Org Name Original: Hospital Santo Tomas
Altered Org Name:
Contact First: Amarilis
Contact Last:Melendez
Project Title: Promoting lifelong hearing health
Global:
AFR:
EMR:
EUR:
AMR: Panama
SEAR:
WPR:
Event Purpose: Launch/promote the safe listening standards, Awareness-raising
Primary Audience: General public
Estimated In Person Reach: National
Audience Reached: General Public
Specific Workplace: Healthcare workers
Screen Newborn and Infant:
Screen Children and Adolecents:
Screen Adults:
Screen Older Adults:
Policy Maker:
Influencer:
Traditional Media:
Traditional Media Numbers:
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram
Social Media Numbers: 6000
Event Description:
Hospital Santo Tomas celebrated WHD with a talk at the outpatient clinic with distribution of printed materials with recommendations for preserving good hearing health. Also a social media awareness campaign on facebook and instagram was organized which continued for several days. There was a report of the activities at a newsapaper with national distribution.
WHO Educational Materials Used: Yes
Native Written Language: Spanish
Educational Materials Available in Your Language: Yes
Did You Translate WHO Materials: No
Would You Consider Assisting Us: Indigenous languages- embera, guna yala
What Additional Materials Would Be Helpful:
Did You Have A World Hearing Day Event Last Year: Yes, and we submitted a report to the WHF/WHO
Other Suggestions:
Did You Apply for Grant:No
Photo 1 https://worldhearingday.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/HST-3-03-2.jpg
Photo 1 caption Distribution of printed materials after the WHD presentation
Photo 2 https://worldhearingday.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/hst-3-03-4.jpg
Photo 2 caption Printed material with recommendations
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All Regions: , , , , Panama, ,