CAPACIDAD

MGY supports the development of student organizations that have a similar mission and set of values. Currently, MGY works closely with ATSU Global Health Honors Society: Capacidad.

Mission:

Capacidad is an interdisciplinary, global health honors society created and led by medical, dental, and public health students. We are dedicated to addressing global health disparities in a long-term, sustainable manner and partnering with other organizations committed to responsible and innovative global health efforts. Throughout our first two years as an organization, we have had members travel to Peru and Uganda with our non-profit partner organizations, MGY, Project Amazonas, and Northern Uganda Medical Mission.

Each year, MGY (our sister organization) and Capacidad work together to host a CHW training workshop in Peru and Uganda. A CHW training workshop is an activity in which we train community members to perform clinical tasks that will benefit their communities. We develop the CHW training curriculum to fit their communities, assess the performance of the CHWs trained during previous workshops, and retrain the CHWs to ensure that they are knowledgeable and able to perform the required tasks.