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  • Title: A health campaign in Zaire.
    Author: Mclellan I.
    Journal: Dev Commun Rep; 1985; (50):1, 10. PubMed ID: 12313871.
    Abstract:
    In Zaire a government department, several international aid organizations, and church sponsored groups have coordinated their development support communications (DSC) campaigns to better disseminate health information. This interorganizational cooperation enables participating groups to learn from each others' experiences in DSC and to avoid costly duplication efforts. "Sante pour Tous," the nucleus of this coordination effort, is a primary health care and preventive medicine project that is sponsored by Zaire's Department of Health and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and administered by l'Eglise du Christ du Zaire. In addition to its main focus -- improved primary health care -- under the umbrella of Sante pour Tous is a vaccination campaign, a family planning project, and a nutrition and agricultural promotion project. Each has a different organizational structure and separate funding sources, but to facilitate coordination of DSC activities, representatives from these organizations sit on each others' boards. Sante pour Tous centers are located in 50 rural health zones across Zaire. Each health zone has a central hospital and a field office. These offices are equipped with battery-powered film and slide projectors used to train nurses, birth attendants, and village health workers in primary health care and DSC techniques. These same materials also are used by the other organizations participating in the Sante pour Tous project for their village-based DSC activities. Additionally, Community Development Committees have been established in many rural health zone villages to coordinate campaigns and projects at the local level.
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