Organization: Centro Audiológico Auris
Title: World hearing day Honduran Celebration
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
World Hearing Day Honduran celebration
Description:
Centro Audiologico Auris will carry out activities within the framework of World Hearing Day, raising awareness about hearing loss and disseminating WHO materials:
-Webinar with the medical distributor network
-Webinar with doctors and nurses in hospitals
-Presentation with parents
-Webinar for school-aged children and their parents at schools
-Meetings in the private sector
-Open webinar on Facebook Live
-Presenting the proposed law for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (TANU) in Honduras to a political stakeholder
-Donation of over 50 kids hearing screening tests at a public school in Tegucigalpa
Primary site: AMR – Honduras
Region: AMR
Impactful Story:
Elementary school children participated in an art contest where they presented on how we can care for our hearing, following a talk given by our audiologist. The top three winners received a voucher for school supplies.
General Photos
Brigade of hearing screening at public hospital
First graders at public school free hearing screening
Meeting with parents to present scholar hearing screening
Webinar with teachers and parents at school
Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), children and adolescents
Met with individual policymaker: Yes
Participation of policy makers: No
Participation of influencers: Yes
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: Yes