removal of skin lesions; (5) Biopsy of growths. (5) Spinal abnormalities and blunt force trauma; (6) Correction of fetal development of the lungs, intestines, diaphragm, or anus.

Outpatient Pediatric Specialties for: (1) Radiology; (2) Peritoneal Dialysis; (3) Diabetes; (4) Obesity; (5) Urology; (6) Ophthalmology; (7) Ear, Nose and Throat; (8) Depression; (9) Orthopedics; (10) Gastroenterology; (11) Gynecology; and (12) Nutrition.

Counseling: (1) On-site Christian Counseling; (2) Depression; (3) Sex Education Counseling (including STD prevention); (4) Substance abuse; and (5) eating disorders.

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HEALTH AT A GLANCE FOR MEXICAN CHILDREN POPULATION
​In Mexico, 56.5% are without health coverage and that coverage declined from 2016 to 2020.

• 32.1 % ages 0-4 years old have respiratory diseases untreated.  
• 11.4% or 8.4 million of ages 20 years and over previously diagnosed with diabetes remain untreated.
• 47.7% of ages 20 and over, previously diagnosed with highly abnormal reports of cholesterol and triglyceride measurement remain untreated.
• 21.7%, aged 10-19 years consume alcohol and are preventative health is unavailable.
• 63.8% aged 20 and over consume alcohol with Men representing 80.6% of the population with 5.7% daily.
• 22.2% aged 0-4 years at risk are overweight which carries over to adulthood.
• At the national level, in 2018, the percentage of overweight adults over 20 years of age climbed from 71.3% to 75.2%.
• 39.1% aged 20 and older are overweight.
• 36.1% aged 20 and older suffer with obesity.​

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For further information, we recommend referring to:
Health in the Americas by Basic Indicators, (La salud en las Americas por INDICADORES BÁSICOS), 2022, https://hia.paho.org/es/paises-2022/fuentes
Mexico Health Profile, 2022, https://hia.paho.org/es/paises-2022/perfil-mexico