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Clinic
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THE PROJECT:
MHOP's ASACOSISOU
clinic will open its doors in the fall of
2009. It will be the most geographically
proximal clinic to nearly a quarter million
people. The 22-room clinic will be build in two
stages over five years, augmenting its capacity
annually until it can serve all 60,000
residents of Sourakabougou in 2014. The clinic
will provide treatment and prevention for 52
health problems and diseases, covering 90% of
all health needs.
THE INNOVATION:
- Goverment and community
co-funding. Instead of just
dropping in and building a clinic, we organized
the community to get their government to pay
for 50% of it. In addition the community
is raising 10% through local donations and
labor.
- Community management. The town
elected a committee to run the clinic. They
developed the architects plans for the clinic,
assured a piece of public land for the project,
and are fundraising for the
clinic.
- New
healthcare. Our clinic will try
out new tactics to improve the coverage and
quality of care, including primary dental care,
malnutrition, and malaria.
Click help out the clinic by
making
a donation.
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 "Once
you know your
ailment, curing it
won't
create much
anxiety."
Ni i ye
fariololabana sidon, a furakeli te i
konogan.
-Bambara
proverb
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