USD 18.7 Million Community Health & Sanitation - Africa

Project Brief

The Central Hospital Private. Should serve more than 277 local health center partners in 10 different provinces of Burundi country.

• Noncommunicable diseases: such as Malaria, Cardiovascular, Maternal Mortality, and morbidity.
• Patients to Serve: The most vulnerable groups, such as older adults, young children, and pregnant mothers, are our priority.

The Project, "Support to the Strengthening of Health Services Community "(PROSSC)" is for the provinces of Ngozi, Muyinga, Cankuzo, Karuzi, and Gitega. The pilot areas selected by the health status of the population of these provinces which are unsatisfactory, as shown in the epidemiological and characterized by high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, low use of health services. This situation is explained in particular by underfunding, and poor performance of the health sector of the target provinces that failed to ensure and provide a minimum package and complementary health care quality also includes the low standard of living of the population affected by the vulnerability community from the cyclic conflict in Burundi.

Contributing to the improvement of the accessibility of the population of these provinces above health care quality basic.

OBJECTIVES:

• Strengthening the capacity of members of the EDC to perform their functions and tasks at BDS and supervision of services of health centers HOSPITALS;
• Promoting primary health care of good quality at health centers and district hospitals (training/retraining, supervision, medical equipment);
• Improving reception and living conditions of patients at health centers and district hospitals (rehabilitation/extension of CDS, equipment, etc.);
• Strengthening the capacity and skills of Cosa in community participation and co-management of health centers and health districts;
• Mobilizing the community in the creation of community solidarity fund health (determination of the extent of poverty in the province subsidized care for the poor, establishing mutual / solidarity funds including the indigents) ;
• Promoting environmental sanitation and rational use of water through community participation and the level of health centers and hospitals activities;
• Supporting the coordination of actions by the BDS.

Project Significance

PURPOSE

• The intervention R.U.M.W BURUNDI is to support the Government of Burundi through the Ministry of Public Health to strengthen the health system in the provinces of Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, and Ruyigi Karusi with promoting solidarity Community health through mutual funds or community health, including basic care to the indigent (vulnerable people) and community participation.

The main areas of intervention will be to support:

• The capacity and skills of members of EDC and staff of health centers/hospitals with high specificity to reduce maternal mortality and neonatal by strengthening capacity in reproductive health and child.
• Strengthening the members of the community network health (GST Cosa ASC) with supervision, training/refresher courses.
• Supply of health centers with drugs and medical supplies from stocks of health districts.
• Supporting care for the indigent and the initiation of other funding mechanisms for providing health care to the general population, including the poor; by promoting community solidarity in health. Given the poverty in these four provinces, an estimated 225,850 indigent or 12% of the population are vulnerable.
• Water and sanitation based on the sensitization of local communities in the rational use of water, land, maintenance of water sources, and ensuring food security.
• Rehabilitation/repair of health centers and hospitals in terms of infrastructure.
• Support for hospital's health districts in areas of interventions by specific staff training and medical equipment necessary for their PMS and PCA.
• The collaboration envisaged with the MSP through its programs and local associations.
• 865 direct and indirect jobs will be created.