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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Action for Health, Food and Development

One-line solution summary:

Health security

Pitch your solution.

Persons over 60 years of age without family assistance with one or more of the following aggravating factors: Chronic disease (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, asthma, HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis, etc.), persons living with a disability, widows or widowers.

Film your elevator pitch.

What specific problem are you solving?

Health Zone : Uvira, Population 2020, 365183: Pop > 60 years old: 18259

5%., Extremely poor people: 41%. :7486, Male : 3593, Female : 3893

What is your solution?

Reduce the morbidity and mortality of vulnerable people in COVID situations - 19, Specific Objectives : Improve the nutrition of vulnerable people, Prevent waterborne and dirty hand diseases in vulnerable people.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Distribution of food to vulnerable people.

Distribution of soap, nose mask and aqua tabs to vulnerable people.

Awareness raising on prevention of waterborne diseases and hand wards and COVID-19.

Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Challenge.

Our country has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world. Acute malnutrition varies between 8 and 10% depending on the territory, 14% of women suffer from chronic energy deficiency, underweight affects 23% of children under 5 years of age, while 19% suffer from it in schools.

Despite the efforts made by the government and the support of the international community at certain levels; Uvira is endemic to malaria, respiratory infections and cholera, which indicates that its population still lives in rudimentary hygienic conditions. The outbreak of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular accidents,significantly increases adult mortality.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Uvira, République démocratique du Congo

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Raymond. coordinator

More About Your Solution

If your solution has a website, provide a link here:

https://sites.google.com/site/actionsanitairemondiale

If your solution proposes an app that is currently live, provide a link to your app online or in an app store here:

N/A

If you have additional video content that explains your solution, provide a YouTube or Vimeo link here:

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Which of the following categories best describes your solution?

A new business model or process

Describe what makes your solution innovative.

Dès le départ, il était question dans ce projet d'analyser la surveillance épidémiologique que de parler de la complexité du problème. Je pense mes analyses modeste soit-il va apporter à la réduction de l'incidence de l'épidémie. Mais, je souhaite que d'autres personnes puisse approfondir cette analyse de fin ou dans une autre.

Describe the core technology that powers your solution.

statistiques.

Excelle.

Provide evidence that this technology works.

Dans les études de santé public " based evidence"

Please select the technologies currently used in your solution:

Materials Science
Software and Mobile Applications

What is your theory of change?

Santé Publique et Action Humanitaire, surveillance épidémiologique du choléra en République Démocratique du Congo, cas de la Zone de santé, d'Uvira.

Select the key characteristics of your target population.

Poor

Which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals does your solution address?

2. Zero Hunger
3. Good Health and Well-Being
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

In which countries do you currently operate?

Congo, Dem. Rep.

In which countries will you be operating within the next year?

Congo, Dem. Rep.

How many people does your solution currently serve? How many will it serve in one year? In five years?

The population of the territory of Uvira is estimated at 511,982 inhabitants according to the results of the vaccination days.

What are your goals within the next year and within the next five years?

Our Associative Centers are places of free access for all people in precarious situations or in search of projects. People come voluntarily for a support, a listening and the use of logistic means in their employment and daily life or to discover the different possibilities related to their requests. The notion of voluntary access is important. The notion of voluntary access is important. Access to our associative centres is not part of a "compulsory course" linked to a right or compensation, but is part of an ethical charter of our own values. People can participate in regular group workshops, outings or events. The objective of these activities is to promote their autonomy through an active participation in a citizen's approach. The will of our approach is to make people actors within their environment in a responsible approach of quality in order to allow them to find their rights and their place in society.

What barriers currently exist for you to accomplish your goals in the next year and in the next five years?

The stain is difficult for the following reasons. Lack of funding for projects, lack of material means to accomplish certain tasks.

How do you plan to overcome these barriers?

Search for partnerships.answer the call for funds.

About Your Team

Your Business Model & Funding

Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities