Congo/ Health: three months of free care for the elderly

The Centre médicosocial le Jaune, in partnership with Assistance au développement social (ADS) and Caricav, has launched an awareness-raising campaign for retirees and senior citizens, followed by free screening for hypertension, diabetes, malaria, albumin and glycemia, lasting three months until March 31.

Owned by the Union des travailleurs nationale de la santé et des affaires sociales (Unatrasas), the Centre médicosocial le Jaune was built in 2004, thanks to a partnership with the telecommunications company MTN internationale, and inaugurated in 2014 by First Lady Antoinette Sassou N'Guesso.re dame Antoinette Sassou N'Guesso, is dedicated to retirees from all over the Republic (Caisse des retraités et des fonctionnaires and Caisse nationale de la sécurité sociale), their dependents and senior citizens (working or non-working), for medical treatment. The center is located between the General Directorate of the Civil Society (Sapeurs-pompiers) and the Phénotype amphitheater.

With a view to raising the profile of this center, which is not very visible to the general public and particularly to senior citizens, the Centre médicosocial le Jaune, in partnership with ADS and Caricav (a community tree and life, an association with objectives in health development and then the accompaniment of senior citizens and the elderly), has decided to set up a medical and social center.support for the elderly and orphaned children), launched a communication and awareness-raising campaign, in the presence of the vice-president of Unicef.sence of Unatrasas vice-president Noé Massamba, ADS vice-president Delys Ibara, and center coordinator and Caricav representative Jean François Milongo. "The population is suffering, especially the elderly. That's why we suggested promoting care to make this center visible, so that the people of Brazzaville would know that there is a center for retired people and the elderly, where the whole population can be received and treated. Likewise, we felt that there was no more money, and resources had become difficult, so we had to help the population by reducing the cost of care, so that everyone could be treated.So we have to help the population by reducing the cost of care, so that everyone can find good health by curing the disease they are suffering from", explained the center's coordinator, Jean François Milongo. Explaining why they had come to the launch of this awareness campaign, ADS President Delys Ibara said : "Through a memorandum of understanding that has linked us to Caricav since January 15, 2024, we have come to support the launch of the second awareness-raising campaign for people in their third year of life.nd awareness-raising campaign for senior citizens, followed by screening for hypertension, diabetes, malaria, albumin and glycemia. We support the vulnerable segments of the indigenous population by taking charge of their health. I'd like to take this opportunity to invite the neighborhood chiefs to help spread the word to the senior citizens concerned by this campaign. Health is our most precious asset, so let's preserve it."

The President of ADS took the opportunity to explain to the audience that the work of his non-profit, humanitarian non-governmental organization is to lead people to a better standard of living, through the promotion of health. a better standard of living, through the provision of social works, and to work for the well-being of deprived populations in the fields of health, education, and the fight against famine and poverty.ADS will also be distributing food to the elderly and the destitute, as well as clothing to the needy and orphaned children.

Source: www.adiac-congo.com/