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主題: Riders News - Why transport is crucial for health care - September 2010
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日期: 2010年9月3日,星期五,下午8:21 Why transport is crucial for health systems Imagine walking for two hours to a clinic with your newborn child, only to find the clinic cancelled because the nurse’s vehicle didn’t start that morning. Would you make the journey next month? In many African countries one of the main things stops people receiving the predictable health care is that health workers do not have the reliable transport they need to reach rural communities. In an article published last month on the global health website www.TropIKA.net, Riders for Health argued that developments in drugs and health care staff must be matched by a commitment to improving the transport available to get health care to the people who need it.  There is no reason why vehicles should break down in Africa, no matter how harsh the conditions. The reason they do is because there is no system of regular maintenance to replace parts before they break.
Riders for Health puts in place trained technicians and training for health workers so that vehicles never break down and women and their children are never forced to walk to a clinic which is cancelled. By planning for transport in their health care services, ministries of health and organisations working with Riders see an increase in what health workers can achieve as they reach more communities. Health workers spend less time travelling and can spend more time treating patients and visiting villages more regularly. ‘Ambitious and noble targets set by governments or institutions are important,’ says Emma Howard, Riders’ global health coordinator, ‘but they must be matched by a commitment to strengthening systems of reliable transport for health care systems.’ The article is part of TropIKA.net’s coverage on health systems research, linked to the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR), being held by WHO in Switzerland in November. TropIKA.net will be including regular news, interviews and features representing the views of people in health systems research in the run up to the symposium.
US fundraisers have another successful weekend Riders for Health’s supporters in the USA have raised an incredible $15,000 at the recent US MotoGP at Indianapolis to support our work in Africa. Almost 1,000 fans had the chance to see their heroes as the leading stars of MotoGP appeared on the main stage, raising $13,000 in just a few hours. The American riders were always going to be crowd favourites and Colin Edwards raised $1,000 by auctioning a pair of signed boots, while a Motocourse book signed and auctioned by Ben Spies added $400.  American Nicky Hayden and his Ducati team-mate, Casey Stoner, were on stage to auction signed team caps with the World Champions both raising $350. HCR Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso raised a total of $600 with the sale of signed team shirts. One of the most popular items at all of our auctions this year has been the weekend VIP experience donated by the Suzuki MotoGP team. The package includes grid access before the race, VIP hospitality and the chance to watch a session from the pitwall. The item raised over $3,000 at Indianapolis, which brings the total raised from the sale of the packages to over $23,000 in 2010. Valentino Rossi raised an amazing $1,800 from the auction of a signed team hat and a book by Norm DeWitt, with his team mate and championship leader, Jorge Lorenzo, raising $1,000 towards our work when he auctioned a Dainese jacket worn at the Isle of Man TT 2010. Hiroshi Aoyama , Aleix Espargaro, Marco Melandri, Marco Simoncelli, Hector Barbera and Randy de Puniet all gave their time to appear at the auction and be interviewed on stage, giving fans an insight into what it is like being a MotoGP rider. They added $1,525 to the total.  Over the weekend volunteers from the Riders for Health Chicago Chapter used our stand at the Vendor Marketplace to promote our work and raise awareness of the need for reliable transport to deliver health care in Africa. Donations received at the stand totalled just over $2,000. Riders for Health’s US development director, Lisa Johnson-Bakker said: ‘I’d like to thank everyone who came to support our work over the weekend, and everyone who bid on something at the auction. We received a huge amount of interest and support and I think people really understand the importance of the work we do. We are all very grateful to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway staff and to all of our volunteers in the Chicago area volunteer chapter for making it such a successful weekend.’ The great weekend at Indianapolis comes just a month after the Day of Stars event at the MotoGP in Laguna Seca. Our volunteers in the USA have had an incredibly successful summer raising tens-of-thousands of dollars to help get more health workers on the road in Africa. If you would like to take part and volunteer for Riders for Health in the USA, you can contact lbakker@riders.org to learn more about your local volunteering group. If you would like to help in the UK, please email edunn@riders.org.
Work for Riders Riders for Health’s vision is of a world in which no one will die of an easily preventable or curable disease because barriers of distance, terrain or poverty prevent them from being reached. Over the next three years we plan on mobilising thousands of extra health workers so they can supply health care to millions more people in Africa, changing communities forever.  To help support this growth Riders for Health have two exciting opportunities to work in our UK support centre.
We are seeking a marketing manager of outstanding calibre who will be responsible for fostering and developing a strong marketing competency throughout the organisation – including our seven African field programmes. We are also looking for a proactive and organised fundraiser to join us as programme funding officer to maximise our income from grant-givers and institutional funders, as well as supporting the effective management of our restricted funding projects. These are both exciting and varied roles which will have a direct impact on achieving our health impact across Africa. For more information about the marketing manager role, including job description and application deadlines, click here. For more information about the role of programme funding officer, including job description and application deadlines, click here.
Walking in a health worker’s shoes Riders for Health supporter, Shaun Collin, has recently completed a special challenge to highlight the important need for transport in Africa – raising over £1,000 at the same time.  Shaun took part in the ‘Coast to Coast Challenge,’ walking from Newcastle upon Tyne to Bowness on Solway in four days. The walk was 84 miles in total and Shaun averaged 21 miles per day to reach the end. Each day Shaun walked for 11 hours in extremely tough terrain.
‘I decided to support Riders because of the simplicity of the concept,’ said Shaun. ‘Providing sustainable transport for health workers across Africa, and the enthusiasm and commitment with which they deliver this support, is inspirational.’ Riders’ fundraising officer, Elizabeth Dunn, said: ‘Shaun’s challenge highlights just how far health workers without transport have to walk every day. Shaun managed to raise an incredible £1,065 towards our work, ensuring that health workers do not have to walk anymore and can continue to reach men, women and children living in remote communities across Africa with vital health care. Thank you Shaun for your amazing support of our work!’ If you would like to find out more about how you can support Riders, please contact Elizabeth from our fundraising team at edunn@riders.org.
And our survey says... Thank you to everyone who took part in our online survey last month. We really appreciate your feedback as it helps us to give you the right information about how your support is helping to save lives in Africa, in the format that you prefer. You told us that you read Riders News to learn more about our teams in Africa and because you like reading stories from the people we help in Africa. Many of you also wanted to know more about international development issues and Riders for Health as a social enterprise so we will make sure we include stories about all of these in the coming months.
A large number of those who added their thoughts wanted to read about people who were raising money for Riders, and we like letting everyone know about the amazing effort people put in to support our work. If you are raising money for Riders and would like us to include your story on our website or newsletter, remember to email Elizabeth in our fundraising department with the details, and remember, a photo always helps to bring your story to life. There is still time to add your input to our survey, so if you would like to take part, click here. Remember, the information is just to help us in our communication with you. We won’t share the information with anyone else.
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