Access to quality healthcare
— A targeted solution to sustainably develop healthcare —
Primary health care, essential to sustainable growth in any healthcare landscape, is developing unevenly in the South. To address this situation, Fondation Pierre Fabre takes action in and for medical deserts.
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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.
Fondation Pierre Fabre, already taking concerted action on access to drugs, has naturally expanded its scope to encompass prevention and primary care, focusing on mothers and children. It provides targeted financial support to established, proven NGOs. Based on the awareness that access to care is hindered by funding as well as geographic distance, it chooses to specifically focus its efforts on medical deserts of the South.
In addition to these NGOs, the Foundation subsidises development of invaluable medical facilities in particularly impoverished and remote areas. Through continuous monitoring, it ensures that the healthcare provided is both of good quality and stringently tailored to local needs.
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| Impact study of telephone follow-up in onco-haematological treatment — Ivory Coast — |
Support for the Khaldieh medical-social centre — Lebanon — |
Medical care for women who are victims of sexual violence — Democratic Republic of Congo — |
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| Operating a Mobile Medical Unit on the Lebanese-Syrian border — Lebanon — |
Support for creation and development of a bush hospital — Senegal — |
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| Impact study of telephone follow-up in onco-haematological treatment — Ivory Coast — |
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| Support for the Khaldieh medical-social centre — Lebanon — |
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| Medical care for women who are victims of sexual violence — Democratic Republic of Congo — |
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| Operating a Mobile Medical Unit on the Lebanese-Syrian border — Lebanon — |
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| Support for creation and development of a bush hospital — Senegal — |
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Central African Republic: a New Programme for Victims of Sexual Violence
Despite its wealth of natural resources, the Central African Republic is among the poorest nations on earth, ranking 188th out of 189 countries, according to the Human Development Index. In this land racked by conflict for nearly twenty years, there are tens of thousands of women and girls that have been victims of sexual violence.
On November 28, the Fondation Pierre Fabre and the Agence Francaise de Développement signed a partnership agreement in the presence of Dr. Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, for a centre for the care of victims of sexual violence in Bangui.
Fondation Pierre Fabre celebrated 20 years of commitment to healthcare in the Global South
To mark its 20th anniversary, Fondation Pierre Fabre organised on Thursday 12 September 2019 a day of discussions and celebration attended by Jean-Yves Le Drian, Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister, and Dr Denis Mukwege, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
Podcast 6 : ” 2018, delivering eHealth solutions “
In this final podcast retracing the history of the Fondation, we’ll discover how eHealth has become an intervention pathway in its own right.
We take an in-depth look at eHealth and the initiatives run by the Fondation to promote equal access to healthcare and optimise national public health policies.