Cooperation with Burundi Hospitals through GIP ESTHER
Publiée le : 28 June 2006
Many hospital cooperation projects are implemented through GIP Esther.
This “Network for Therapeutic Solidarity in Hospitals” was created in March 2002 to facilitate access to care for people in developing countries living with HIV/AIDS. To strengthen the capacity of those countries in treating HIV/AIDS patients, GIP Esther supports partnerships which help to provide care on a sustainable basis through hospital and social support networks. Hospital involvement is thus crucial. About 40 French hospitals are participating in projects in about 15 countries. These initiatives include assistance to two hospitals in Burundi (the Prince Régent Charles Hospital and the Kamenge-Bujumbura Teaching Hospital), with the notable contribution of the Rennes and Avicennes teaching hospitals.
Further to scoping missions in 2005, three projects were approved by GIP Esther’s Project Scrutiny Committee and are set to become operational. The project involving the Bujumbura and Avicenne teaching hospitals entails the creation of a new multidisciplinary outpatient unit, continuing medical and paramedical training with a new inter university certificate project, maintenance of hospital equipment and six months’ input in Burundi by a French house doctor.
The Rennes-Prince Régent Charles hospitals project, conducted in partnership with two associations, entails the creation of a multidisciplinary outpatient unit, training of medical and paramedical staff, the supply of laboratory and other hospital equipment, the recruitment of extra staff (paid by ESTHER) for the hospital’s patient care unit, and exchanges on more problematic patient cases.
Another collaborative project involves training of mediators to perform hospital stand-by duties at the Kamenge and Prince Régent Charles hospitals, nutritional care within an outside the hospital environment, care for AIDS orphans, the development of revenue-generating activities and the supply of medication against opportunistic infections.
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