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• 2021
• • 5 Mai
  • Par Undraa BAYANAA
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  • Bureau régional de Vientiane LAO/027
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  LAOS – Ongoing health support during the COVID-19 pandemic

  The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, through the Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027), is deeply involved in supporting the Government of Lao PDR in its COVID-19 preparedness and response.

  As the country weathers a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, the LAO/027 programme continues to coordinate with the Ministry of Health and other international partners to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national healthcare system.  

  As part of Luxembourg’s COVID-19 grant support, three ‘Decontamination Unit’ vehicles and decontamination equipment were handed over to the Ministry of Health in January 2021 to strengthen provincial authorities’ ability to respond to potential coronavirus infections.

  These Decontamination Unit vehicles are today fully operational in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane. A team of well trained and equipped professionals is currently providing a rapid and mobile response in each of the three provinces. The Decontamination Unit is responsible for the disinfection and decontamination of healthcare and non-healthcare settings potentially contaminated by coronavirus such as isolation facilities, hospitals, official buildings as well as other locations where suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been.

  ^{Decontamination at a quarantine centre in Phonhong, Vientiane Province (March 2021) © LuxDev}

  ^{Disinfection at a COVID-19 treatment facility in Khammouane Province (April 2021) © LuxDev}

  ^{Disinfection at the Provincial Health Department (PHD) Office in Vientiane Province (April 2021) © LuxDev}

  ^{Disinfection at the Bolikhamxay Provincial Hospital (April 2021) © LuxDev}

  Each decontamination vehicle contains essential equipment, including rechargeable battery nebulisers, disinfectants, cleaning materials, and other supplies such as protective equipment, goggles, boots, and gloves.

  
  ^{Decontamination Unit’ vehicle (April 2021) © LuxDev}

  As the number of new cases continue to increase, the request for decontamination is outpacing the current capacities. The LAO/027 programme has provided the mobile teams with additional emergency sanitation supplies and nebulisers.

  
  

  ^{Decontamination at a local market in Vientiane province (May 1st, 2021) (pictures published on social media)}

  Luxembourg, through its membership of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, is also supporting the distribution of free vaccines in Lao PDR. The country has received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility in March 2021. The shipment consisted of 132,000 doses of the SII-AstraZeneca vaccine and it was the first batch of a total of 480,000 doses that are being planned for delivery to Laos via the COVAX initiative by May 2021.

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) is co-financed by the Government of Lao PDR and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and is implemented by the Lao Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.

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• • 5 Mai
  • Par Caroline de Boisset
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  • Bureau Sénégal SEN/031
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  SÉNÉGAL - Inauguration du centre de simulation médicale en soins et gestes d’urgence au siège du SAMU national

  C’est dans des salles spécialement aménagées dans les nouveaux bâtiments du SAMU national de Dakar qu’a été inauguré le Centre de simulation médicale en soins et gestes d’urgence du SAMU national. Ce centre permettra de former efficacement les générations actuelles et futures de médecins et le personnel paramédical aux soins et gestes qui sauvent.

  Ce centre de simulation, financé par la Coopération Sénégal-Luxembourg à hauteur de 344 Mio de Francs CFA (525 000 EUR) dispensera des formations d’ordres divers : réanimation cardiopulmonaire, anesthésie, échographie d’urgence, réanimation pédiatrique et néonatale, trauma, secourisme de base et avancé, situations critiques au bloc opératoire, pose des voies veineuses chez l’adulte et en pédiatrie, etc.

  Une démarche pédagogique innovante

  Le Centre de simulation médicale en soins et gestes d’urgence du SAMU national s’inscrit dans une démarche innovante de transfert de compétences. Avec un matériel technique visant à reproduire des situations d’urgences réelles, les apprenants seront confrontés à des problématiques proches de celles qu’ils auront à traiter sur le terrain et en même temps s’accorder avec les exigences éthiques de leur formation. Au total, 250 à 300 personnes pourront être formées chaque semaine dans ce centre de formation par simulation médicale aux soins et gestes d’urgence. Il est à noter que certains équipements de haute technologie déployés dans ce centre pourront également permettre la réalisation de formations mobiles en région, indépendamment des formations en présentiel et en visio-formation. Ce centre est une première au Sénégal et constitue un progrès remarquable au service de la qualité de la prise en charge, non seulement des urgences mais également pour la formation des professionnels de santé.

