Aid to Nicaragua

Clinica Docente Cuidad Sandino is located in Managua, Nicaragua. It is the only clinic in the county that is carrying out and integrated program for community members 60 years old and over. In addition to this program the clinic also provides clinical services to community members under 60 as well. Medical and health staff team are also prepared to provide disaster services within the community when disaster strike. The clinic offeres services for hypertensions, diabetes and arthritis.

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America and one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere

According to the PNUD, 48% of the population in Nicaragua live below the poverty line, 79.9% of the population live with less than $2 per day, unemployment is 3.9%, and another 46.5% are underemployed. As in many other developing countries, a large segment of the economically poor in Nicaragua are women.