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Yvonne Washington-Turay
Family Nurse Practitioner and
Founder of God's House International



 Free Medical Care and Education 

Free medical care and education is God’s House International’s (GHI) first program offered. The free medical care program began in 2000 in Sierra Leone. Yvonne Washington-Turay, began providing the care before the construction of the God’s House clinic began. The program has now expanded to St. Thomas, USVI. Currently the medical care and education sessions are conducted by Yvonne Washington-Turay and qualified individuals, including, registered nurses, nurses, nurse practitioners and doctors, specializing in both the traditional western and holistic medicine practices.

See below for a list of programs as conducted in two target regional areas. Such programs are conducted 2-4 times each year, totaling approximately 24 hours of time. The 24 hours includes time worked on preparation, organization and actual execution of programs.

St. Thomas, St. Croix

1. Blood Pressure screenings
2. Glucose screenings conducted free of charge at local community activities or Fairs
3. Community resource and referral (referral to higher level care or other community services not offered through GHI.)
4. Health Education Seminars

  • Diabetes Care
  • Hypertension
  • Healthy Aging

Sierra Leone, West Africa

Medical Services are available on a walk-in basis at God's House International Clinic. The services we provide are:

1. Blood pressure screening
2. Assessment and treatment of acute illness such as:

  • Headache
  • Basic wound care
  • Cough/cold symptoms
  • Malaria assessment
  • Helminthes infection
  • Typhoid assessment
  • Skin infections

3. Community Referral (referral to higher level care or other community services not offered at GHI Clinic.)
4. Health consultations

Focus group: Persons between the ages of 3 and 99 years in need of medical care.

States/Countries that currently participate in Free Medical Care program: St. Thomas, USVI, Sierra Leone, St. Coix, USVI




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