The Family Health Care Foundation
The Hospice in the heart of Limbe
Offering free care to patients in need of specialist palliative care at home.
The Hospice in the heart of Limbe
Offering free care to patients in need of specialist palliative care at home.
Palliative care is the care given to people faced with life threatening illness. At all stages, the Family Health Care Foundation ( FHF ) recognizes that people need flexible services that are comprehensive yet allow individuals time and space to develop trust and confidence in us .
Of course everyone has varying needs and we are proud of the quality of services we offer from the nursing and medical care to health education and various preventive activities.
All of which are important in achieving quality care and prevention .
Overall the FHF is determined to improve health , to reduce the gap between the richest and the poorest and to add life to years in older people as well as years to life.
FHF’s hospice services are provided free of charge. As of now the hospice activities are entirely sponsored by the cost recovery funds.
The FHF provides basic clinical services to the public at affordable rates so as to help fund its charity activities.
If you have any suggestions further question or would like to visit us or contribute any way please contact us on 333 25 21 or 9682439 or 7776000 .
Dr Peter-Louis NDIFOR
Chief Medical Officer And Founder
Family Health Care Foundation
Founded in February 1999, FHF is a Non-profit Charitable Non-Governmental Organization with main objective to bring health care to patients who because of lack of education, inadequate financial means, chronic illness, abandonment, terminally ill states and lack of health facility do not have access to health education and cannot afford basic medical care.
In order to achieve this goal, the FHF therefore has three main services:
· A Professional Home Health And Hospice Service.
· A Community Health Education
· A Medical center and Hospice
Introducing the
Family Health Care Foundation
Founded in February 1999, FHF is a Non-profit Charitable Faith – Based Non-Governmental Organization with main objective to bring health care to patients(mostly women , children and the elderly) who because of lack of education, inadequate financial means, chronic illness, abandonment, terminally ill states and lack of health facility do not have access to health education and cannot afford basic medical care.
In order to achieve this goal, the FHF therefore has three main services:
A Professional Home Health And Hospice Service.
A Community Health Education Facility.
And a Clinic.
The head office of the FHF is in LIMBE, South West Province of the Republic of CAMEROON-AFRICA.
RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT
The Republic of Cameroon like other African countries south of the Sahara do not have obligatory national health insurance coverage programs that can enable all its inhabitants to receive refundable medical care. This is due to the poor economic situation aggravated by corruption, mismanagement and the devaluation of the currency used here.
In recent years the Cameroon Government has recognized that corruption is the single most important enemy to economic development and growth.
In that light much action has been taken to significantly redress this situation and provide a healthier atmosphere to attract investors and support the low and middle class business.
Unfortunately the taxes that businesses have to pay and limited credit facilities makes this dream difficult.
The rate of unemployment is equally high especially among University graduates who mostly earn non professional degrees.
Worse still, emergency treatment and care without pre-financing is absent in the public health facilities
POPULATIONPopulation 16,600,500 (2006 ) Population growth rate 1.6% (2005) Population density (per sq km) 35 (2006 ) Urban population (% of total) 53 (2005) Age distribution (% of total population) 0-14 41%, 15-59 53%, 60+ 6% (2005 ) Ethnic groups main groups include the Cameroon Highlanders (31%), Equatorial Bantu (19%), Kirdi (11%), Fulani (10%), Northwestern Bantu (8%), and Eastern Nigritic (7%) Life expectancy 46 (men); 47 (women) (2005) Child mortality rate (under 5, per 1,000 live births) 149 (2004) Education (compulsory years) 6 Literacy rate 77% (men); 60% (women) (2004 ) HEALTHPhysicians (per 10,000 people) 0.7 (2004 est) Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2.6 (2002 est) HIV infection (per 100 people) 0.6 (2005 est) AIDS deaths 46,000 (2005 est) Access to drinking-water source (% of total population) 84 (urban); 71 (rural) (2002). The Republic of Cameroon is located in Central Africa. The population is over 16 million inhabitants. LIMBE is the main economic town of the south west province of the country and has a population of over 100.000 inhabitants.
The main revenue of the country as a whole and LIMBE in particular comes from agriculture and petroleum. The head offices of the Cameroon Development Corporation – CDC which is the biggest employer after the state and the National Refining Company SONARA are located here in Limbe. The health care system is organized according to the district health system. Recent reports estimate that well over 60% of the population cannot afford basic medical care and health education. LIMBE being a cosmopolitan town with people of extreme levels of financial ability poses a problem as matter of health sponsorship. There is a very wide gap between the rich and the poor here. The underprivileged that constitute more than 70% of the population are made of the unemployed , small non conventional business owners , civil servants and low salary workers from small private businesses and companies .
Overall the FHF is determined to improve health , to reduce the gap between the richest and the poorest and to add life to years in older people as well as years to life.
FHF’s hospice services are provided free of charge. As of now the hospice activities are entirely sponsored by the cost recovery funds.
The FHF provides basic clinical services to the public at affordable rates so as to help fund its charity activities.
If you have any suggestions further question or would like to visit us or contribute any way please contact us on 333 25 21 or 9682439 or 7776000 .
Dr Peter-Louis NDIFOR
Chief Medical Officer And Founder
Family Health Care Foundation
Founded in February 1999, FHF is a Non-profit Charitable Non-Governmental Organization with main objective to bring health care to patients who because of lack of education, inadequate financial means, chronic illness, abandonment, terminally ill states and lack of health facility do not have access to health education and cannot afford basic medical care.
