Health
Healthy people are more likely to participate in the economy and therefore contribute to the development of their country. We want to help develop an efficient and sustainable health system which ensures quality health care for all.
What we do
Access to primary health care for the poorest
Health and sexual and reproductive rights
Financing health care services
Assisting health ministries
We assist health ministries in developing a network of functional health entities and we support them in their role as organ that sets the standards, controls the quality and finances the healthcare services.
Developing staff competences
We work to ensure the ongoing training and specialisation of health executives, including hospital management, decentralisation of surgical skills, etc.
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Ending FGM in Burkina Faso
As part of a Team Europe initiative, Enabel is working in a consortium of three development agencies to support the African Union achieve its goal to upgrade African vaccine production to 60% of needed vaccines in Africa by 2040.
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News & Events
25 April 2024
Employee of Enabel in Gaza killed in bombardment
It is with deep sorrow and horror that we learn of the death of our colleague Abdallah Nabhan (33) and his 7-year-old son Jamal last night after an Israeli airstrike in the eastern part of the city of Rafah.
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24 April 2024
King Philippe visits Enabel
King Philippe of Belgium pays an official visit to Enabel’s offices in Brussels.
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03 April 2024
Enabel celebrates its 25th anniversary
Is it time to upcycle international cooperation? On 28th March, we hosted the event “Upcycling international cooperation” on the occasion of our 25th anniversary.
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12 March 2024
#TeamBelgium invests in women
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Enabel, BIO and the DGD honoured inspiring and resilient women.
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05 February 2024
Africa CDC and Enabel strengthen collaboration to reinforce health systems capacity in Africa
“This collaboration with Africa CDC is paramount to move forward and strengthen the continental health security architecture,” says Jean Van Wetter. Read more
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31 January 2024
Joint Press Release: Rwanda and Belgium sign new bilateral cooperation programme
The new cooperation programme strategically allocates resources across key sectors including agriculture, urbanisation and health.
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