Felix Aguilar Ramírez

Local Health Worker since 2007

Xachmochán Village, Guatemala

“I like being able to give help to the people in my community who need it. I can see the big difference I make for the people here.”

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Young Mother’s First Experience With Childhood Pneumonia

By Felix Aguilar Ramírez on 8.8.12

Last week a Ministry of Health coordinator, Santiago Brito Raymundo, visited my community. I assisted as we examined people who came to us with health problems. My neighbor, a young mother named Cristina, brought her 2-month-old son Brayan to see us. She seemed worried and she told us her baby was sick. I took his temperature and counted his breaths and could see right away he had pneumonia. I asked Mr. Santiago to double check. He examined Brayan and asked the mother if she was breastfeeding. Cristina said yes she was.

The Importance of Vaccinations

By Felix Aguilar Ramírez on 4.5.12

When I am talking with parents of young children, I often remind them how important it is that they take their children to be vaccinated against serious childhood diseases. I have noticed that there are parents here in our community who don't do this because sometimes the children have mild reactions to the vaccines such as being agitated, not sleep well or having a slight fever. What I tell them is that they should have their children vaccinated because it's in their best interest. The vaccines prevent children from becoming sick repeatedly.