ASHA-PAHO/WHO: Honduras Project

Specific Objective: In Honduras, ASHA provides technical assistance for the establishment of a personnel development program in phonoaudiology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH).

The first class of phonoaudiology students at UNAH

Country Updates

• New phonoaudiology program at UNAH was launched in January 2017. Thirty-seven students are enrolled and will graduate in 2020.
• Honduran Higher Education Council approved the new phonoaudiology career in March 2016.  
• Ad Hoc Committee ended in December 2015.
• A workshop for new faculty took place on September 21–25, 2015 at UNAH in Tegucigalpa. Ad hoc committee chair participated in a leading role as expert in speech-language pathology and multiculturalism.
• UNAH Council approved the new phonoaudiology career in February 2015.
• Curriculum was reviewed, and program proposal was submitted to UNAH.
• Ad Hoc Committee was formed and work plan was developed.

Videos

UTV videos about the new phonoaudiology program at UNAH.

Other Projects

• Belize
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guyana
  
• Paraguay

Honduras Ad Hoc Committee

• Silvia Martinez; Chair
• Raquel Anderson
• Hortencia (Hart) Kayser
• Marlene, Salas-Provance
• Brooke Hallowell, IIB member liaison
• Fernanda Dreux, IIB member and liaison
• Lily Waterston, Ex Officio

For more information, contact Lily Waterston, ASHA Director, International Programs at international@asha.org.