Our partnership with Hope Through Health

The West African nation of Togo is one of the world’s poorest countries. Togo ranks 162 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index, and the Togolese Government reports that only 30% of its population uses the public healthcare system, leaving 70% or 5 million people with no access to healthcare. Because of this, one in every ten children does not live to see their fifth birthday, and too many women die during childbirth. Hope Through Health (HTH) has been working to end preventable deaths in Togo, by strengthening the primary healthcare system first focusing on HIV/AIDs care delivery and since 2015, on maternal and child health. HTH’s model deploys Community Health Workers (CHWs) who deliver care to sick children in the home, while nurses and midwives provide quality maternal and child healthcare in clinics, creating a seamless unit of strengthened primary healthcare delivery. HTH’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program was designed to increase access to, timeliness of and quality of healthcare services for pregnant and postpartum women and children under five in the Kozah District of northern Togo. The program’s ultimate aim is to decrease rates of maternal and child morbidity and mortality over the long term. 

The District Health Department selected the four public sector clinics based on their lack of existing child health services and extremely poor utilization rates. These clinics serve a total population of roughly 30,000 in the Kozah District. Through our partnership with Hope Through Health, a total of 13,204 women and children received better healthcare, while through CHWs and clinic-based nurses, 8,423 children were treated for malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition, the leading causes of death among children under five.