What kinds of health issues and challenges does rural Ecuador face? What factors contribute to poor health outcomes among rural Ecuadorians?
What are Dr. Gaus and the organization he founded, AHD, doing to address these challenges? Why did Gaus decide to focus on building hospitals, rather than primary care?
Based on what you’ve read (and what we’ve learned in class), do you think that Ecuador should rely on private organizations like AHD and foreigners like Gaus to provide healthcare? Should healthcare instead be the responsibility of the Ecuadorian government? Or can these two approaches co-exist and complement one another?