  L’enseignement sur simulateurs et la méthode pédagogique

  Les simulateurs sont des mannequins très perfectionnés munis de capteurs qui permettent de reproduire différentes réalités médicales et de soins. Les mannequins autorisent le déroulement de scénarios multiples, et à la demande, pour entrainer des équipes médicales ou de soins. Le Centre de simulation est équipé de matériels audio-visuels d’enregistrement qui facilitent la conduite des scénarios. Les scénarios sont débriefés dans des espaces adaptés. Le débriefing est l’aboutissement du scénario, il permet de prendre conscience de ses forces et faiblesses, il est le gage de l’amélioration de la qualité des gestes, des soins et de l’esprit d’équipe.

  À l’occasion de cette inauguration la Coopération Sénégal-Luxembourg a également remis au SAMU national les clés de six ambulances dont quatre « tout-terrain » pour les régions de Diourbel et de Touba. 

  ^{Des médecins réanimateurs s’entraînent avec le matériel du centre de simulation médicale de soins et gestes d’urgence. © Samu National}

  ^{Régulatrice du centre de réception d’appel des urgences de Dakar. © Samu National}

  Remise des clés du centre de simulation par M. Abdoulaye DIOUF SARR, ministre de la Santé et de l’Action sociale et M. Rui Fernandes, chargé d’affaires a.i. à l’ambassade du Grand-Duché́ de Luxembourg au Sénégal. © Samu National

  ^{Les six ambulances qui seront affectées aux régions de Diourbel et Touba. © Samu National}

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• • 2 Avril
  • Par Blerta Avdiu
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  • Bureau Kosovo KSV/017
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  KOSOVO - Quality improvement of healthcare services

  The extension of the Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo (Phase II), KSV/017, aims to continue the support given to the General Hospitals of Prizren and Gjilan by improving the Quality and Safety (Q&S) of service provision through:

  • elaboration of Q&S tools; and
  • provision of professional training, infrastructural works, and basic equipment for surgery and pulmonology departments.

  

  Considering the importance of quality improvement of healthcare services and everyone’s role in ensuring that these services are safe, timely, patient-centred, effective, equitable and efficient, different working groups composed of doctors, nurses and technical staff have been established with a focus on improving processes, systems and clinical practices within the hospitals. The simultaneous and systematic work with the departments will result in streamlining and standardizing processes of both hospitals.

  

   

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• • 30 Mars
  • Par Undraa BAYANAA
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  • LAO/027
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  LAOS – Strengthening Human Resources for Health through ScholarshipsThe story of Dr Thialor, Laotian doctor working in a remote mountainous area and beneficiary of a Luxembourg funded scholarship for a specialisation in Family Medicine

  Xaychamphone district is a remote and hard to reach mountainous area located in Bolikhamxay Province, central Laos. The district stretches along the border with Vietnam, is sparsely populated and is one of the poorest districts in Bolikhamxay province.

  The Xaychamhone district hospital is a type B hospital with 15 beds and with no capabilities to provide surgeries. The 29 health personnel, currently working in Xaychamphone district, provide curative and preventive health care services to 17 villages and to a target population of 10,800 people, mainly farmers, among whom 64,2 % are considered to be poor (World Bank, 2016).

  One of the leading doctors at the Xaychamphone district hospital is the 34-years-old Dr Thialor Saysue, the only female doctor with a specialisation in Family Medicine. She graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Health Sciences in Vientiane capital in 2011, and thereafter received a two-year scholarship funded by the Government of Luxembourg to study Family Medicine at the same University from 2015 until 2017.

  The Family Medicine curriculum prepares young medical doctors to work independently in remote and isolated conditions. The doctors acquire additional skills to handle pediatric emergencies and to perform some surgical and obstetrical procedures, besides learning how to manage community health assessments and interventions, including outreach village health programmes.

