{"id":21391,"date":"2021-07-29T04:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T04:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=21391"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:15:24","slug":"colombia-healthy-lives-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/colombia-healthy-lives-for-all","title":{"rendered":"Kolumbien: Gesundes Leben f\u00fcr alle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ana-Cecilia-Alvarado-002-1024x522.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ana-Cecilia-Alvarado-002-1024x522.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ana-Cecilia-Alvarado-002-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ana-Cecilia-Alvarado-002-768x391.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ana-Cecilia-Alvarado-002.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ana fled Venezuela after she wasn&#8217;t able to get the medical care she needed. ADRA connected her with urgent medical assistance as part of their work with migrants in Colombia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every person on Earth is born with the right to a healthy life. So many factors have a direct effect on our health, and often <strong>the difference between a long life of good health and a life of chronic illness or early death comes down to <\/strong><strong>access<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we lack consistent access to unpolluted air, nutritious food, clean water, appropriate hygiene and sanitation resources, and a safe space to be active, our health will suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, of course, we can\u2019t talk about the correlation between access and healthy lives without talking about one of the biggest factors: access to quality, affordable healthcare close to home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine not being able to take your child to a doctor when they are sick. Imagine having no emergency care for a broken bone. Imagine walking for miles while in labor because there is no maternity care nearby!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are Helping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to ADRA supporters, close to <strong>6 million people <\/strong>saw improved access to healthcare in 2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So, what happens when you need a doctor or a hospital in a place where that\u2019s not an option?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Health risks of every kind, including COVID-19, escalate dangerously without access to medical care.<\/strong> These risks disproportionately impact the world\u2019s poorest and most vulnerable because the communities they call home are less likely to have adequate health facilities and trained health workers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When people don\u2019t have the resources for proper diagnosis and treatment, <strong>many turn to self-medicating in an attempt to ease their own ailments or save their own lives<\/strong>. This can lead to adverse reactions, prolonged symptoms, addiction, or other serious risks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Displaced populations, including migrants and refugees, often go without critical physical and mental healthcare<\/strong> because they lack access to traditional facilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Millions of children and young people die every year<\/strong> in low-income countries due to easily preventable causes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ana\u2019s Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All Ana needed was a simple gallbladder surgery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The procedure is considered routine in other parts of the world, with more than a million gallbladder surgeries being performed in the United States alone every year. But, Ana lived in Venezuela and the <strong>local hospitals lacked even the most basic surgical supplies <\/strong>needed for the routine procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because she wasn\u2019t able to get the treatment she urgently needed, Ana turned to self-medicating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI lived very critical moments in Venezuela. I didn\u2019t have a job, I didn\u2019t have food, in fact. I was sick with my gallbladder,\u201d Ana told us. \u201cWhile there, <strong>I was twice in the operating room to have surgery, but they sent me back because the necessary surgical materials had not arrived<\/strong>. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deterioration of her health was the final factor that pushed Ana to leave Venezuela and emigrate to Colombia with her grandson. <strong>They became two of the 5.4 million people who have fled the country in recent years <\/strong>due to insecurity, violence, and severe shortages of food, medical supplies, and other essential services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so many people leaving, Ana and her grandson struggled to secure seats on a bus, but after several attempts, they were able to reach the city of Medell\u00edn where Ana\u2019s daughter was located.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her health continued to deteriorate further. She began to suffer from chronic gastritis, colic, and asthma, but she continued to self-medicate as much as she could afford.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing Ana\u2019s suffering, <strong>a friend recommended that she contact ADRA who were known to be providing healthcare support to those displaced from Venezuela <\/strong>in Colombia. ADRA field staff were quick to schedule a medical appointment for Ana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe day they called me, I was very sick. I had colic, I was vomiting, I went to various places to be treated, but since I did not have the [official documentation], they could not,\u201d said Ana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ADRA\u2019s project utilized Seventh-day Adventist health facilities and resources across Colombia to reach migrants from Venezuela with the urgent physical and mental healthcare they need. <strong>For those who aren\u2019t able to reach a medical facility, or who may be wary without documentation, ADRA meets them where they are with mobile health clinics<\/strong> along the paths the migrants follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADRA was able to help Ana obtain the basic medical attention she needed to control her gallbladder condition and put her days of self-medicating behind her. <\/strong>At her very first appointment, the doctor prescribed appropriate medication and ordered tests and further treatment. Ana was able to continue visiting the clinic weekly until her health improved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI no longer have asthma, I do not have back pain, thanks to all the treatment they controlled the complications I had, and they diagnosed me with gallstones,\u201d Ana reported. \u201cI felt that I was dying, I sought help by all means, but only ADRA took care of me. I am very happy because they helped me to move forward.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References &amp; Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/whs-2021_20may.pdf\">https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/whs-2021_20may.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/health\">https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/health<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/en-us\/venezuela-emergency.html\">https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/en-us\/venezuela-emergency.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:104px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeder Mensch auf der Erde wird mit dem Recht auf ein gesundes Leben geboren. So viele Faktoren wirken sich direkt auf unsere Gesundheit aus, und oft liegt der Unterschied zwischen einem langen Leben bei guter Gesundheit und einem Leben mit chronischer Krankheit oder fr\u00fchem Tod im Zugang zu dieser.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[615,806,284,1052,798],"tags":[1094,774,690],"class_list":["post-21391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-colombia","category-health","category-inter-america","category-venezuela","tag-adventist-health","tag-covid-19","tag-protection"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21391"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45859,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21391\/revisions\/45859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}