The effectiveness of the Competence Approach in the struggle against Malariae

The deep understanding between the Togolese Red Cross has not arisen by chance. It has happened because the Togolese Red Cross and the Constellation share a common vision of man. All Red Cross coaches, whether district or local coaches, will all express the same profession of faith : “Man is the central element of any solution. If you don’t put man in the center, there is no solution." And the Constellation acts, throughout the world, to promote communities responses to the challenges they must face.

Another major point is that the Malaria Competence approach and its self assessment tool, far from being just another programme concocted by some far away senior managment, fits in naturally in existing strategies and gives them a boost. “National programmes have always been downgoing programmes, recalls Blaise Sedoh. But having a programme is not enough : if people are not motivated, if they don’t participate, there are no results. Self assessment makes it possible to start from ground level. The comunity gets ownership of the struggle. This is the only security that action will be effective and durable.”

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