By Ndefru Melanie on Special assignment to Ngaoundére
Health and social protection a motif of the Islamic Development Bank, to contribute to the improvement of the mother-child health offer, chose to support hospitals in the department of FARO and DEO, whose good practices must be extended to a national scale.
This is the essence of the work session held on Friday, March 25, 2022 at the Ideal Hotel in Ngaoundere between regional officials in charge of health in the region and those of the Islamic bank.
The state of health of Cameroonian hospitals and the deterioration of the health system are major concerns for the State.
Infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world, due in particular to the deterioration of health services and the limited financial resources of households.
Public hospitals suffer from many dysfunctions (dilapidated infrastructure, lack of equipment and staff, poor quality of care, poor management, etc.). However, some hospitals stand out for the quality of their care and their financial accessibility policy.
This is the case of the Djohong district hospital and the Ngaoundéré Protestant hospital, both hospitals under the control of the Ministry of Health, but the second private on behalf of the Evangelical and Lutheran Church of Cameroon.
They are important links in the health system, as providers of quality care within the health system and as privileged places for training students in medicine and paramedical care.
The contribution of Islamic bank
The objective of the Islamic Development Bank project is to improve the health of the population, in particular mothers and children, through the development at the hospital level of a supply of quality care accessible to the poorest.
It will make it possible to improve the capacities of the Ministry of Public Health, to support the strengthening of hospital management skills in the country, to improve the supply of hospital care by providing them with quality equipment, and to facilitate access to care for the poorest, in a context of lack of universal health coverage.
The Project will consist of two main components:
The project will support the building of the capacities of the Department of Health Care E
establishments of the Ministry of Health in its mission of supervising the hospital system.
The project will support the development of hospital centers by supplying adequate equipment: it will finance the carrying out of construction and rehabilitation works, the acquisition of equipment, capacity building activities (technical expertise, participation in workshops and training, small equipment etc.).
The project will thus enable the ministry to capitalize on good hospital practices and implement hospital reform in an exemplary manner. The project will also contribute to developing exchanges of experience between establishments.