{"id":7973,"date":"2023-08-17T12:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edm.ch\/?page_id=7973"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:47:38","slug":"involvement-of-local-populations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edm.ch\/en\/involvement-of-local-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Community Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"subpageBanner\" style=\"display:\">\n    <div class=\"subpageBannerBlock figure_block\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/banners_WP_2500_800-1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2500\/800;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/banners_WP_2500_800-1.png 2500w, 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population, who can themselves be involved in the process and give their opinions.<\/p>\n                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"contentSec\" style=\"display:\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"contentBlock\">\n                <h5>What Sets us Apart<\/h5>\n                <ul>\n<li>Local communities participate in <b>general assemblies<\/b> <b>of health facilities<\/b> to monitor developments and improve the quality of care.<\/li>\n<li>The <b>roundtable discussions<\/b> we organize with the population and health professionals help identify health barriers and <b>find solutions<\/b> that are then integrated into the action plans of health centers.<\/li>\n<li>Women, husbands, traditional healers, and community leaders <b>commit themselves to taking specific actions to improve access to care<\/b>, such as building a waiting house near health centers to allow pregnant women who live far away to stay there before giving birth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"donation_count\" style=\"display:\">\n        <div class=\"inner_row\">\n            <div class=\"right_img_block\">\n                <div class=\"img_block figure_block\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/121-1.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1920;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/121-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/121-1-300x300.png 300w, 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