Home Health care
Medical projects in West Papua

Improvement of basic conditions for health care

The health care situation in West Papua is really bad; facilities, when existing are concentrated in the cities and hardly available in the interior. The infant mortality is 30 to 40% in the interior. Young children die amonst other things of tropical diseases and contaminated drinking water.

Our medical projects focus on the improvement of basic conditions for health care. Examples are the establishment of mother and child care clinics, offering basic medical care and public information on general health and hygiene issues. Besides the SDSP also provides clean drinking water, sanitary facilities and proper housing.

Medical projects

Current medical projects:

1 Mother and child care in the interior of West Papua - Kebar
2 Mother and child care Gam
3 Fight against AIDS in Sorong and Manokwari
4 Water supply network in the Bird's Head Peninsula
5 Living conditions ex-lepra patients Sorong
6 Mother and child care Wangemaru