The National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum hosted the launch ceremony of the new health services programmers in eastern Sudan on 31, March, 8:00, pm. The programmed, “Promoting Qualitative Health Services in Eastern Sudan,” is funded by the European Union and will be implemented by the Italian Development Cooperation and Embassy of Italy.
The event was attended by Assistant of the President, Musa Mohamed Ahmed, diplomats and hundreds of Sudanese guests related to health services in Sudan, according to a joint statement of the Delegation of the European Union to Sudan and the Embassy of Italy-Italian Cooperation issued.
The main goal of the EU-Italian project is to increase the access and improve quality of health care for the most vulnerable communities and improve efficiency of health system in Eastern Sudan. The new project amounts to 12,8 million Euros, totally funded by the EU, and will be implemented by the Italian Cooperation in Kassala, Gedarif, and the Red Sea States till the year 2016.
Thousands of health staff and front line providers will be trained in collaboration with Academies of Health Science, with the aim of an increased capacity of the staff in the Health Ministries of the eastern Sudanese States, and other local health authorities. A number of health facilities will be built to broaden the infrastructures of health care. At the same time the project will work on an increase of medicines availability through improving the procurement and delivery processes to eastern Sudan. In addition, an emergency care system will be developed at both the localities and the States level.
The European Union and the Embassy of Italy jointly launched one of the major health projects in Eastern Sudan. The project was signed in November 2013 during the European Ambassadors visit to East Sudan in a ceremony attended by H.E. Mr. Musa Mohamed Ahmed, Assistant to the President and the governors of Gedarif and Kassala.
The project is expected to achieve five targets. First is to train thousands of health staff and front line providers in collaboration with Academies of Health Science. Second, the project will result in the increased capacity of the staff in the Health Ministries of the Eastern States and other Local Health Authorities. Third, a number of health buildings will be built and rehabilitated to broaden the infrastructures of healthcare. Fourth, the project will increase the medicines availability through improving the procurement and delivery processes to East Sudan. Fifth, the project will develop an emergency care system at both the localities and the States level. Finally, the project will promote community health awareness, support health education and strengthen the health information systems. The program will be run in close coordination with the Federal Ministry of Health, the State Ministries of Health, and local government in each locality.
Ambassador Tomas Ulicny, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Sudan said that the program of Promoting Qualitative Health Services in Eastern Sudan is a European commitment to increase the dividends for peace in Sudan. The people of East Sudan are in need for basic development and services which is what the European Ambassadors observed during their last joint visit to Kassala and the Red Sea in 2013, he added. Ambassador Tomas explained that the European Union funding comes from all the European countries to confirm the EU solidarity to support peace and stability for the people of Sudan. Ambassador Tomas called on the local and Federal authorities to support and facilitate the implementation of the program to achieve its end goals.
Ambassador Armando Barucco considers this grant as the result of Italian Cooperation’s commitment to strengthen the health system in Eastern Sudan in the last five years. He added: “Italian experts have already started with preparatory works for the program and we will do our best in ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of our actions. Italy will be accountable to the People of Sudan and the other States, which are part of the European Union, for what we set to achieve in the next three years”.
From our side as Sudanese we are applaud and support this great achievement and all the great efforts made ??by the European Union in the Sudan and the Italian Embassy in Khartoum in various fields of economic, social, cultural and health in all parts of Sudan and their important role in community development and evolution.
By Mohammed Awad Mahmoud Osman, 01/04/2014
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