La salud es un derecho humano fuera del alcance para más de mil millones de personas. Las desigualdades existentes actualmente en el sector de la salud obstaculizan el desarrollo social, económico y sostenible. Por ello, la COSUDE se esfuerza por mejorar la situación sanitaria de las poblaciones en los países de ingresos medios y bajos. A tal efecto, en la medida de lo posible, se sirve de los conocimientos especializados de Suiza para establecer y desarrollar unos servicios sanitarios de buena calidad y que funcionen de manera eficaz.

En el punto de mira de la COSUDE

Suiza considera que la prestación de servicios básicos de salud constituye una condición esencial para el desarrollo social y económico. Asimismo, estima que las desigualdades que existen en materia de salud constituyen violaciones inaceptables de los derechos humanos fundamentales. Por ello, la acción de la COSUDE para mejorar la salud se concentra en las necesidades de las poblaciones más pobres.

Mejorar la salud de los más pobres está en relación directa con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, en vigor en todo el mundo. Mediante el objetivo 3 de esta Agenda, la comunidad internacional, incluida Suiza, se comprometió a garantizar una vida saludable y promover el bienestar universal. En este sentido, la salud desempeña un papel esencial. Para reducir las desigualdades sociales y promover un desarrollo sostenible, el acceso a un sistema sanitario integral y funcional es imprescindible. Por este motivo, en su enfoque del tema de la salud, la COSUDE hace hincapié en la buena gobernanza, el fortalecimiento del papel y la responsabilización de las comunidades y los usuarios de los servicios sanitarios, y el desarrollo de estructuras eficaces, centrándose en:

  • Reforzar los sistemas de salud para que todas las personas tengan acceso a los servicios sanitarios.
  • Controlar las enfermedades transmisibles y no transmisibles.
  • Mejorar la salud sexual y reproductiva, así como la salud materno-infantil.
  • Incluir la lucha contra el VIH y el sida en la cooperación internacional, en ámbitos distintos a la salud.

Contexto

La salud y los servicios de salud son tanto un asunto de los gobiernos como de las comunidades. El fortalecimiento de la buena gobernanza contribuye de manera significativa a gestionar los recursos existentes de manera eficaz y de conformidad con las necesidades sanitarias de la población.

Suiza dispone de muchos conocimientos especializados en el ámbito de la salud que ya hoy son relevantes para los países contrapartes a la hora de desarrollar y ampliar su asistencia sanitaria. Sobre esta base, la COSUDE, a través de sus alianzas estratégicas con ONG suizas, instituciones de investigación y el sector privado, facilita conocimientos, productos y servicios específicamente adecuados para sus países contrapartes. Asimismo, promueve soluciones innovadoras adaptadas a las condiciones locales y comportamientos sostenibles que conduzcan a mejoras sanitarias en dichos países.

Sin embargo, los grandes avances en ese ámbito no deben hacernos ignorar los desafíos pendientes. La pobreza absoluta está disminuyendo, pero la disparidad entre la salud de los ricos y de los pobres va en aumento. Para casi mil millones de personas, los más pobres entre los pobres, el acceso al agua potable y el saneamiento, a una alimentación sana y suficiente y a la asistencia sanitaria todavía no es una realidad.

Documentos

Proyectos actuales

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Improving access to good-quality healthcare services in Kosovo

01.01.2020 - 31.12.2023

AQH strengthens clinical capacity and managerial competence in partner municipalities towards increasing quality of services provided as well as enhancing the system’s understanding and response to the needs of communities, in particular vulnerable groups. At the community end, AQH generates demand for quality services, by improving health literacy and involving people in shaping the services, thus leading to an increased and rational utilization of all health services and ultimately improved health status of the population.


ESTHER Switzerland (Ensemble pour une Solidarité Thérapeutique Hospitalière En Réseau)

01.12.2019 - 30.11.2024

ESTHER Switzerland provides a mechanism for systematic mobilisation and use of Swiss healthcare expertise to strengthen human resource capacities for health and consequently the quality of service delivery in low and middle-income countries. ESTHER promotes institutional partnerships between Swiss hospitals or research entities with institutions of the same kind in partner countries so as to address priority needs in terms of service delivery.


