Due to Panama´s countrywide anti-mining protests and civil unrest during October and November 2023 in Panama, we had to move our 2023 conference online again.  We had an amazing online scientific publishing workshop for early career researchers, with Dr. Andres Henao and Dr. Carlos Franco Paredes; a mental health implementation research day with psychologists Tomás Rincón…

During 2023, the HIV detection and treatment clinic was funded by AHMNP, and CDNA had numerous successes. The clinic has been a crucial safe space for conducting confidential rapid HIV tests. Additionally, it diagnosed hundreds of new HIV and MPOX cases and later promptly linked the patients to the nearest Ministry of Health clinics.  The clinic…

This year, CDNA worked with the Panamanian Association for Family Planning (APLAFA) to undertake a project designed by CDNA and APLAFA directors.  The project aimed to provide clinical medical care to impoverished women and female adolescents attending the APLAFA health clinics in Santiago and David in Panama.  The care that APLAFA provided with CDNA funds included…

The health center in Soloy is run by the Ministry of Health in Panama. However, as with many health centers in Panama, the needs are greater than what the Ministry can provide.  In 2023, CDNA funded the renovations of the clinical laboratory and the orthodontics clinic, including purchasing a new suction machine.  Both laboratory and orthodontic clinic…

CDNA continues to support the western public health system in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé with punctual donations for health centers