Three parlimantarians defend ODA after a mission on child health in Niger
14 July 2014
NIGERADVOCACY FOR FAIR ACCESS TO QUALTITY HEALTH CARE
Back from from a trip to Niger on child health, they could see the usefulness of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) including health aid and all the risks in cutting funding for this assistance. They have during their trip, visited the pediatric ward of the National Hospital of Niamey and the Integrated Health Centre Madina, both supported by Solthis, and have noted the importance of HIV testing and Mother to Child HIV prvevention programs (PMTCT). While the President of the... Read more
Parliamentary study tour
28 June 2014
NIGERADVOCACY FOR FAIR ACCESS TO QUALTITY HEALTH CARE
In partnership with Global Health Advocates France, Solthis co-organised a trip to Niger focused on child health to sensitise 3 French MPs (2 National Assembly delegates and 1 senator) on the progress that Ocial Development Assistance makes in terms of public health in the Global South – in light of France’s current tendency of reducing its aid budget. Following the trip, an opinion piece was published in La Croix on 16/07/14 on the eve of the President’s trip to Niger as a reminder of... Read more
