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Contribute to reducing the prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus in Mexico through education and comprehensive patient care to improve their well-being and quality of life.

Our History And Founding Partners

Hospitalito de la Mixteca, AC, began in 2018 in the Municipality of La Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco in the Mixteca region of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

The lack of effective policies for the creation of favorable environments as a key activity in public health and the lack of access to good healthcare translate into a lack of attention to the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus, especially in the case of people with limited resources.

Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC, was founded in 2018 with citizens Justino Ávila Galindo, Nancy Rodríguez Bautista, and María Eugenia Velasco González in the Municipality of the Heroic City of Tlaxiaco in the Mixteca region of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Where do we work?

Currently in the state of Oaxaca due to lack of access to health services.

The 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) reveals that in the country just over a fifth (22%) of girls and boys under 5 years of age are at risk of being overweight.

In 2018, the age group that reports the highest prevalence of obesity in the country is the group between 30 and 59 years: 35% of men and 46% of women suffer from it.

The population aged 20 years and over with a previous diagnosis of diabetes in the country is 8,542,718 (ENSANUT) 2018.

In 2020, 151,019 people died from diabetes mellitus, which is equivalent to 14% of all deaths (1,086,743) that occurred in the country; 78,922 deaths in men (52%) and 72,094 in women (48%), INEGI.

The mortality rate from diabetes in the country for 2020 is 11.95 people per 10,000 inhabitants, the highest figure in the last 10 years, INEGI 2020.

Life expectancy in the country is 75.2 years.

In the state of Oaxaca, the population with a lack of access to health services is 1,233,400, CONEVAL 2020.

Life expectancy in the state of Oaxaca is 74.2 years.

In the state of Oaxaca, the population aged 20 years and older with obesity is 30.5%, with a previous diagnosis of hypertension it is 17.1% and with a previous diagnosis of diabetes it is 10.5% (ENSANUT) 2018.

Deaths due to diabetes mellitus in the state of Oaxaca in 2020 were 5,004 deaths, INEGI 2020.

Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC, is located in the municipality of the Heroic City of Tlaxiaco in the Mixteca region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Governing Body

The assembly of associates is the supreme organ of Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC.
  • The assembly of associates is the supreme organ of Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC
  • The administration of the Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC is in charge of a Board of Directors.
  • The associate assembly is held every six months to follow up on the changes or adjustments of the Strategic Plan.
  • The regulation of Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC, establishes the rules and procedures that will govern the activities as well as the responsibilities of the associates, collaborators and participants.

Board Of Directors

The administration of Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC is in charge of a Board of Directors.

Team Of Collaborators

We work from the cooperation and co-responsibility of people in the face of common interests, with volunteers, donors and organizations through networks and alliances.
Felipa Velasco Morales
General Director

Felipa Velasco Morales

Nahún Richard Osorio Sánchez
Medical Director

Nahún Richard Osorio Sánchez

¿About Us?

At Hospitalito de la Mixteca A. C., we contribute to reducing the prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus.

Hospitalito de la Mixteca AC, was founded in 2018 as a legally constituted, secular, non-partisan, non-profit Mexican Civil Society Organization (CSO), we have the authorization of the Tax Administration Service (SAT) to receive tax-deductible donations in Mexico and abroad, in terms of the Income Tax Law.

Mission

Contribute to reducing the prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus in Mexico through education and comprehensive patient care to improve their well-being and quality of life.

Vision

Achieve consolidation as an institution specialized in type II diabetes mellitus in Mexico.

Institutional Values

  • Responsibility
  • Respect
  • Honesty
  • Transparency
  • Human quality
  • Integrity
  • Commitment

Our Principles

We support without any discrimination of race, sex, religion, philosophy or politics.

Strategic Objectives

  • Carry out information and awareness campaigns about type II diabetes mellitus in the general population.
  • Provide educational training on prediabetes, type II diabetes mellitus and psychological support to diabetic patients and family members.
  • Provide the first level of care with a comprehensive systemic approach in the detection, diagnosis, treatment and control of diabetic patients.

Intervention Model


The intervention model is carried out based on conceptual approaches that in turn help us to define the changes we seek to achieve together with the subjects of rights, through Management for Development Results (MpRD), the Approach Based on Human Rights (BHR), Logical Framework, Theory of Change and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda.

Model of attention

Theory of change

Results

Strategic Planning

The 2020-2024 Strategic Plan is the backbone of the work to be carried out in the next 5 years in the Mixtec region of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Strategic Allies

Allies In Networks

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