Strengthening Proximity Care and Networking for SCD's Management in Resource-Limited Settings

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to demonstrate (we hope so) meaningful impact and how we implement innovative, community-driven approaches that integrate proximity care and strategic networking in our country even there's a lack of infrastructure and no access care
• Upon completion, participant will be able to better understanding of how we demonstrate that the respect of the culture's approaches can strengthen awareness, trust, and participation in health screening and education campaigns.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to apply this scalable framework to address other chronic diseases, adapting its core elements to different community and cultural contexts. They be abble to demonstrate how shared experiences and localized knowledge can be leveraged to strengthen chronic disease care in resource-limited environments
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the benefits of a transversal approach in optimizing healthcare funding and resource use.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to define how integrating services for common comorbidities, such as malaria and sickle cell disease (SCD), improves patient outcomes and system efficiency
• Upon completion, participants will be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of how collaborative efforts between disease-specific programs can optimize limited resources and ensure continuity of care, particularly in regions where malaria remains a major risk factor, and especially in the current context of widespread budget cuts affecting health initiatives in low-resource countries with limited access to care, inadequate health infrastructures and roads ...
• Upon completion, participant will be able to define the key components of a resilient care model, including local access to maintenance treatments, screening, and therapeutic education and demonstrate how existing community-based care structures can be leveraged to maintain services during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to conduct advocacy and educational activities using the guide as a tool to promote policy change, standardized care, and community engagement and evaluate the impact of a harmonized yet culturally adaptable approach to SCD care across multiple countries, and contribute to the ongoing strategic planning process aimed at improving intervention outcomes.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the shared healthcare challenges across African countries that affect sickle cell disease (SCD) management, including coexisting diseases, limited access to care, and gaps in early diagnosis.
• Describe the 20-year journey and key milestones of the NGO and its members in advancing sickle cell disease (SCD) care in Madagascar and the broader Global South. LCDM NGO demonstrate how grassroots-driven initiatives, when combined with partner support, can lay the foundation for scalable and impactful healthcare models.