AFRICA/NIGER – Project of a social-medical centre in Dosso, for the welfare of women and children

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - In an attempt to address the situation of particular urgency and improve health coverage in the Region, the Movement for the Struggle Against World Hunger and the Diocese of Lodi (Italy) have initiated the project of building a social-medical center for the welfare of women and children, including a hospital for basic treatment, with maternity wards, pediatrics and a nutrition center, supported by a training program for midwives, birth attendants at home, one for each village, pediatricians and nutritionists, for monthly visits to the villages. The aim is to sensitize and train mothers to turn to safe birth delivery in hospitals or otherwise assisted by qualified personnel, but will also involve pediatricians, midwives, birth attendants and nutritionists. The centerpieces of the project are the residents of the suburb, east of Dosso and 56 villages within a radius of 30 km from the dispensary, in addition to the approximately 40 000 inhabitants of 56 villages assisted by midwives and paediatricians, and 50 000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Dosso, for a total of about 90 000 inhabitants, of whom 52% are women.
In Niger infant and maternal mortality are among the highest in the world and the project aims at facilitating access to care for the most disadvantaged segment of the population and prevent and treat childhood malnutrition. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 15/01/2015)


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