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Our initiatives to enhance healthcare services for the most vulnerable groups, as well as maternal and child health, in the Cardenas region.

In Tabasco – specifically in Cárdenas and the neighbouring communities – the Eni Foundation is committed to enhancing primary healthcare for the most vulnerable groups. The initiative aims to bolster the local health system, ensuring high-quality care is available to everyone, with a special focus on maternal and child health services, prioritising those who lack access to medical care. Our work began with a short-term project, concluded in 2022, set against a challenging backdrop due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which severely tested the resilience of the local healthcare system. After 2022, we launched a medium- to long-term initiative aimed at facilitating access to primary healthcare services.

Practical actions

We have developed two initiatives in the territory to support communities:

an ongoing medium to long-term initiative dedicated to enhancing Primary Health Care (PHC) services in the Municipality of Cárdenas – undertaken in partnership with the Ministry of Health of the State of Tabasco, the Health Authority of the Municipality of Cárdenas, and the Health Service of the Mexican Institute of Social Security for Welfare (IMSS-BIENESTAR), which has joined as a new national stakeholder – reinforcing the Foundation’s pledge to ensure access to fundamental health services for everyone, with a special focus on maternal and child health
a short-term project launched following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Health of the State of Tabasco in 2021 and concluded in 2022, whose objective was to improve the response to the Covid-19 emergency by providing essential healthcare supplies.

Medium- and long-term objectives

The Access to Primary Health Care Services initiative primarily aims to:

strengthen the Health Authorities, for more effective management of the system of access to healthcare
support key hospital services in Cárdenas, to improve their operational capabilities and medical equipment
improve the health infrastructure, in order to expand the network of Primary Health Care services
promote information and awareness campaigns, in line with federal and state strategies in the health sector.

The project also includes: the construction and upgrading of health facilities, educational programs for health professionals, the implementation of digital solutions for health information services, and the supply of medical and technical devices and equipment.

Results achieved

The different areas of our lines of action:

in the construction and upgrading of health facilities:

a contract has been awarded for the construction of two health centres and a training centre
a training centre is being built
the selection procedure for the construction of new health centres is in progress.

in specialist training:

3 Masters in Epidemiology
100 participants in the Diploma in Public Health
300 healthcare professionals trained each month (since July 2023).

in health information services:

internet coverage activated for all 43 health centres in Cárdenas.

in medical and technical equipment:

medical equipment and furnishings delivered to Cardenas General Hospital
ICT equipment provided to 81 health units in the jurisdiction.

Beneficiaries

The project is aimed directly at 350 people and indirectly at 278,584 people.

The results of the project completed in 2022

For the General Hospital of Cárdenas, and other centres in the Municipality, Eni Foundation has carried out the following interventions, paying particular attention to mothers and children:

supporting Covid-19 specialist services and supply of essential health material such as antigen tests, gloves, protective visors, antibacterial gel and personal protective equipment (PPE)
improving Epidemiological Surveillance, with the provision of new IT equipment, in order to optimise data management and patient notifications
improving the cold chain for vaccines through the delivery of photovoltaic refrigerators to selected health centres, ensuring the safe and efficient storage of more vaccines.

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