The DRC has faced for many years a resurgence of infectious diseases such as polio, measles, Ebola virus disease and cholera... Anxious to find the means to put an end to all these diseases and especially the ways to eradicate polio in the DRC, a forum opened on the issue in the DRC.
The Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi has personally opened this Monday, July 22 at the Congo River Hotel works on the national forum on vaccination and polio eradication in the DRC.
The President of the Republic affirmed his firm determination to provide quality basic care and services to the Congolese people and for this purpose, he affirmed that he will make universal health coverage one of his national priorities.
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi said he is relieved by the holding of this forum to discuss ways to better protect our children through vaccination and polio eradication in the DRC. One of the objectives of the 2030 Agenda is to enable everyone to live in good health and to promote the well-being of everyone at all ages.
"Aware that health is one of the fundamental rights of the Congolese I made it one of the main pillars of my action at the head of the State. My vision, he continued, is that all Congolese have access to all the basic health care and services they need without incurring financial or economic ruin. "
That is why I appointed a Special Adviser in charge of universal health coverage, which is responsible for proposing the way forward for the realization of this vision. In this step towards the universal sanitary coverage in the DRC, the service concerned is called to have a particular attention in the service of the couple mother and child...
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