  Dr Thialor was filled with immense joy when she learned that she would receive a scholarship from Luxembourg. She hopes that other people in her community can receive similar opportunities.
  Photo credit: Humanitarian Media Agency (HUMA)

  After her specialisation, Dr Thialor was determined to apply her newly acquired knowledge and skills to the benefit of her village and community in Xaychamphone district. Besides her daily work of treating patients at the district hospital, she is also responsible for delivering preventive health care services in the surrounding villages where most of the population belong to the Hmong ethnic group, like herself.

  Dr Thialor and her team on their way to visit Namsak village in Bolikhamxay province. Photo credit: HUMA

  …we want to make the hospital services come to them; regardless of their social status, no one is excluded from the outreach services.

  (Dr Thialor)

  Besides financial constraints and behavioral barriers, poor road conditions and lack of transportation means are causing important challenges for villagers to visit hospitals. Therefore, Dr Thialor and her nurse-team quarterly travel to villages in their target area to provide outreach mother-and-child care. They visit nearly each household to ensure that no child is deprived of vaccination and deworming tablets and that each pregnant woman receives a health check-up. Her aim is that communities living in remote areas have access to basic primary health care services.

  Dr Thialor during one of her community outreach activities in a remote village in Xaychamphone district, Bolikhamxay province. Community outreach activity in Bolikhamxay province. Photo credit: HUMA

  Dr Thialor highlighted that the specialisation in Family Medicine was specifically relevant for working directly with communities in rural areas. She has been doing this work now for several years, and her commitment to integrated family health care grows even stronger. Being a mother herself and being able to speak the same language as most of her patients have helped her to gain the trust of her patients and hence to provide more people-centered services.

  Delivery at the Xaychamphone district hospital, Bolikhamxay province. Photo credit: HUMA

  I want to see everyone in the community healthy, especially mothers and their children.

  (Dr Thialor).

  Community outreach activity in Namsak village, Xaychamphone district. Photo credit: HUMA

  Dr Thialor is also proud that her studies and the scholarship programme have helped her to gain more confidence in her management abilities and have enabled her to take on a leadership role within her team to improve the district hospitals’ performance. She expresses the wish that more young doctors, especially women and health workers from remote districts, have access to scholarships helping them to improve the health of women and children in their communities.

  Discover more about Dr Thailor: 

  

  Luxembourg funded Scholarship Programmes

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LL-HSSP II) supports the goals set out by the Ministry of Health (MoH) as presented in its Health Sector Reform Framework (HSRF) 2013-2025. The HSRF has identified various priority areas, among which human resource capital development is prioritised.

  Indeed, the significant shortage of specialists in clinical disciplines, especially at the district level, is one of the major challenges affecting the quality of health services in Laos.

  Accordingly, the LL-HSSP II places capacity strengthening, a key component for building a resilient health system, at the center of its intervention strategy. The strategic Human Resource Capital Development (HRCD) initiative and specifically the Luxembourg funded scholarship programmes aim at increasing the availability of clinical specialists and skilled health staff in three central provinces, 28 districts and around 200 health centers.

  The LL-HSSP II offers training opportunities for health personnel through a mix of short and long-term scholarship programmes to increase the number of skilled staff, but also addresses the skill-mix imbalances of qualified health staff in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane.

  Since 2015, Luxembourg Development Cooperation, through the LAO/027 programme, has offered 430 scholarships. Among these scholarships, 37 long-term scholarships were specifically aimed for medical doctors from provincial and district hospitals who wished to obtain a Family Medicine specialisation at the University of Health Sciences.

  It should be highlighted that more than 60 percent of the Luxembourg funded scholarships have been awarded to females and efforts are being made to ensure that young women, specifically from ethnic minorities and volunteers have the opportunity to take part in the scholarship programme. Supported graduates must serve at least three years in designated health facilities where the shortage of staff is high.

  A budget of 2 million EUR has been allocated so far for the implementation of the HRCD between 2017 and 2022.

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) is co-financed by the Government of Lao PDR and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and is implemented by the Lao Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.

