Improve prenatal care and direct access to ultrasounds for expectant mothers in the Comarca Ngobe-Bugle region of Panama.

Why we care: Accessing quality prenatal care for pregnant women is critical for their and their newborn’s future health.

How we’re solving this: By bringing portable ultrasound equipment and obstetricians to the most rural areas of Panama to provide prenatal exams to many women who would not have this opportunity before giving birth.

The Lopez Family Foundation delivers healthcare in Panama to women and children through our seven telemedicine centers. Our program serves some of the very rural areas in the Comarca Ngobe-Bugle region. Within this region, prenatal specialty healthcare is quite limited and so many pregnant mothers must forego important ultrasound and obstetric exams during their pregnancy.

We see an important need and opportunity to bring these services to the very remote areas of the jungle and provide important and preventative health examinations for young women, mothers and anyone in need. Through our partnership with Hospital Jose D De Obaldia, we will supply the necessary support to bring obstetric services to patients within their remote geography and greatly reduce the travel barrier that most pregnant women must face.

This important program will offer early consultations and exams with the goal of improving healthy births for newborns and mothers.