Community Humanist Clinic and Malaria Intervention Initiative

Korhogo Humanist Movement

Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

Members

Kossi Agbeko, Yawovi Tchalla, Komlan Douti, Sena Kpodo, Aicha Demble, Afiavi Mensah, Mawulolo Tchagbale, Essohana Ekoue, Dela Amouzou, Amah Sossou

Email: aaalinat811@gmail.com

Phone: +225 90 09 62 05

What Humanism Means to Us

To us, humanism is a way of life that emphasizes human dignity, cooperation, and responsibility. It encourages us to use reason and practical solutions to improve our living conditions and support one another. Humanism inspires us to take action in our community, promote fairness, and create opportunities that benefit everyone. Through shared effort and mutual respect, we believe we can build a more sustainable and secure future.

Project Description

The Korhogo Humanist Movement proposes to establish a community clinic and pharmacy dedicated to the treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Access to affordable and reliable healthcare remains a severe challenge for many people in our area. By launching this community-managed clinic, we aim to address this gap, providing our members and the wider community with sustainable access to essential treatments and medications.

Currently, our community is facing a severe malaria epidemic that has reached crisis proportions and demands urgent action. To combat this, a portion of this budget will be dedicated to an immediate malaria health intervention. Through this targeted effort, we will actively distribute mosquito nets and insecticides directly to vulnerable households. Furthermore, we will facilitate community-wide awareness campaigns to share crucial knowledge on malaria prevention, symptom identification, and eradication of mosquito breeding grounds.

This project will serve a dual purpose: providing immediate, life-saving intervention for the ongoing malaria epidemic, and establishing a long-term, community-run pharmacy to ensure continuous access to affordable treatments for various diseases.

Budget

● Clinic/Pharmacy Space Rental: 12 months at $5.00 per month — $60

● Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs): 60 nets at $5.00 per net — $300

● Antimalarial Medications (Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies - ACTs): 100 treatment courses at $2.00 per course — $200

● Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs): 150 test kits at $1.00 per kit — $150

● General Pharmacy Medicines (Pain relievers, antipyretics, basic antibiotics): 100 assorted packs at $1.50 per pack — $150

● Indoor Residual Insecticide (for community spraying): 10 liters at $12.00 per liter — $120

● Knapsack Sprayers (for insecticide application): 2 units at $35.00 per unit — $70

● Basic Medical Supplies (Disposable gloves, syringes, sterile bandages, cotton): 1 comprehensive bulk medical kit — $80

● Service charge fee for Community health specialists — $50

● Instructional Health Posters (Sanitation and mosquito breeding prevention): 10 large durable posters at $2.00 per poster — $20

Total: $1200

Expected Outcome from Project, with Timeline

Intervention Estimate (after initial launch):

A rapid decrease in new malaria infections within the community due to the immediate distribution of nets and insecticides, alongside heightened public awareness.

Ongoing Clinic Sustainability:

The pharmacy will generate a modest, continuous revenue stream through the highly subsidized sale of medicines to community members. This income will be strictly reinvested to restock the pharmacy, ensuring a permanent and self-sustaining healthcare resource.

Timeline

● Day 1: Purchase all medical materials, nets, and insecticides; launch the immediate malaria intervention and public awareness campaign.

● Day 2–3: Open the community pharmacy for the treatment of general communicable and non-communicable diseases; monitor the decline in local malaria cases.

● Day 4–12: Maintain pharmacy operations, restock medicines through subsidized sales, and continue preventative health education.

Benefits to the Community

● Immediate intervention to halt the spread of the current malaria epidemic.

● Improved access to essential, life-saving medicines and healthcare.

● Promotion of disease prevention and vital health awareness.

● Creation of a shared, cooperative community health initiative.

● Encouragement of self-reliance and practical problem-solving in public health.