Kabwe, Zambia – In a significant move to improve access to primary healthcare (PHC) and achieve universal health access for underserved communities in Central Province, Bayer and Project Concern Zambia (PCZ) have entered into a strategic partnership and have broken ground on the construction of a new Out-Patient Department at a community health center located near the Bayer seed plant, Itaba, in Kabwe.
In line with the PCZ sustainability strategy, anchored in innovative public and private sector partnerships as a pathway to the sustained delivery of quality health and social protection services to all, the investment from Bayer will support the Kabwe District Health Office (DHO) to implement one of its main objectives of increasing health coverage in the district. In line with its global mission— “to achieve Health for All, Hunger for None”—that also aligns to the Ministry of Health (MOH) mission and the PCZ Sustainability Strategy, Bayer has provided a one-off steppingstone donation of €100,000 towards the construction of the outpatient department that will also house a maternal and child health clinic.
The PHC center will be owned, led and driven by the Kabwe DHO and Munga Community members. PCZ will support the design and deployment of a PHC program based on its proven PHC model that empowers local authorities and communities to timely identify healthcare needs in their communities, and through a collective multisectoral effort, strengthen PHC systems to sustainably address health issues and critical contextual socioeconomic issues that are determinants of health.
Project Concern Zambia CEO Yvonne Mulenga says that the project exemplifies the power of partnerships in creating sustainable community impact.
“This is a model of development we believe in where government, private sector and civil society come together to deliver solutions at the heart of the communities we serve, we are proud to work along side Bayer and the ministry of health to bring this facility to life” Ms. Mulenga said.
PCZ will effectively network Kabwe DHO and Munga Community leadership with other Government strategic district offices and the private sector to ensure Munga has a sustainably strengthened PHC system that is responsive to the community health needs and provide comprehensive primary healthcare services to over 10,000 community members in Munga Ward, including Bayer employees and their dependents.
The piece of land on which the Mini hospital would be built was donated by the Munzele family.
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