Overview

We have worked at the grassroots level to support the most basic interventions in rebuilding DRC’s health system. We have worked at the grassroots level to support the most basic interventions in rebuilding DRC’s health system. Through our integrated health projects, we helped improve health services for more than 31 million people, most notably in maternal, newborn, and child health; family planning; water, sanitation, and hygiene; malaria; HIV and AIDS; and TB. In addition, DRC has built its capacity to expand access to medicines in remote locations and train hospital personnel in pharmaceutical use, thereby becoming more fiscally responsible and self-reliant.

At the heart of our strategy has been outreach to providers, health authorities, community organizations, and families. By mobilizing volunteer community health workers in 78 health zones, we were able to cover more ground, deliver health services to people in hard-to-reach villages, and train health workers, saving more than 800,000 lives. We helped regulate the process for the transparent procurement and registration of medicines and are working to strengthen systems and practices for infection prevention and improved antimicrobial stewardship among health workers.