Clinic

THE PROJECT

The Community Health Center of Sikoro-Sourakabougou (CSCOMSISOU), an MHOP-sponsored community clinic, opened its doors in April 2010 to an enthusiastic crowd of neighborhood residents and local dignitaries. The 7-room community clinic provides treatment and prevention for 52 health problems and diseases, covering 90% of all health needs. Although the construction of this clinic was approved over 25 years ago by the Malian government, the project was never realized; now the clinic will serve a community of approximately 35,000 people in several under-served neighborhoods on the outskirts of Bamako.

THE INNOVATION

* Government and community co-funding. Instead of building a clinic without local support, we organized the community to secure government involvement. In addition, Sourakabougou neighborhood residents donated close to $1,000, a huge sum in the local currency.

* Community management. Neighborhood residents elected a committee to run the clinic, developed an architectural plan for construction, secured a piece of public land for the project, fundraised for construction costs, supervised the hiring of medical personnel, and now oversee the operations of the clinic!

* New healthcare delivery methods. Our clinic will test new tactics to improve the coverage and quality of care, including malnutrition and malaria treatment. MHOP will also use this clinic as a trial site for innovative health-financing and technological interventions to improve health access and to reduce child morbidity and mortality.

Nurses insert an IV.

Ni i ye fariololabana sidon, a furakeli te i konogan.

Once you know your ailment,
curing it won't create much anxiety.

-- Bambara proverb

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Fund one clinic visit for $3.22.

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