The Human Rights Organization of the Sierra de Zongolica Olohkan Tomochiwalis announces its

First Training Course for Health Promoters of the Sierra de Zongolica for women and men of the Sierra de Zongolica committed to their communities and to autonomous health promotion.

The objective of the course is to acquire and strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to prevent, attend to and resolve basic health problems in an autonomous and holistic manner within indigenous and campesino communities. All of the themes will be explored with a critical perspective and an antisystemic analysis, prioritizing the indigenous identity of the participants and recuperating and focusing on traditional knowledge. The course is based on the principle that the people most appropriate to act upon and improve the health of a community are the community members for which the course demands that its participants have a strong commitment towards their community.

The course is divided into ten learning modules with ten axes of analysis which will be facilitated through interactive workshops based on popular education methods:

Learning modules		Axes of analysis
Illnesses of the respiratory system		Social and economic determinants of health and illness
Illnesses of the digestive system		Identity and culture
Diabetes and high blood pressure		Preventive measures
Illnesses of the skin		Natural medicine
Illnesses due to excessive work		Allopathic medicine
First aid		Anatomy
Illnesses of women		Physiology
Illnesses of men		Physical exploration
Illnesses of children		Diagnosis
Mental health and psychology		Treatment