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PATS - Democratic Republic of Congo

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Started in August 1994, this programme was established to provide temporary assistance to the health sector in the DRC as the first phase of a programme to improve the entire health system. The main objectives of PATS are to meet basic health requirements and to safeguard the future, in addition to granting aid to step up health services in rural areas, supporting urban community initiatives and setting up projects relating to general health issues in the areas of Kinshasa, Kasai and Kivu.
Communication Strategies

Promotion of a grants scheme for monetary aid is granted to community projects. This group of projects are carried out by the partners in civil society, and technical support is provided by the EU.
Development Issues

AIDS, tuberculosis, opportunistic infections, health and nutrition.
Key Points

PATS (programme d'appui transitoire au secteur de la santé) strongly emphasizes coordination and reliance on the Congolese civil society at many different levels. There is coordination between community groups and foreign partners, the community and member states and also at the level concerned where technical assistance offices have been established. PATS represents an opportunity to develop a gradual new approach to public health in a country where, after years of social upheaval, the social foundations of development need to be re-laid.
Partners



Community groups, European Union ECU

Sources

"Development" European Commission, (Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998) December 1998, p. 27.