Dynamic electronic decision trees for managing childhood illness (DYNAMIC)

15.11.2019 - 31.12.2022

Every year, more than five million children die before the age of five due to preventable or treatable causes, most of them in developing countries. New technologies combined with rapid tests can improve diagnosis and management of sick children and reduce health costs. This collaborative research project makes use of Switzerland’s knowledge in digital technologies to improve the health of children and reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in low resource settings.


Improving Access to Essential Medicines and Basic Technologies for Non-communicable Diseases

01.11.2019 - 31.12.2031

Access to medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases is poor in low and middle-income countries. Building on the Swiss comparative advantage (broader access engagement as a country with a big pharma sector), the program addresses all components of the comprehensive framework for access to drugs, ranging from research and innovation to dispensing and use. It will also set up a dedicated global collaborative network for advocacy, information and innovation.


“Mental Health for Universal Health Coverage” (MH4UHC)

01.11.2019 - 31.10.2024

In low resource settings, less than 20% of people with mental disorders have access to mental health services. Building on best practices and experience from Swiss supported programs at country level, the Special Initiative for Mental Health aims to increase access to care for people with mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Priority areas are advocacy for investments in mental health, evidence-based policy formulation, and integration of mental health services at primary healthcare level.


WHO’s Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN)

01.08.2019 - 31.07.2025

The Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases strives to eliminate the five most prevalent neglected tropical diseases in Africa, by providing preventive treatment against e.g. river blindness for free to 600 million people. This continental initiative is carried out by a public-private partnership including pharmaceutical companies. The Swiss contribution makes it possible to accelerate the elimination of the diseases by expanding to more countries and people.


Budget Support to the health SWAp in the Kyrgyz Republic

01.05.2019 - 30.04.2022

Health sector reform is a priority of the Kyrgyz Government. Considerable improvements of the health status of the population were achieved in the last years. Yet, additional efforts have to be done to improve cost-effectiveness of the health system. The Kyrgyz Government approved its Health Strategy 2030, in view to strengthen primary health care, improve the quality of services and promote public health. The project will support the implementation of the Health Strategy by providing funding and technical assistance to the Government. 


Health for All Programme (HAP)

01.04.2019 - 31.03.2023

The Government of Albania is undertaking a reform to increase the quality and efficiency of public health services to respond to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The project will support the elaboration of a primary health care strategy, health workforce management and quality improvement measures of service delivery for a better management of NCDs at primary health care. The aim is a higher satisfaction of users and a better health status of people covered.


OVCI - Improving nutritional condition of most vulnerable groups in Juba

01.03.2019 - 30.04.2021

Malnutrition among children and other vulnerable groups remains worse as a result of the prevailing food insecurity situation in South Sudan. According to the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for South Sudan, some 1.8 million people – the majority of which are children under five years - face malnutrition. Through this project, Volunteers Organization for International Co-operation (OVCI) intends to address malnutrition of vulnerable children, pregnant and lactating mothers and other destitute persons in Juba County by improving their dietary intake.


One Health Units for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)

01.03.2019 - 31.10.2024

Transmission of diseases between humans and animals are frequent in pastoralist societies of

Somalia, Ethiopia and Northern Kenya and related to environmental conditions. The HEAL project

promotes sustainable rangeland management and access to integrated human/livestock health

services. Thereby, it contributes to improved health, to reduced vulnerability among pastoralist

communities and to prevention of their displacement/migration, which is in the interest of Switzerland.


Access to Health Fund (ACCESS)

01.01.2019 - 31.12.2023

The Access to Health Fund (previously 3MDG), is strongly committed to deliver health services in conflict-affected areas to populations beyond the reach of government. By supporting State and Ethnic Health Organizations, the fund contributes to trust, fosters coordination, and mitigates causes of conflict. The Swiss contribution represents a continuation of support to Myanmar's health actors towards achieving universal health coverage.


Fondation Kantha Bopha – Dr med. Beat Richner

01.01.2019 - 31.12.2021

25 years of Dr Richner’s tireless efforts resulted in millions of children receiving free quality medical care at Kantha Bopha Hospitals. Despite his retirement early 2017, the five hospitals are operating smoothly with the management model he set up and the commitment of the Royal Government of Cambodia to maintain it. SDC’s financial support remains crucial until a sustainable Cambodian financing is found.

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