The SEIMC attaches its solidarity scholarships 2012 for health projects in the third world

-This year has already been awarded three grants for projects in Ethiopia, Central African Republic and Viet Nam, of a total amount of more than 8,000€

-one of the projects funded by the SEIMC will give coverage to 25,000 inhabitants of Bangassou, Central African Republic

Madrid, March 2012.- the Spanish society of infectious diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC)that the vast majority of clinical microbiologists and infectious disease specialists brings together Spanish, has open its programme of fellowships solidarity 2012, which will be allocated more than 9,000€. This aid aims to finance solidarity projects related to infectious diseases or the clinical microbiology in developing countries.

The SEIMC allocates annually at the end of cooperation to development in countries of the third world at least 0.7 per cent of its annual budget. Since 2010, the year that kicked off this initiative, already 16.596€ to initiatives that directly impact on the health of people, sociosanitarios equipment improved, the local implementation of new technologies in the field of health or the training of health personnel have donated.

This year, so far, three scholarships have been awarded and a total amount of € 8,000 has been allocated. One of the Fellowship has been awarded to the Pablo Horstmann Foundation to finance its project Let Children Have Home ” to accommodate children orphans in Ethiopia also has been awarded funding to the NGO Social promotion of the Culture Foundation for the improvement of health and hygiene conditions of life of the inhabitants of the natural reserve of Ngoc They are Ngo Luong, Viet Nam.

A project which will give coverage to 25,000

The third scholarship, an amount of € 3.248, has been requested by the Foundation for the promotion and development of Bangassou, and will serve for the construction of a maternity hospital in Niakari (Bangassou, Central African Republic). In this region precarity is the dominant note in the health sector because there are only 4 doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, when the minimum fee established by who is a doctor for every 5,000. There is also a great lack of medicines and facilities, which prevent many surgical interventions. For this reason, says Dr. Miguel Aguirre, President of the Foundation for the promotion and development of Bangassou, from the Foundation want to offer the possibility of having a quality Centre for maternity, so shall be guaranteed the necessary resources for women both during pregnancy to the whole area of Niakari, as in childbirth and after the ”.

In a very disadvantaged neighborhood, where its inhabitants receive no health care, maternity Niakari arises as a plural project that will address all kinds of diseases, as stated by Dr. Aguirre: this Center will give coverage to a population of 25,000 inhabitants, and more than 5,000 mothers, to which will attend during pregnancy and children into adulthood ”.

Niakari women found a serious problem because of the complications that arise during the course of pregnancy and at the time of delivery, giving rise to bleeding internal, causing a high rate of mortality. A proper diagnosis in time, as well as assistance and appropriate means would prevent possible complications and will decrease significantly this situation, because the nearest maternal Bambari, 400 km, and many of the pregnant women have no access to these services for lack of means ”, says Dr. Aguirre.

More frequent in this area diseases are malaria, intestinal parasitic infections, leprosy, and above all the AIDS that onion with the youngest population. It is estimated that about 15% of mothers who attend health centres have HIV. For this reason, the second purpose of the Center is treating HIV-positive mothers and thus to prevent the vertical transmission of AIDS from mother to fetus, which currently occurs in almost half of the children. In addition, after childbirth, may treat seropositivity and all pediatric diseases. Thus it would solve two problems because that would be an early diagnosis of the disease and in case of detected infection deploy appropriate treatment, encouraging the fight against AIDS for several years being done in the area.

The Foundation for the promotion and development of Bangassou

The Foundation for the promotion and development of Bangassou worked for 10 years in the Central African Republic and underway currently has 25 major projects concerning health, education and social advancement. The previous year the SEIMC already worked with this entity 3.452€ for the construction of another maternity leave in the town of Bangonde.

The SEIMC

The Spanish society of infectious diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) is a scientific society which brings together professionals working in the field of Infectious Pathology, both from a clinical point of view the etiologic diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious processes.

The fundamental purpose of the SEIMC is the promote, promote and disseminate the study and research of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, in terms of epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control is concerned, as well as in their interrelations.

Currently with more than 2,360 partners, more than 1,500 correspond to the section near 1,150 to infectious diseases and clinical microbiology.