We want to take a moment and reflect on sustainability at the end of our project.
The primary healthcare expert support project, which we implemented under an August 2022 grant from Corus International, a humanitarian aid organization, has wrapped up.
A lot has happened in those months: we’ve helped more than 15,000 people and diagnosed serious illnesses; patients with chronic diseases are now living normal lives, sent on time for surgeries and other critical interventions; and those with deep mental and emotional trauma are still cared for by our team of psychotherapists.
What do we leave to the health care facilities we worked with in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions?
The answer: Modern equipment for 30 facilities for the systematic implementation of infection control programs and more than 100 primary care specialists trained in infection control, ECG basics, management of diabetes cases and ultrasound (POCUS protocol).
The program to support primary health care facilities in war-torn areas will continue, now easier than before. As the common wisdom says, it’s better to teach people to fish and feed them for life than give them a fish and feed them for a day. We not only provide services to facilities and their staff, we also help them work better and more efficiently long after us.
