The contribution of family medicine to community-orientated health services in Mali: A short report
Autor: | Michèle Rietmann, Mahamane M Maïga, Mamadou B Coulibaly, Gabriel Blouin Genest, Fatoumata Dicko, Drissa M Sidibé, Sarah Stecko, François Couturier |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Canada
women and girls medicine.medical_specialty partnership Short Report Context (language use) Mali Decentralization family medicine Health services Multidisciplinary approach medicine Humans Community Health Services Government training business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health decentralisation International health General Medicine primary health care Family medicine General partnership community Medicine Female Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Family Practice International development business multidisciplinary |
Zdroj: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp e1-e3 (2021) African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine |
ISSN: | 2071-2936 2071-2928 |
Popis: | Family medicine has not received appropriate attention in the sub-Saharan African context. In particular, family medicine is rarely recognised as a medical speciality and most African countries are silent on the role of family medicine in their health systems. There is, however, an emerging interest in developing family medicine as a key component of primary healthcare. Postgraduate training in family medicine is progressing and many countries have already established specific training programmes. In addition, there have been attempts to define the importance of family medicine, which, we expect, this short report contributes to. Interviews were conducted with physicians, partners and beneficiaries of two international development projects funded by the Canadian government. The one project supports training of health professionals and the other education of healthy women and girls in the community. The objective was to document the strengthening of primary healthcare through the creation and adaptation of a new family and community medicine postgraduate medical programme (which includes both family and community medicine) emphasising field training, immersion in local communities and interdisciplinary collaboration. This article underlines the importance of family medicine in Mali by documenting how what is now termed family and community medicine can promote community-orientated health services. To do so, we use the examples of initiatives and actions done through two international health development projects. |
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