Togo - Health mission
Village of Tchékpo-Dédékpoè
Tchékpo-Dédékpoè is a village in Togo, located in maritime area, about 55 km in the Northeast of Lome, the capital city and at 20 km from Tabligbo, capital of the Yoto prefecture. The village of Tchékpo Dédékpoè and the neighboring villages of Tchékpo-Anagali, Tchékpo-Dévé and Essé Zogbédji form the canton of Tchékpo. The population of this canton is 25,000 inhabitants. A field hospital is located 20 km upstream from this village, a second one downstream from the village with a single dispensary in the middle. There is no doctor in this dispensary. Only twice a year, doctors from Lome intervene to monitor chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, etc.)
Objective
Helping health development by providing medical consultations to isolated populations and sharing knowledge with the medical staff of the local dispensary.
- Medical consultations with referral to partner hospitals if necessary. Monitoring of chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension etc)
- Distribution of free medicines on medical prescription from our doctors
- Nursing care
- Prevention and awareness workshops: AIDS, STIs, contraception, first aid, first bandage...
- Hygiene education workshops: hand washing, tooth brushing, personal hygiene
- 25 000 inhabitants
- 2-week mission
- To be determined
HAMAP contact
- Project coordinator: Amina DAHANE amina.dahane@hamap.org
- In charge of the health field: Josiane SABATIER tel : +33 699421860
