Collaboration Continues To Expand Access in Rwanda

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Strong results of pilot program lead to launch of two new second-generation health posts, broader planned expansion. Northampton, MA --News Direct-- Abbott In Rwanda, more than 80 percent of people ...

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Because of these gaps in access to care, rural Rwandans often find themselves walking long distances or sometimes forgoing medical attention altogether because getting to a doctor is too challenging.\nA New Approach to Rural Care in Rwanda\nRecognizing that good health is foundational for long-term prosperity, the Rwandan Ministry of Health set out to help all Rwandans access quality healthcare within a 30-minute walk from their homes. As part of that effort, community clinics, called \"health posts,\" were built in select locations across the country, providing an important link between community health workers and larger health centers.\nDriven by our goal to deliver better access and affordability in healthcare, we joined the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the non-profit Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda in 2019 to help take the health post model to the next level. We partnered to expand access to primary care and testing in rural Bugesera District through the launch of eight \"second-generation health posts\" (SGHPs). Compared to first-generation health posts, the SGHP model offered more services such as outpatient diagnosis and curative care, child immunizations, growth monitoring for children under five years, antenatal and maternity care, family planning counselling and health education. This model proved to deliver effective, sustainable care – which is now leading to an even greater impact.\nTwo New Health Posts Latest Step in Expanding Access to Quality Testing and Care\nBased on the successful Bugesera SGHP model results, the Rwanda Ministry of Health, SFH and Abbott recently joined together with UNICEF Rwanda and SC Johnson to expand this decentralized healthcare model with the launch of two new second-generation health posts in Nyaruguru District, a rural area near the Burundi border. Located in Mishungero and Cyanyirankora, the new health posts will help improve patient outcomes and quality of life while reducing the workload and referral time to upper-level health facilities (health centers and district hospitals). In addition, UNICEF supported capacity enhancement of 38 health post operators and other health providers, program monitoring and staff recruitment in Nyaruguru for an initial period of 15 months.\nRapid diagnostic tests will play a critical role in the delivery of improved testing services. Many patients in rural areas are unable to make multiple trips to healthcare facilities for diagnosis and treatment. With test results in minutes rather than days, patients can gain access to needed care during the same visit – providing better health outcomes, as well as more efficient care for already overtaxed health systems.\nOne example: pregnant women can be tested for a number of conditions at the same time, including HIV, syphilis, hepatitis and malaria – diseases that can have serious health consequences for both mothers and their newborn babies.\n\"Second-generation health posts have been playing a significant role in improving health outcomes and increased health seeking behavior as well as addressing the gaps in healthcare service delivery, especially in our rural areas,\" said Dr. Ngamije Daniel, Minister of Health for Rwanda.\nSecond-Generation Health Posts Deliver Strong Results\nAccording to a health economics study by Brandeis University, second-generation health posts provide primary healthcare services that generated good health at a low cost – with a substantial, favorable increase in the amount of curative outpatient care per person, especially for potentially life-threatening malaria and acute respiratory infections. The posts have also played a significant role in improving access to affordable healthcare services and quality of life for rural Rwandans, while operating as successful, self-sustaining businesses. A few examples:\n\nCompared to first-generation, second-generation health posts provide care to 122% more patients monthly, with more than 286,000 people receiving health services since inception.\n20% of the population in service areas – one in five people –seek monthly healthcare services at the posts, often for multiple diagnoses.\nMore than 65,000 people were screened for malaria, resulting in the treatment of more than 21,000 cases, including 14% among children 5 years old and under.\nScreening also alleviated more than 105,000 respiratory infections and resolved over 57,000 cases of intestinal parasites.\n\nSecond-Generation Health Post Model Expanding Across the Country\nLooking ahead, the Rwandan government and SFH are planning further expansion across the country, transitioning over 200 existing health posts into second-generation health posts. This includes expanded services such as antenatal and maternal healthcare, on-site microscopy and rapid diagnostic testing, family planning, mental health, annual physical exams and more.\nAbbott is supporting the first phase of this initiative by providing funding to advance capacity-building and training of 64 health post operators and their staff. To help ensure sustainable operations, nurse operators and staff will be certified on:\n\nBasic emergency, obstetric and newborn care\nIntegrated management of childhood illness\nManagement of infections, expanded program on immunization and pandemics\nNoncommunicable disease (NCD) screening and management\nEntrepreneurship and business management\n\n\"The extension of expanded primary care services to 16 additional Rwandan districts is a great testament to both the social impact and sustainability of the second-generation health post initiative,\" said Monica Sanders, director of Global Citizenship and Shared Value, Abbott. \"This project provides a roadmap for providing high-quality, affordable testing and care close to home, in rural Rwanda and elsewhere.\"\nOur work in Rwanda is just one example of how Abbott is fulfilling our purpose of helping people live fuller and healthier lives, and a key focus of our 2030 Sustainability Plan: advancing health equity through partnership. To learn more about the collaboration and how it's helping communities in Rwanda, visit our Rwanda feature page, Expanding Health Access in Rwanda.\nView additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Abbott on 3blmedia.com\nView source version on newsdirect.com: https://newsdirect.com/news/collaboration-continues-to-expand-access-in-rwanda-683560735","kind":null,"is_publish_news":null,"is_publish_highlight":null,"is_publish_live":null,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.22.4","shortVersion":"4.22.4","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2259046339"}