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A workshop for exchange and sharing of experiences between the 4 health zones of the “Healthy Peace” initiative in the Mopti and Ségou regions opened on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 in Bamako. Over two days, participants from national, regional, district and health levels will review the results and achievements of the two sessions.th The project phase of implementation has just been completed.
More than 100 participants, including community representatives and health professionals from the four project target areas in central Mali, attended the workshop, which was opened by a representative of the Ministry of Health and the Resident Representative of the Maricat Center and the chief of the Macina Circle. Among other things, the goal was to take stock of the implementation of the project and the lessons learned, allowing each region to share the project’s experience by highlighting the activities carried out, the results achieved, the challenges encountered and better recommendations. Initiatives from local communities were adopted and participants were guided to reflect on certain themes such as conflict prevention and mitigation, sensitivity to gender-GBV and the inclusion of young people and women in the case of central Mali or the promotion of leadership and dialogue, especially among young people and women in the four regions. “The project was born to help strengthen Guinea worm surveillance. Today, the challenge remains to eradicate the disease in a context of insecurity. The project also aims to strengthen social cohesion to achieve the goal of eradication, while allowing the free flow of various technical services in these areas,” explained Moussa Sadi, Resident Representative of the Maricat Center.
Various activities
From July 2023 to August 2024, we carried out a number of activities in one year.th Phase 1 of the “Peace and Health in Mali” project, which works in the health zones of Tenenkou and Youwarou in the Mopti region, and Tominian and Macina in the Ségou region. Community mobilization was carried out in the health zones of Tominian and Macina regions in December 2023, followed by 4 mental health and psychosocial support training workshops in Sévaré and Tenenkou from February to April 2024, with an evaluation of the workshops in early August 2024 in Tenenkou. Workshops on gender GBV sensitivity were held in Macina and Tominan between May and June 2024, and other dialogue and leadership training workshops were held in the 4 health zones of Youwarou, Tenenkou, Tominan and Macina for the benefit of young people and women. A gender-based analysis study was also carried out in the 4 regions between August and September 2023, and the “Health Package” is being implemented. The “Peace and Health in Mali” project, implemented since 2019 by the Ministry of Health and Social Development in partnership with the Carter Center, is a joint strategy to promote the building of lasting peace and better care for people affected by violence in Mali’s Mopti and Ségou regions. The project advocates decentralized identification and planning of health needs and activities through capacity building in communities (traditional leaders, youth representatives, women, civil society), conflict prevention and management, community mobilization and awareness-raising, as well as the development of mental health and psychosocial support approaches.
Mohammed Kenuwi
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