Honduras

Strengthening Public Health since 1999

Since 1999, projects in Honduras have supported the Ministry of Health’s (SESAL’s) efforts to strengthen the public primary health care system for vulnerable patients, improve maternal and infant care, and help Honduran healthcare professionals respond to the year-round epidemics of tropical diseases like dengue, zika, chikungunya, and more.

Featured Project Dates 2025-2026

Lives Impacted 2,010,637

Targeted Regions Ocotepeque, Atlántida, El Paraíso, and Cortés.

Program Highlights

Disaster recovery support after a fire destroyed the only public hospital on the Island of Roatán in Honduras. Global Links sent medical supplies and furnishings that allowed the community to set up temporary health services (2024).
Disaster recovery support to rehabilitate health institutions in areas affected by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Global Links provided medical supplies and furnishings to help health institutions recover after the hurricanes (2022).
Global Links provided COVID-19 Emergency Response containers, which included furnishings, medical equipment, and supplies for the country’s public health networks and reference hospitals (2020).
Collaborated with the Ministry of Health (SESAL) and PAHO-Honduras to send and distribute urgently needed supplies, such as oral rehydration salts, in response to an intense dengue outbreak (2019).
Partnered to improve health services and access among Afro-Honduran peoples in northern Honduras. Global Links participated in efforts to establish and equip the first-ever Garifuna hospital in Ciriboya, now a center for research on health issues affecting indigenous communities (2007).