Healthcare access for vulnerable populations
— A targeted solution to sustainably develop healthcare —
Primary health care, essential to sustainable growth in any healthcare landscape, is developing unevenly in the South.
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More than thirty years after the Declaration of Alma-Ata, which sought to protect and promote the health of all people by the year 2000, the declaration has clearly failed. Despite a good deal of progress, much of the world’s population has seen its state of health stagnate or even deteriorate. Access to medicines and treatment of infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria, remains problematic in many parts of the world. More than six million children under the age of five die each year from treatable or preventable diseases, and about 300,000 women succumb to complications in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum (2012 WHO/World Bank/UNICEF report). The inequalities are stark indeed: Africa alone supports a quarter of the global burden of disease, and represents a tiny portion of the budget dedicated to health worldwide, according to a Médecins du Monde analysis based on the 2006 WHO report on health.
The Foundation strives to provide support to ensure that access to healthcare –a fundamental right for every human being – is recognised in the most vulnerable communities in emerging countries and people plunged in humanitarian crises due to conflicts or natural disasters. It has been working for two decades in Lebanon and has been providing support to women who are victims of sexual violencein the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Central African Republic.
More and more patients are coming to us for consultation.”
Dr. Roch M’BÉTID
Gynaecologist and obstetrician at the Amitié Hospital in Bangui in the Central African Republic, which houses the free care unit for victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
OUR PROGRAMMES
NENGO: care for victims of sexual and gender-based violence
The Central African Republic has tens of thousands of victims of sexual violence. The Pierre Fabre Foundation and its partners are setting up a comprehensive care centre in Bangui.
Developing quality essential care for poor populations in Lebanon: The SOHA 2 Project
The SOHA project (“Soha” means “health” in Arabic) focuses on prevention, the development of medical consultations, the treatment of patients suffering from chronic diseases, the fight against over-consumption of medication, and support for the financial stability of healthcare structures.
Improved health for women and children
The “Women’s and Children’s Health” project is in response to the gynecological, obstetric, neonatal and pediatric crisis in Lebanon, and builds on pre-existing structures. The aim is to improve access to specific healthcare for women and children.
Improving access to quality healthcare for people in the least-developed countries
In a context that includes a fragile Lebanese state, renewed regional tensions and the presence of Syrian, Iraqi and Palestinian refugees, the Fondation Pierre Fabre has chosen to increase its support for the vulnerable host and refugee populations.
Support for the Khaldieh medical-social centre
Since 2002, Fondation Pierre Fabre makes a commitment in the Lebanon, for the benefit of the medical and social center of Khaldieh.
Supporting the Persis Paediatric Medical and Surgical Centre
The deteriorating situation in Burkina Faso has led the Foundation to strengthen its support for the Persis Paediatric Medical and Surgical Centre run by Dr Zala, helping underprivileged families in the northern parts of the country.
Impact study of telephone follow-up in onco-haematological treatment
In the wake of the successful AMA project, AMAFRICA aims to analyse the relevance of phone monitoring in Ivory Coast to improve therapeutic observance of onco-hematologic patients.
Support for creation and development of a bush hospital
In 2003, to improve access to healthcare for isolated populations in Tambacounda, the Foundation helped design and build a medical centre set deep in the bush in Wassadou.
Operating a Mobile Medical Unit on the Lebanese-Syrian border
The Foundation and the Order of Malta Lebanon are joining forces to create a Mobile Medical Unit that provides medical assistance to Syrian refugees and the local population
Care for women who are victims of sexual violence
Nobel Prize Dr Denis Mukwege has devoted his life to saving victims of sexual violence. The Foundation supports the Bulenga's hospital, RDC, to replicate his model for comprehensive victim care.
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