Primary Health Care Strengthening & Emergency Response
Strong primary health care is the foundation of a healthy community and the first point of contact for most people seeking care. In many underserved and hard-to-reach communities, access to quality primary health services remains limited due to inadequate health facilities, shortages of trained health workers, essential medicines, equipment, and weak referral and emergency response systems.
When primary health care is weak, preventable illnesses go untreated, minor conditions become life-threatening, and communities are left unprepared to respond to public health emergencies such as disease outbreaks, accidents, floods, or other shocks. Women, children, older persons, refugees, and internally displaced populations are often the most affected. Strengthening primary health care ensures that essential services such as outpatient care, maternal and child health services, disease prevention, early diagnosis, and basic emergency care are available, accessible, and affordable at community level.
Well-equipped health facilities, outreach services, and trained health workers improve early treatment, reduce unnecessary referrals, and save lives. Effective emergency preparedness and response are equally critical. Communities need functional systems for early warning, rapid response, referral, transportation, and coordination during public health emergencies. Community-led approaches enhance resilience and ensure timely action when emergencies occur.
By prioritizing Primary Health Care Strengthening and Emergency Response, GODPAUL Foundation aims to bring quality health services closer to the people, reduce preventable illness and deaths, strengthen community resilience, and ensure no one is left behind during health emergencies. Investing in primary health care through expanding and equipping of Ebenezer medical centre to provide static and outreach health services, community-led responses to public health emergencies and through outreaches ensures that health service delivery reaches the hard-to-reach and underserved communities thus expanding access to quality health care services. This is one of the most cost-effective and sustainable ways to improve health outcomes and build stronger, healthier communities.