   

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• • 29 Janvier
  • Par Undraa Bayanaa
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  • Bureau régional de Vientiane LAO/027
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  LAOS - Luxembourg continues its support to COVID-19 response and provides decontamination vehicles to the Government

  International cooperation is pivotal in managing the current COVID-19 crisis and its impacts in developing countries. The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg remains a reliable development cooperation partner throughout these unprecedented times and has earmarked 3,000,000 EUR to support the Government of Lao PDR in its preparedness and response to the coronavirus pandemic. 

  

  Mr. Sam Schreiner, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Vientiane Laos, handed over three ‘Decontamination Unit’ vehicles to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bounkong Syhavong, Minister of Health, during an official handover ceremony at the Ministry of Health in Vientiane capital. © LuxDev

  As part of this support, Mr. Sam Schreiner, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Luxembourg in Laos, handed over three ‘Decontamination Unit’ vehicles (4x4 pickups) as well as decontamination equipment worth 88,000 EUR, to Associate Prof. Dr. Bounkong Syhavong, Minister of Health, during an official handover ceremony. 

  The handover ceremony was held on January 27, 2021 at the Ministry of Health in Vientiane Capital and was attended by Associate Prof. Dr. Bounkong Syhavong, Minister of Health, Dr. Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, Vice-Minister of Health, the three Directors of the Provincial Health Departments of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane, as well as representatives of LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.

  These decontamination vehicles have been purchased and equipped by the Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027). The main purpose is to strengthen the provincial authority’s ability to respond to potential coronavirus infections. The vehicles are manned by well-trained and fully equipped teams that are able to provide rapid and mobile response and quickly decontaminate/disinfect multiple sites exposed to potential COVID-19 such as hospitals, isolation facilities and official buildings.

  Demonstration of the ‘Decontamination Unit’ vehicles and decontamination equipment  to the Ministry of Health. © LuxDev

  Each decontamination vehicle provided to the three Luxembourg supported provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane contain essential equipment, including rechargeable battery nebulizers, disinfectants, cleaning materials and other supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), goggles, boots and gloves. 

  

  ‘Decontamination Unit’ vehicles in front of the Ministry of Health, January 27, 2020. © LuxDev

  In addition to the vehicles, the LAO/027 programme is also offering sanitization training. So far sixteen (16) health personnel designated to be part of the decontamination mobile team (from the three Luxembourg supported provinces) have participated in their first training on safe sanitization treatment in January 2021. The second part of the training will take place in February and will end with a technical examination to ensure quality compliance. 

  It should be highlighted that the LAO/027 programme support office, based in Vientiane Capital, has been very active since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. Besides its main objective of supporting the Ministry of Health in implementing the Health Sector Reform Framework 2013-2025, the programme has also been supporting the health facilities in the provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane in their response and preparedness to COVID-19.  

  In addition to the ‘Decontamination Unit’ vehicles, the LAO/027 programme has supported the establishment of isolation facilities in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane. Moreover, the LAO/027 programme has purchased and dispatched essential medical equipment and supplies such as personal protective equipment for health personnel, medical devices for the detection and monitoring of infected-people, decontamination products to reduce the risks of transmission, viral transport media for the transportation of specimen to be tested at the central laboratory of the country for a total amount of 630,000 EUR.

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) is funded by the Governments of Lao PDR and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, and jointly implemented by the Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency. 

   

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• • 21 Janvier
  • Par Undraa Bayanaa
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  • Bureau régional de Vientiane LAO/027
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  LAOS - Digitalisation in the Health Care Sector

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) continues and maintains its efforts to strengthen the clinical and management capacities of health personnel working in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane. 

  The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital transformation needs in the health sector, more specifically, e-health processes and distance learning. The LAO/027 programme offers now alternative learning opportunities for health professionals, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms.  

  In 2020, the programme purchased equipment such as TV screens and video conference equipment, including microphones, cameras, and computers for a total amount of USD 28 600. These wide range of equipment are being installed progressively in fifteen different health sites (provincial hospitals, provincial health departments, and district hospitals) in the three Luxembourg supported provinces and at the national level (Ministry of Health and University of Health Sciences).

