HEALTH: Promoting Health and Fighting Diseases
In 2023, Humana People to People Foundation continued to support projects that build on the active participation of the people. A healthy population is instrumental for sustainable development. The approach is community-centered as it organizes, supports and strengthens people’s responsive capacities.
"Communities across the world have shown that they are ready, willing and able to lead the way. But they need the barriers obstructing their work to be pulled down, and they need to be properly resourced," said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
We believe that by starting with people and not the disease, we can provide a community with the foundation to make the right choices, so individuals, families and communities can stick together in becoming and staying healthy. At the same time, we help keeping an open line to the most recent scientific and medical advances, both in terms of knowledge and access.
Our health projects promote the following four elements as outlined by WHO:
- Access: health care must be affordable or free and comprehensive for everyone.
- Availability: there must be adequate health-care infrastructure and staff.
- Acceptability: health-care services must be respectful, non-discriminatory, and culturally appropriate and treat everyone with dignity.
- Quality: all health care must be medically appropriate and of good quality.