Yonsei Medical Center and KOICA Deliver Medical Equipment Worth 1 Billion KRW to Senegal
The Senegal Central Region Maternal and Child Health System Strengthening Project Team and KOICA delivered medical equipment.
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Yonsei University Medical Center and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) announced on the 18th that they have provided medical equipment worth approximately 1 billion KRW to enhance Senegal's COVID-19 response capacity and strengthen maternal and child health services.
This support is part of the "Senegal Central Region Maternal and Child Health System Strengthening Project," which Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health and KOICA have been implementing since 2018. The Maternal and Child Health System Strengthening Project is a program aimed at improving the health of mothers and newborns in the central-northern region of Senegal, where maternal and neonatal mortality rates are high, through the establishment of health centers, training of healthcare personnel, and raising community awareness.
Yonsei Medical Center and KOICA are supporting Senegal's COVID-19 response. The two organizations are working on ▲ strengthening the capacity to detect COVID-19 patients and respond to infectious diseases through diagnostic testing support ▲ preventing increased mortality by addressing shortages of medical resources and expanding medical services in essential healthcare such as maternal and child health during infectious disease outbreaks ▲ ensuring the sustainability of prenatal care and maternal and child health services, thereby expanding medical services for mothers and newborns as well as managing COVID-19.
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Kim Hee-jin, professor at Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health and director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research, who is responsible for the project, said, “Essential healthcare such as maternal and child health is threatened by COVID-19, increasing the risk of overall mortality including mothers and newborns,” and added, “Through the support of medical equipment and education, Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health will work with KOICA to widely promote the excellence of K-medical services.”
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