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Here is Congo
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Here are the Paved Roads of Congo
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A Brief History of Health System Development in DRC
  • 1875-1960: Health Infrastructure Development
    • - Belgian colonial investment in “urban” admin. centers
    • - Missionary initiatives in rural areas
    • - Post WWII investments (from copper revenues)
    • - Traditional health system with 120 territory “districts”


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The Hospitals of DR Congo (c. 1960)
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A Brief History of Health System Development in DRC
  • 1900-1960: Health Infrastructure Development
  • 1960-1975: Pioneers in Health System:
    • Sims Ngwete Lejeune Luvivila Fountain  Pangu Courtejoie Ruppol Carlson
    • Galloway & many more
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A Brief History of Health System Development in DRC
  • 1875-1960: Health Infrastructure Development
  • 1960-1975: Pioneers in Health System
  • 1975: National Seminar on Community Medicine
  • - Organized with Catholic and Protestant Medical Offices
    •   - Established consensus and mandates for:
    • ~ integrated medicine (primary health care)
    •        ~ CEBEC (PHC integrated health centers)
    • ~ decentralized health zones with co-management by FBOs
    •   - No funding, but this encouraged pilot HZs to develop

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Pilot Health Zones (1975-1981)
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A Brief History of Health System Development in DRC
  • 1875-1960: Health Infrastructure Development
  • 1960-1975: Pioneers in Health System
  • 1975: National Seminar on Community Medicine
  • 1982-1986: Five year health plan
    • - Delimitation/Creation of 306 Health Zones
    • - SANRU I/II and FBOs played leading roles
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Pilot Health Zones (1975-1981)
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Health Zones (1982)
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Health Zones (1984)
before delimitation of Health Zones
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Health Zones (1984)
after delimitation of Health Zones
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Health Zones (1984)
after delimitation of Health Zones
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Health Zones (1984)
after delimitation of Health Zones
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A Brief History of Health System Development in DRC
  • 1875-1960: Health Infrastructure Development
  • 1960-1975: Pioneers in Health System
  • 1975: National Seminar on Community Medicine
  • 1982-1986: Five year health plan
  • 1991-2001: The decade of HZ survival
    • - Economic instability, war, projects closed
    • - ECC & FBOS struggle to continue support to HZs

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A Brief History of Health System Development in DRC
  • 1875-1960: Health Infrastructure Development
  • 1960-1975: Pioneers in Health System
  • 1975: National Seminar on Community Medicine
  • 1982-1986: Five year health plan
  • 1991-2001: The decade of HZ survival
  • 2001-2005: Revitalizing HZs with Appui Global
    • - ECC/IMA assists 56 HZs with USAID funding (SANRU III)
    • - CRS assists 16 HZs with USAID funding
    • - PMURR: 68 HZs with WB funding (19 by IMA/ECC)
    • - PReSS: 83 HZs proposed with WB funding
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Four Generations of NGO Development Strategies
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Protestant Church
of Congo Medical Office (ECC/DOM)
  •  ECC/DOM is a Christian Health Association that include 65 member communities
  • ECC/DOM member communities own 80 hospitals and more than 600 health centers
  •  ECC co-manages 65 of Congo’s 515 HZs
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The ECC/DOM Portfolio
  • Liaison with MOH for all ECC health facilities
  • Co-Management of 65 Health Zones with the MOH
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ECC Co-Manages 65 Health Zones
(serving a population of 9,000,000)
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FBOs Co-Manage 1/3 of Congo’s HZs
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The ECC/DOM Portfolio
  • Liaison with MOH for all ECC health facilities
  • Co-Management of 65 Health Zones with the MOH
  • Current Projects– 4 major projects and numerous subprojects ($ 15,000,000/yr)


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ECC/DOM in partnership with I.M.A. is assisting 75 HZs with health systems development
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Results from Oicha HZ (with EPI and ITNs fully implemented)
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The ECC/DOM Portfolio
  • Liaison with MOH for all ECC health facilities
  • Co-Management of 65 Health Zones with the MOH
  • Current Projects– 4 major projects and numerous subprojects ($ 15,000,000/yr)
  • For 2006 – hoping for 5 major projects ($20 M/yr)
  • New directions: DEVRU –
    • Developpment Rurale
    • adding agriculture and microenterprise
    • activities for synergistic development
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Keys to Health Systems
Development for FBOs & CHAs
  • Document and map the strengths of FBO networks
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Keys to Health Systems
Development for FBOs & CHAs
  • Document and map the strengths of FBO networks
  • Create continual dialogue/collaboration with MOH
  • Promote FBOs as part of the public sector (FBO/NGO)
  • Work at all levels of the health system, esp. national
  • Create strategies for co-management of health systems
  • Establish partnerships with U.S. groups to handle funding
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Keys to Health Systems
Development for FBOs & CHAs
  • Document and map the strengths of FBO networks
  • Create continual dialogue/collaboration with MOH
  • Promote FBOs as part of the public sector (FBO/NGO)
  • Work at all levels of the health system, esp. national
  • Create strategies for co-management of health systems
  • Establish partnerships with U.S. groups to handle funding
  • Increase your project & systems management capacity
  • Be More Creative!
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