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Quechua-speaking
communities in the high Sierra near the town of
Otavalo often lack access to reproductive health and
family planning services. |
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Quechua
women use the services of the Jambi Huasi (Health House)
clinic in Otavalo. This facility, established in
1994, offers both traditional and modern medicine to
over 10,000 clients a year. |
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Dr.
Mercedes Muenala, the health educator working with Jambi
Huasi, explains the female reproductive tract to a group
of women and men in the small community of Angla, about
40 kms from Otavalo. |
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Women
from Angla listen attentively to Dr. Muenala's
explanations of how the female body functions. |
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At
the Jambi Huasi clinic in Otavalo, Dr. Muenala explains
family planning options to a client. |
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Dr.
Muenala in Angla answers questions from the
community. |
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A
Quechua woman with her child in Quito, Ecuador's
capital. |
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A
Quechua woman waits in Jambi Huasi for traditional
medicine; the Quechua use some 3,600 native plants for
medicinal purposes. |
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This
Quechua woman carries her baby on her back, in
traditional fashion. |
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