In October, part of the FFL team travelled to Togo for a field mission to facilitate exchanges with the local team and observe the progress of activities and projects carried out there.
According to WHO health standards, any locality located more than 5 km from a health facility with a population of 5,000 inhabitants must have a healthcare facility. However, in Togo, many localities that meet these criteria still lack local healthcare services.
Since 2014, the FFL has been supporting a health programme in the Maritime and Plateaux regions thanks to the Association des amis togolais de la FFL (AAT-FFL).
Like other programmes mentioned above, it focuses on promoting family and community health, particularly maternal and child health, through:
- the construction of health centres and boreholes in villages to provide access to drinking water
- an awareness-raising and infectious disease prevention component
- the construction of infection diseases prevention facilities
- access to care for newborns and pregnant women at the time of delivery
This year, a new peripheral care unit (PCU) was inaugurated in Modokouté, comprising a building dedicated to healthcare, two staff residences, an incinerator, toilets, a sanitary area and a borehole equipped with a photovoltaic system to ensure a sustainable supply of drinking water.
The awareness-raising component aims to promote health education in schools adjacent to the PCUs. 3,500 pupils, teachers and parents in the Modokouté and Hédjégan areas took part in sessions on good hygiene practices and the use of handwashing facilities.