CAR: Improving healthcare with Save the Children
The health system in the Central African Republic (CAR) – already suffering from a lack of qualified staff and facilities – collapsed immediately following the 2013 coup, and plunged the country into a chronic humanitarian health situation. With many of the population remaining in the bush hiding from the violence, thousands continue to lack any sort of access to basic health services. Additionally, most patients are unable to afford healthcare. Over the last 18 months, 176 000 consultations were provided in health facilities supported by Save the Children and the European Commission, highlighting the dire need for health, especially for vulnerable populations including women and children as well as people affected by HIV, tuberculosis or other neglected tropical diseases and non-communicable diseases.
Photo credit: Save the Children/Mark Kaye
CAR: Improving healthcare with Save the Children
The health system in the Central African Republic (CAR) – already suffering from a lack of qualified staff and facilities – collapsed immediately following the 2013 coup, and plunged the country into a chronic humanitarian health situation. With many of the population remaining in the bush hiding from the violence, thousands continue to lack any sort of access to basic health services. Additionally, most patients are unable to afford healthcare. Over the last 18 months, 176 000 consultations were provided in health facilities supported by Save the Children and the European Commission, highlighting the dire need for health, especially for vulnerable populations including women and children as well as people affected by HIV, tuberculosis or other neglected tropical diseases and non-communicable diseases.
Photo credit: Save the Children/Mark Kaye