Improving health care and HIV/Aids prevention in Médina Chérif
Project Description
The present project aims at further improving the health care for the population of the rural community of Médina Chérif. This will be achieved by upgrading and linking seven small village health stations, established by the Senegalese Government about 20 years ago, with the newly built small clinic and the maternity post in Médina Chérif. Approximately 13.000 inhabitants will benefit from comprehensive medical support, including HIV/AIDS prevention and therapy, vaccination campaigns and hygiene promotion. To achieve these objectives the dilapidated village health stations will be renovated and equipped. Furthermore, medical assistants will be trained to ensure that initial consultations and prenatal care as well as HIV/AIDS information are available to all patients on village level. More severe cases will be transferred to the clinic in Médina Chérif or further to the district hospital in Kolda. To this end a suitable car will be equipped as ambulance.
In the last three years a small clinic and a maternity post were built and equipped in Médina Chérif in cooperation with the district medical authorities, serving the area as a central point for health care and pre- and post-natal care. Staffed with medical personnel, a capacity of 8 beds for short inpatient treatment and providing medication at very low cost, these two health facilities have become the backbone of public health in this rural area. By acquiring public funding, both infrastructures are by now financially sustainable.
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