Bringing healthcare and prevention to village communities
Remote villages are often cut off from medical services. SolidarMed operates mobile clinics that regularly visit communities and provides transport to health centres, which may be far away.
Examining and treating patients at home
If the nearest healthcare facility is hard to access, SolidarMed trains laypeople in remote communities to become community health workers. They then visit local people, can carry out interventions such as blood pressure measurements and diabetes testing, and treat certain diseases. They are supported in their roles by healthcare professionals.
Clinic on wheels
It’s not only laypeople who work with local populations. SolidarMed also visits people with its mobile clinics which are equipped to treat the most common medical problems and carry out pregnancy check-ups.
A medical check-up in a village in Lesotho.
SolidarMed works hand-in-hand with local populations to improve basic primary healthcare in rural Africa.
Mobile clinics allow remote communities in Lesotho and Tanzania to access medical care.
Thanks to SolidarMed, pregnant women get free transport by tuk-tuk to a healthcare facility where they can give birth safely.
Community health worker Manfred (right) visiting the family of Abbas Nalole (centre) and Amida Nachucha (left). Photo: Roshni Lodhia/fairpicture
Prevention work on an equal footing
SolidarMed also raises awareness of topics such as malaria protection and cholera prevention through the community health workers who enjoy a high level of trust among villagers. For particularly sensitive health topics, such as HIV, reproductive rights and contraception, SolidarMed relies on peer educators to disseminate information within their peer group.
The mobile clinic reaches those who are particularly disadvantaged – fully in keeping with the leave no one behind principle.
Pauline Grimm, Lesotho programme manager
Your donation empowers rural populations
Your contribution is used to train and equip community health workers, and to purchase vehicles, equipment and medicines. You are therefore helping to support access to medical care in rural areas.