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EU/UNICEF HAND OVER HEALTH FACILITIES TO KABALA AND BOMBALI DISTRICT

03.07.2017
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European Union in collaboration with UNICEF and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation on Wednesday 28 June 2017 handed over health facilities to Kabala in the Koinadugu district and Kunsho in Bombali districts.

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During the ceremony the Head of Delegation of the European Union, Ambassador Peter Versteeg, disclosed that in 2013 the European Union decided to support the efforts of the Government of Sierra Leone in achieving the two Millennium Development Goals of reducing the number of mothers who die around the time of childbirth, and reducing the number of children who die before they reach the age of five.  

Through an EU funded large-scale health programme amounting to €23 million, the EU, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and UNICEF have been working together to improve access to health. The programme works towards the following:   Increased accessibility and use of essential health care services by mothers and children. Better quality of health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS services in PHUs and district hospitals. Achieving better capacity of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to plan, manage and monitor the work in the health sector.

With EU support, UNICEF has helped to train doctors, nurses and health clinic assistants across the country, in areas such as obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and radiology. Staff at health facilities has also been trained to better manage medical drugs and supplies. The programme has supplied health clinics with essential medicines and other material, such as therapeutic food to prevent and fight malnutrition. The School of Community Health Sciences in Makeni has benefitted from teaching equipment, curriculum development and vehicles for student transportation.

 

 

 

 

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