Petrolines Supports Local Communities with a Medical Aid Caravan in Partnership with SFPA
By: Mona Mustafa:
Engineer Badr Al-Din Ahmed Al-Amin, Development Coordinator at Petrolines Limited, stated that supporting health caravans contributes to improving health in local communities. He noted that the health caravans target villages along the oil pipeline in the areas of Tiat, Al-Hawdi, and Al-Daboura, providing primary healthcare services and medications free of charge.
He commended the significant efforts of Sudan Family Planning Association (SFPA) – River Nile Branch – in supporting humanitarian services through its highly qualified health and professional staff in providing high-quality reproductive health services. He emphasized that the caravan contributed to supporting primary healthcare in the Tiat area through the mobile clinic, which had a positive impact on the local community.
For her part, Ms. Kawthar Mohamed Ibrahim, Executive Director of SFPA – River Nile Branch – affirmed their support for rural areas in the River Nile State through mobile clinics providing health and awareness services.
She stated that there is a plan targeting rural areas during the autumn season to mitigate the risk of epidemics.
Medical Assistant Arif Hussein Osman, Director of the Tiat Health Center, praised the corporate social responsibility program of national companies in supporting the rural health sector and providing free medication during the critical circumstances the country is facing.
He emphasized the need for the Ministry of Health to develop a plan to upgrade rural health service centers in River Nile State, stressing that power outages cause the spoilage of medications and a lack of oxygen equipment for emergency cases.
The Director of the Tiat Center appealed to the River Nile State Ministry of Health to provide the center with solar energy, commending SFPA – River Nile Branch – for its support of humanitarian work in the eastern Atbara region.
Ms Omnia Awad and Ms Rania Mohamed Ahmed conducted awareness sessions on psychosocial support during the caravan, which had a positive impact on the local community.