COMMUNITY
HEALTH PROGRAM
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Director’s Message
Dr. Kristen Schmaltz
Philosophy of care: We assess existing and emerging community public health needs and develop programs and services to maximize the quality of life for Guineans. Our approach embodies whole person, family and community-centric, culturally competent care while upholding the mission and values of Compassion Evangelical Hospital system.
Welcome to CHP in Guinean villages! From our beginning in October 2017, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent prevention training using many of our village and town CHP staff, our heart mission is to improve villagers’ health, nutrition and capacity in all realms of health/disease education and prevention through our 11 CHP programs. We look to present life-changing Gospel sharing for eternal life which is the ultimate improvement of our human circumstance. Please check out our photos of each program below - impacting newborn to aged villagers in all walks of life!
Latest Snapshot
July 2022
Village teaching sessions use limited technology yet yield unlimited enthusiasm!
Photo 1: Villagers eagerly gather under a tree to view a puberty video displayed on Dr. Kristen's tablet.
Photo 2: Nurse Anne with Village Healthcare Worker Alpha (in white) looking on, speaks to attentive villagers as the CHP team prepares to share posters about 3 of the CHP programs: Helping Babies Breathe-Urgent, Agriculture and Nutrition.
CHP Team
Full-time Staff
Kristen Schmaltz, M.D., Director CHP, Pediatrician, Nutritionist and Virology Research/ TOT (Trainer of Trainers)
Anne Koro Ouendeno, Assistant Director of CHP, Nurse with State Diploma, Infirmiere d'Etat, Evangelism Certificate international training & experience (9 months)/TOT
Part-time Staff
28 CHP Village Healthcare Workers receiving and practicing training
CHP Compassion Care Committee Volunteers
Our Community Health Programs
Due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Health Program had temporarily shifted focus to community assessment, screening, education and referral to specifically prevent COVID-19 transmission. We continued to offer our existing programs and services as time and opportunity permitted. Our village healthcare workers and town contacts for all 11 active programs are doing a great job reaching out within their communities to continue to educate and demonstrate hygiene and social distancing.
