Authors

David Pérez Manchón

Position

Consultorio de Brunete. Equipo de Atención Primaria de Villanueva de la Cañada. Madrid.

Contact address

David Pérez Manchón. C/ Sorolla, 41, 1º D. Majadahonda (Madrid)

Contact email: dperezman@gmail.com

Abstract

Africa is the poorest continent in the world, and it shows the worst indicators and the highest distance from the Millennium Development Goals. Cameroon is one of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa placed in the first positions within countries with low human development. Their health system is precarious, with co-payment for care received, and where public resources of district hospitals and dispensaries exist together with private hospitals, many of which depend on external aid. The Saint Dominique Hospital in Djunang is a private hospital which is jointly managed by a religious order and a Spanish non-profit organization for development. It is situated in a rural setting, in the North-East area of the country, which is dedicated to agriculture for survival. The nursing staff represents an essential collective in the care activities of the hospital, always in ­continuous development and training, due to the support of cooperation projects. It is essential to establish cooperation projects which will allow feedback between nursing professionals in different continents, taking into account that the dedication, care and management of care are a common language for all nursing professionals. On 2012, two Spanish nurses were involved during two months in this cooperation project, within the global plan by the Fundación Recover for healthcare system improvement and, specifically, for the consolidation and development of this hospital.

Keywords:

Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID); Sub-Saharan Africa; Republic of Cameroon; health system; rural hospitalprofessional nursing

Versión en Español

Título:

Proyecto enfermero de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo en un hospital rural de Camerún