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HEALTH
Good health is an important component of development. It has been enshrined in MDG 4 (reducing child mortality), MDG 5 (improving maternal health), and MDG 6
(combating malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other diseases). Across the globe, there is a huge disparity in access health services in rural areas, compared to urban settlements.
According to baseline surveys carried out by SHUMAS, one of the most common challenges plaguing rural communities in Cameroon is
inadequate health infrastructure and limited access to good medical services resulting from the absence of trained personnel in rural
communities.
Overall objective:
To improve the health status of people living in peasant communities through the training of nurses for village health centres and the
rehabilitation/equipping of health centers is rural Communities
How it works:
•
SHUMAS sponsors the training of nurses in government recognized health institutions to work in poor rural health centers upon
graduation
•
Constructs/rehabilitates and equips health centers in poor rural communities
•
Constructs toilets and hand washing facilities in rural health centers
•
Provides portable water to rural health centers
•
SHUMAS as an interface structure of the Ministry of Public Health coordinates activities of associations working in the health
domain in the North West Region
•
In partnership with UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health, SHUMAS has been involved in the follow up of routing and
supplementary vaccinations in the West and North West Regions
Achievements:
•
In partnership with Spreading Health UK, SHUMAS Enhanced health services in rural communities through the insertion of 62
trained nurses in rural health centers
•
Improved health facilities through the construction/rehabilitation and equipment of 62 health centers in rural communities
•
Through her partnership with UNICEF and MINSANTE on the follow up of routine and supplementary vaccination, over 7000
children who missed out on their vaccines have been identified and vaccinated.in 13 health districts in the North West and West
Regions of Cameroon
Challenges:
•
Some of the communities are unable to compensate nurses when they return to work in their communities; this creates a difficult
situation for the nurses, who must sustain themselves while working.
•
Many applications flow in for aid in the health domain but SHUMAS is only able to obtain funding for about 1% of the applications.
Future plans
SHUMAS hopes to outsource more funds to be able to reach out to more communities through new partnerships and strategies.
HEALTH
Good health is an important component of
development. It has been enshrined in MDG 4
(reducing child mortality), MDG 5 (improving maternal
health), and MDG 6 (combating malaria, HIV/AIDS,
and other diseases). Across the globe, there is a huge
disparity in access health services in rural areas,
compared to urban settlements.
According to baseline surveys carried out by SHUMAS, one of the most common
challenges plaguing rural communities in Cameroon is inadequate health
infrastructure and limited access to good medical services resulting from the absence
of trained personnel in rural communities.
Overall objective:
To improve the health status of people living in peasant communities through the
training of nurses for village health centres and the rehabilitation/equipping of health
centers is rural Communities
How it works:
•
SHUMAS sponsors the training of nurses in government recognized health
institutions to work in poor rural health centers upon graduation
•
Constructs/rehabilitates and equips health centers in poor rural communities
•
Constructs toilets and hand washing facilities in rural health centers
•
Provides portable water to rural health centers
•
SHUMAS as an interface structure of the Ministry of Public Health coordinates
activities of associations working in the health domain in the North West
Region
•
In partnership with UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health, SHUMAS has
been involved in the follow up of routing and supplementary vaccinations in
the West and North West Regions
Achievements:
•
In partnership with Spreading Health UK, SHUMAS Enhanced health services
in rural communities through the insertion of 62 trained nurses in rural health
centers
•
Improved health facilities through the construction/rehabilitation and
equipment of 62 health centers in rural communities
•
Through her partnership with UNICEF and MINSANTE on the follow up of
routine and supplementary vaccination, over 7000 children who missed out on
their vaccines have been identified and vaccinated.in 13 health districts in the
North West and West Regions of Cameroon
Challenges:
•
Some of the communities are unable to compensate nurses when they return
to work in their communities; this creates a difficult situation for the nurses,
who must sustain themselves while working.
•
Many applications flow in for aid in the health domain but SHUMAS is only
able to obtain funding for about 1% of the applications.
Future plans
SHUMAS hopes to outsource more funds to be able to reach out to more
communities through new partnerships and strategies.