  Remote English Classes

  The video conferencing equipment recently installed at the Bolikhamxay provincial hospital allowed to launch and offer the first remote English teaching programme for the provincial hospital health staff. 

  

  English for beginners, Bolikhamxay provincial hospital, December 2020, © LuxDev

  Fifteen health professionals have been selected to participate in the beginners (group 1) and elementary classes (group 2). The first group will be taught from 8th December 2020 until 30th May 2021.

  Remote training on Ectopic Pregnancy

  In collaboration with the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the LAO/027 programme has also offered its first remote clinical training on Ectopic Pregnancy at the Bolikhamxay provincial hospital on December 15, 2020. 

  

  ‘Ectopic Pregnancy’ training provided via Zoom, Bolikhamxay provincial hospital (December 2020), © LuxDev

  The online training was held by Dr Sengaloun Chanthavong from the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the UHS. The training was offered to a small group of five health professionals (medical doctors, midwives and nurses) working at the Bolikhamxay provincial hospital maternity ward.

  

  ‘Ectopic Pregnancy’ training provided via Zoom, Bolikhamxay provincial hospital (December 2020), © LuxDev

  This important initiative provides health professionals with the opportunity to further strengthen their knowledge and to consult external specialists for advice in a timely manner for difficult cases of patient care. 

  Digitalisation: a lever to promote development 

  Digital technology has an enormous potential to improve both the quality and reach of health professions education. Organising and promoting online courses have particularly been useful during the current health crisis and COVID-19 precautionary sanitary measures. The LAO/027 programme established an innovative way of teaching and learning in the health sector which encourages digitalisation of teaching services provided in the longer term.

  Moreover, the LAO/027 programme is planning to introduce ‘telemedicine’ in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane. By using telemedicine, rural hospitals and health centres can consult specialists on difficult cases of care and receive advice on diagnosis and therapy, including for referral of patients to better equipped hospitals, thereby strengthening integrated provincial health care systems.

  It should also be highlighted that since 2019, the LAO/027 programme has been working on introducing the Electronic Medical Record system in the three provincial hospitals. Currently patient health information is being processed manually in various hospitals across the country. Thus, computerising and automating this process could make the data more reliable and available more quickly for epidemiological and management purposes.

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) is co-financed by the Government of Lao PDR and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and is implemented by the Lao Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.   

   

   

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• 2020
• • 31 Décembre
  • Par Blerta Avdiu
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  • Bureau Kosovo KSV/017
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  KOSOVO - 60 healthcare professionals trained

  As part of the continuous support to the General Hospitals of Prizren and Gjilan, the project organized trainings for the staff of the respective hospitals on the following topics:

  • Importance of intensive care
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Emergency management at hospital level

  In addition to the general information given throughout the presentations, special emphasis was put on patients with COVID-19, their treatment and lessons learnt during these difficult times. The audience was composed of interdisciplinary teams such as anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists and nurses from each department and in total 60 healthcare professionals were trained. The training proved to be very beneficial for both trainers and trainees, considering that the exchange of experiences from tertiary level to secondary level hospitals may help improve the performance of the latter ones.

   
  ^{Training on intensive care, mechanical ventilation and emergency management with special emphasis on COVID-19 situation}

  The KSV/017 project is co-funded by the Government of Kosovo and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by the Kosovo Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.

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• • 9 Décembre
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  • Bureau régional de Vientiane LAO/027
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  Luxembourg continues to support the Government of Lao PDR’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response

  Vientiane, December 2020 – The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme – LAO/027 continues to work alongside the government and the Ministry of Health to support individuals, families and communities during this unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Through relationships with government agencies, the project LAO/027 continues to adapt to emerging needs to assist the health facilities in the three provinces of Vientiane (VTE), Bolikhamxay (BLX) and Khammouane (KMN). 

  The project LAO/027 works mainly with suppliers from the region to purchase essential equipment and materials to protect health service providers and to support the national response to COVID-19 pandemic. The provision of equipment and material is based on the needs expressed by the respective authorities from the three Luxembourg supported provinces of VTE, BLX and KMN. 

