Empower women and girls through digital access

WONDER has built the first digital platform for the remote training of nurses, to help transform healthcare in the DRC. 

Healthcare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The DRC is in desperate need of well-trained healthcare professionals. Citizens of the DRC face chronic malnutrition, an extremely high maternal mortality rate, a high rate of AIDS/HIV, and a severely underfunded healthcare system. 

The value of the digital nursing platform

To aid in the fight for better healthcare, WONDER has teamed up with our local partner, the Institut Supérieur en Sciences Infirmières (ISSI), to launch a digital nursing training platform, the first of its kind in the DRC.

Training nurses and midwives to the highest possible standards helps to raise healthcare standards and education around the country. Well-informed and trained nurses can spread information about hygiene and healthcare to the rest of their communities, thus addressing misinformation and averting the spread of disease. This is important in any community, but particularly in the DRC, where a high percentage of the population has not finished school.

WONDER’s work so far

“The digital platform has helped me to learn easily because it reduces the expense of traveling. Through these courses, we are learning many things about public health care that were not obvious to us. For instance, the place of the patient in care, their rights as well as the rights of their families.” Hope*, online learner testimony            

“I learned human values and to place my patients' concerns at the center of my professional practice. My studies have completely changed my perspective on public health care. At ISSI we study how to become useful, relevant nurses in society.” Anna*, online learner testimony

The program began in 2021 and intends to reach 2600 nurses over the next three years. In this short time, we estimate that 120,400 patients will receive immediate benefits from the programme by receiving better care. The long-term effects, therefore, are extremely promising, as empowered nursing students can act as leaders of change within their local settings, inspiring larger scale healthcare innovation.

Thank you for supporting WONDER’s work on digital education in the DRC and beyond,

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