Dr Battah Kuami, Head of the Health Department in the Togolese Red Cross
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'We are continuing with this approach because of the results that we have obtained.'
Results
Public health doctor Hyacinthe Atobiank is responsible for the Swiss Red Cross programme in the Central Region (each region of the Togolese Red Cross is supported by a foreign Red Cross). In 2008, he was asked to measure the impact of the Malaria Competence approach and of the use of the Self Assessment tool. To do this, he compared the results of communities supported by the Red Cross and who had carried out a Self Assessment (Group 1), with those who had received no support from the Red Cross (Group 2).
“These observations,” concludes Dr Atobiank, “fully justify that we keep the Self Assessment tool and that we develop its use.”
In all the communities we visited, the message was the same.
Dr Hyacinthe Atobiank, Doctor of Public Health and Manager of the Swiss Red Cross Programme in Togo.
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'The Swiss Red Cross wanted facts. So we carried out a study in three localities.'