  

  Shipping of equipment to the three Luxembourg supported provinces, LAO/027 Project Support Office, Vientiane Capital

  The health supplies provided by the project will be used in the health facilities both at provincial and district levels. The shipments to the provinces contain personal protective equipment to be used by health personnel, medical devices for the detection and monitoring of infected-people, decontamination products to reduce the risk of transmission and viral transport media for the transportation of specimen to be tested at the central laboratory of the country.

  Various medical supplies have been purchased and dispatched to the provinces of Bolikhamxay and Khammouane on December 7, 2020. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Luxembourg Development Cooperation, through the project LAO/027implemented by LuxDev, has handed over equipment and supplies with a combined total value of EUR 718,000.

  

  Xaychamphone District Hospital, Bolikhamxay Province (November 2020)

  

  Bolikhamxay Provincial Hospital (November 2020) ​

  Besides the support provided to the Government of Lao PDR’s COVID-19 preparedness and response, it is important to highlight that the project LAO/027 is continuing to support the Ministry of Health in strengthening Mother, Newborn, and Child health (MNCH) services in the three Luxembourg supported provinces. It is crucial to continue to support health mechanisms in order to ensure qualified, well trained and available health force for the provision of essential services, including access to essential MNCH services, without interruptions. 

  The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme – LAO/027 co-funded by the Government of Lao PDR and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by the Lao Ministry of Health and LuxDev.

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• • 3 Novembre
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  • Bureau régional de Vientiane LAO/029 LAO/027
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  Luxembourg and Thailand International Cooperation Agency inks Partnership Agreement on Human Resource Development Cooperation for LAOS

  The Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency and the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have established a long-term partnership focusing on the strengthening of human capital development in on Lao PDR. The Letter of Understanding (LoU) signing ceremony took place in Bangkok on 20 October represented by H.E. Jean-Paul Senninger, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Thailand on behalf of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Ms Pattarat Hongtong, Director-General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  H.E. Jean-Paul Senninger, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Thailand (left) and Ms Pattarat Hongtong Director-General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo by: TICA

  The LoU aims to establish a development and cooperation framework which focuses on:

  • improving the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of projects or programmes in Lao PDR by combining TICA’s and LuxDev’s technical expertise in complementary fields;
  • developing and sharing good practices and lessons learned within the framework of human capital development in Lao PDR, particularly in the fields of public health, local/rural development and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

  Based on TICA and LuxDev’s joint fact-finding mission in Laos in November 2019, certain activities will be launched immediately in late 2020 including:

  • technical support and training for the Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme - LAO/027; and
  • twinning of TVET colleges with Thai tourism-related training institutes for the benefit of the Skills for Tourism porject - LAO/029.

  Photo by: Luxembourg Embassy in Bangkok

  The agreement will cover the entire duration of the next Indicative Cooperation Programme between Lao PDR and Luxembourg (2021 – 2025) and will end on 31 November 2025. Both parties will review and update the collaboration annually in order to take stock and capitalise on good practice and update the planned collaborations for subsequent years.

   

   

   

   

   

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• • 16 Octobre
  • Par Artan Sadiku
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  • KSV/017
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  KOSOVO-Public services protecting from impoverishment

  The General Hospital of Gjilan, being one of the main beneficiaries of the "Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo (Phase II)", has worked on improving the quality of its services during the project course. The hospital got a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner, which was considered as a major benefit for the diagnostic services of the hospital.

  

  CT Scanner

  The hospital has invested in the facilities hosting the scanner, in order to improve this service, meet international standards, improve quality and safety, and increase patient satisfaction. Around 1,000 CT scans have been performed, since the beginning of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation of elective services, meaning that the scanner has not yet reached its full operational capability.

  Despite the pandemic, the overburdened hospital staff found time to work on activities improving the quality and safety of the General Hospital of Gjilan, in order to fulfil the Quality Improvement Plan.

   

  The "Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo (Phase II)", KSV/017, is funded by the Luxembourg Cooperation and implemented by LuxDev.​

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