In order to achieve this goal, the FHF therefore has three main services:
· A Professional Home Health And Hospice Service.
· A Community Health Education
· A Medical center and Hospice
Introducing the
Family Health Care Foundation
Founded in February 1999, FHF is a Non-profit Charitable Faith – Based Non-Governmental Organization with main objective to bring health care to patients(mostly women , children and the elderly) who because of lack of education, inadequate financial means, chronic illness, abandonment, terminally ill states and lack of health facility do not have access to health education and cannot afford basic medical care.
In order to achieve this goal, the FHF therefore has three main services:
A Professional Home Health And Hospice Service.
A Community Health Education Facility.
And a Clinic.
The head office of the FHF is in LIMBE, South West Province of the Republic of CAMEROON-AFRICA.
RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT
The Republic of Cameroon like other African countries south of the Sahara do not have obligatory national health insurance coverage programs that can enable all its inhabitants to receive refundable medical care. This is due to the poor economic situation aggravated by corruption, mismanagement and the devaluation of the currency used here.
In recent years the Cameroon Government has recognized that corruption is the single most important enemy to economic development and growth.
In that light much action has been taken to significantly redress this situation and provide a healthier atmosphere to attract investors and support the low and middle class business.
Unfortunately the taxes that businesses have to pay and limited credit facilities makes this dream difficult.
The rate of unemployment is equally high especially among University graduates who mostly earn non professional degrees.
Worse still, emergency treatment and care without pre-financing is absent in the public health facilities
POPULATIONPopulation 16,600,500 (2006 ) Population growth rate 1.6% (2005) Population density (per sq km) 35 (2006 ) Urban population (% of total) 53 (2005) Age distribution (% of total population) 0-14 41%, 15-59 53%, 60+ 6% (2005 ) Ethnic groups main groups include the Cameroon Highlanders (31%), Equatorial Bantu (19%), Kirdi (11%), Fulani (10%), Northwestern Bantu (8%), and Eastern Nigritic (7%) Life expectancy 46 (men); 47 (women) (2005) Child mortality rate (under 5, per 1,000 live births) 149 (2004) Education (compulsory years) 6 Literacy rate 77% (men); 60% (women) (2004 ) HEALTHPhysicians (per 10,000 people) 0.7 (2004 est) Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2.6 (2002 est) HIV infection (per 100 people) 0.6 (2005 est) AIDS deaths 46,000 (2005 est) Access to drinking-water source (% of total population) 84 (urban); 71 (rural) (2002). The Republic of Cameroon is located in Central Africa. The population is over 16 million inhabitants. LIMBE is the main economic town of the south west province of the country and has a population of over 100.000 inhabitants.
The main revenue of the country as a whole and LIMBE in particular comes from agriculture and petroleum. The head offices of the Cameroon Development Corporation – CDC which is the biggest employer after the state and the National Refining Company SONARA are located here in Limbe. The health care system is organized according to the district health system. Recent reports estimate that well over 60% of the population cannot afford basic medical care and health education. LIMBE being a cosmopolitan town with people of extreme levels of financial ability poses a problem as matter of health sponsorship. There is a very wide gap between the rich and the poor here. The underprivileged that constitute more than 70% of the population are made of the unemployed , small non conventional business owners , civil servants and low salary workers from small private businesses and companies .
Most of whom have migrated from the rural areas in search of jobs. Unfortunately, the rate of unemployment is very high with its associated problems.
The Government has created public health facilities in each health district.
Unfortunately even these public institutions having as prime role to provide affordable and accessible care especially to cater for paupers and underprivileged, do not play this role as defined in principle. This is because of the poor quality of services rendered in these Public Units .
In 1994 there was a drastic salary reduction by 50% without an associated reduction in the cost of social amenities and food prices. Consequently though devoted to their profession , health workers indulged in significant unethical practices of receiving extra payments directly from patients so as to improve on their low salary situation to meet up with the high standard of living cost worsened by this salary cuts.
This coupled by de-motivated and in-disciplined staff, mismanagement of the hospital cost recovery funds by the hospital administration thereby rendering health car in the Public institutions inaccessible and unaffordable to the majority of those who ought to benefit from it.
It is therefore against this background that the FHF was created to try in its own small way to bring available and free health education, accessible and affordable health care to the underprivileged. With this, the FHF hopes to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor as concerns matters of care provision and help patients have a greater self esteem even in financial difficulties.
The Government has created public health facilities in each health district.
Unfortunately even these public institutions having as prime role to provide affordable and accessible care especially to cater for paupers and underprivileged, do not play this role as defined in principle. This is because of the poor quality of services rendered in these Public Units .
In 1994 there was a drastic salary reduction by 50% without an associated reduction in the cost of social amenities and food prices. Consequently though devoted to their profession , health workers indulged in significant unethical practices of receiving extra payments directly from patients so as to improve on their low salary situation to meet up with the high standard of living cost worsened by this salary cuts.
This coupled by de-motivated and in-disciplined staff, mismanagement of the hospital cost recovery funds by the hospital administration thereby rendering health car in the Public institutions inaccessible and unaffordable to the majority of those who ought to benefit from it.
It is therefore against this background that the FHF was created to try in its own small way to bring available and free health education, accessible and affordable health care to the underprivileged. With this, the FHF hopes to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor as concerns matters of care provision and help patients have a greater self esteem even in financial difficulties.
