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Two mobile health clinics for maternal care, first of its kind, were today handed over to the Clinical Center in Tuzla and public health institution “Dom zdravlja” in Doboj.
The mobile health clinics worth 100,000 USD were funded by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) and are designed and procured by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through the UN Floods Recovery Programme “Danas za nas” to address the maternal care needs of women in rural and remote areas of Tuzla and Doboj regions which were severely hit by last year’s floods.

„This donatio is a larger UN Flood Recovery Programme worth close to 100 milion BAM. The Programme is intended to restore essential sevices to the citizens who lost a lot during the floods. That include schools and health facilities. Today we have supported nearly 19 schools and about 17 health centers.“, said Zahira Virani, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in BiH.

Mobile clinics are equipped with the gynaecological table, mobile ultrasound and all other necessary emergency lifesaving equipment that will ensure access to maternal (pre and postnatal) care for women including and safe delivery.

 „Health Center in Doboj received a tool to be able to get closer to primarily women, where preventive examinations on the field can be done, besides considering the equipment vehicles can serve with and for other purposes.“, said Dragana Bogdanić, RS Ministry of Health.

 “I am glad that the United Nations Food Recovery Programme and ECHO recognized Clinical Center Tuzla as an institution which has a vision of development, and consequently donated mobile gynecological clinic, which will in any case contribute to the health care of our citizens”, said Nešad Hotić, Director of University Clinical Center Tuzla.” He added that this represents a step forward for them, since they will be able to provide better quality health care.

 “We are very happy that these two mobile clinics will provide much needed reproductive health services to women in rural areas where these services will be provided at doorstep. Mobile clinics have capacities to support examinations, Pap smear, blood pressure measurement and ultrasound services and we hope they will be operated by well-trained medical maternal health professionals” said Dr. Doina Bologa UNFPA Representative in BiH. “We at UNFPA remain firmly committed to enhancing our efforts to promote the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of all people; to ensure that no woman dies giving life; and set the terms by which everyone everywhere can live in dignity and be accorded their human rights” concluded Bologa.

It is expected that at least some 3,600 women will benefit from these mobile clinics per year.

Dom zdravlja u Doboju dobio je sredstvo ojim će moći da se približi osiguranicima, u prvom redu ženama, gdje će moći na terenu obaviti preventivne preglede, osim toga s obzirom na opremu moći će polsužiti i za druge svrhe.   

The UN Floods Recovery Programme “Danas za nas” worth USD 14.8 million is financed by bilateral donors.