{"id":7469,"date":"2021-12-29T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T18:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/beyond2020-improves-healthcare-access-services-for-20000-rural-rwandans"},"modified":"2021-12-29T18:53:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T18:53:36","slug":"beyond2020-improves-healthcare-access-services-for-20000-rural-rwandans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/beyond2020-improves-healthcare-access-services-for-20000-rural-rwandans","title":{"rendered":"Beyond2020 Improves Healthcare Access Services For 20,000 Rural Rwandans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Continuing to extend its support to rural communities in Africa, Beyond2020, the UAE-driven humanitarian initiative, has recently reached Rwanda offering critical access to healthcare services to a rural population of 20,000 people.<\/p>\n

The deployment aims to bring sustainable and affordable primary care to Rwanda\u2019s Nyaruguru and Rubavu districts, which lag behind the rest of the country in terms of health access and outcomes.<\/p>\n

Following in the footsteps of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Beyond2020 \u2013 launched by the Zayed Sustainability Prize in partnership with several leading organisations \u2013 aims to further his humanitarian legacy by donating sustainable technologies and solutions to vulnerable communities around the world.<\/p>\n

Rwanda marks the 11th deployment of the initiative, which will continue to offer life-transforming interventions to a broader number of beneficiaries worldwide, providing tech for good and fostering development that is inclusive and sustainable.<\/p>\n

H.E Hazza Mohammed Al Qahtani, UAE Ambassador to Rwanda, said: \u201cThe UAE is proud to support critical access to healthcare in Rwanda through its humanitarian initiative, Beyond2020. Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the greatest test for healthcare globally. Expanding access to robust and resilient healthcare systems is of pivotal importance in managing the post-COVID-19 recovery, especially when it comes to overcoming service disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

H.E Al Qahtan added: \u201cIn recognition of the UAE\u2019s Golden Jubilee, the nation is now driving forward its 10 Principles for the next 50 years under the guidance and directives of the UAE\u2019s wise leadership. One of the principles prioritises foreign humanitarian aid as an essential part of the UAE\u2019s vision, inspired by the ambitions of our Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed, to help international communities achieve sustainable economic and social development.\u201d<\/p>\n

H.E Emmanuel Hategeka, Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to the UAE said, \u201cUniversal access to health care is one of Rwanda\u2019s top priorities. We value the intervention by Beyond2020 and its partners which aligns directly with the Rwanda Government\u2019s ongoing efforts to increase access to a more modern and world-class health apparatus for its people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Known as the land of 1,000 hills, more than 80% of Rwanda\u2019s population lives in rural areas where the mountainous terrain makes accessing distant health facilities a true challenge.<\/p>\n

While Rwanda is recognised globally as a leader in improving health services through its successful adoption of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), community access to primary care remains a barrier to continued progress.<\/p>\n

With poor access causing people to seek healthcare later and less often, preventable, and treatable illnesses can become life-threatening in remote rural settings.<\/p>\n

Reducing the distance between patients and health centres can significantly increase the use of health services and improve key health outcomes.<\/p>\n

Identifying rural access to healthcare as a priority, Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Health (MoH) has signed a public-private partnership agreement with One Family Health (OFH), a leading global non-profit organisation and a Zayed Sustainability Prize 2020 finalist under the \u2018Health\u2019 category, to establish 500 clinics in rural communities and 156 clinics have already been opened to date.<\/p>\n

The clinics operate on a mobile health system (mHealth) that enables nurses to manage service data and patient records electronically allowing for more efficient clinic operations.<\/p>\n

One Family Health leverages contributions from multiple government agencies and private partners and harnesses entrepreneurial principles to deliver primary care through franchised clinics in underserved areas.<\/p>\n

The franchised clinics provide an opportunity to experienced nurses to become entrepreneurs, while offering basic preventive and curative primary care services that address the key drivers of community illness, such as acute respiratory infections, malaria, and diarrheal disease.<\/p>\n

As the international community prepares to take stock of climate action efforts against the backdrop of national and regional recovery plans, the expanded humanitarian outreach of Beyond2020 continues to be crucial in alleviating the challenges of some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n

H.E Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), a partner of the initiative said: \u201cThe Beyond2020 initiative directly aligns with ADFD\u2019s mission to provide strategic financial support and other tools that help strengthen capacity and build self-sufficiency for developing countries to achieve high priority economic and social development objectives while advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals. This new project in Rwanda is an excellent example of the tangible impacts on people\u2019s lives by giving them access to universal healthcare through establishing medical clinics in rural communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through this deployment, four clinics have been established in disadvantaged communities, while four nurses have been empowered and trained in business management and 12 new jobs have been created to support operations across the four businesses.<\/p>\n

The clinics also provide direct surveillance, screening, and referral of any suspected cases of COVID-19 or other emerging epidemics.<\/p>\n

As part of the initiative\u2019s impact to-date, a total of ten deployments have been rolled out, including energy, health, water and food-related solutions in Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, Jordan, Egypt, Cambodia, Madagascar, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines. In addition to Rwanda, another 9 countries have been identified as deployment grounds going forward.<\/p>\n

Beyond2020 brings together a leading number of partners which include Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Mubadala Petroleum and Masdar.<\/p>\n

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