Thursday, May 15, 2014

WHO Faces Obstacles in Improving New Guinea’s Rural Healthcare; 7,000 Miles Away, Kallo, Inc. (KALO) is Part of the Solution

Papua New Guinea (PNG) and its 600 associated islands is the largest nation in the South Pacific in terms of land area and population. Geographically, PNG is dominated by extensive mountain ranges, rainforests and river systems. Roughly 88 percent of the nation’s 7+ million population lives in rural areas, many of which are still inaccessible by road due to the mountainous landscape. In situations requiring medical attention, living in rural areas is often perilous.

Healthcare services to rural and urban areas of PNG are primarily provided by the PNG Government and non-state providers such as churches. However, the lack of a firm structure of funding and accessibility has created a long-standing and significant gap in adequate healthcare delivery.

“To date, a high level of fragmentation in the institutional and fiscal relationships between national, provincial and lower levels of government has contributed to the poor health outcomes. There is an unclear allocation of responsibilities for service delivery which creates significant barriers to improving access to services,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said in the Human Development Report 2013.

The WHO reports that while PNG’s healthcare scene has largely remained the same for the last 15 years, the new National Health Plan 2011-2020 was developed to improve service delivery for the rural majority and the urban disadvantaged population. The plan was developed in accordance with the Government’s development strategy, a sector-wide and collaborative overhaul of nation’s approach to healthcare, and aligned with pledges for increased involvement of central government agencies in this sector.

Naturally, National Health Plan 2011-2020 is inherent with obstacles, though these challenges are offset by incredible opportunity for the government and WHO to partner in achieving the shared vision of improving service delivery and increasing funding for rural health services.

Located in New York City, nearly 7,100 miles from the rigged mountains of PNG, is the headquarters of Kallo, Inc., a company developing a suite of solutions to provide much-needed, efficient delivery of healthcare services to rural areas like PNG while further educating the nation’s healthcare workers.

The company’s solutions utilize telecommunication, technology and quality management to ensure a seamless flow of information/data to provide patients with timely and effective healthcare.

Earlier this year, Kallo entered into a supply contract with the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of the Republic of Guinea to meet the challenges of reaching PNG’s rural population. The $200 million contract calls for Kallo to implement a variety of healthcare delivery solutions, including its MobileCare mobile clinics that are fully equipped with the latest medical devices (enabling ability to perform on-site surgeries, would care and more) and congruent information systems. The company will also implement its RuralCare, Hospital Information Systems, Telehealth Systems, Pharmacy Information, disaster management, air and surface patient transportation systems and clinical training.

Over the course of 24 months, Kallo plans to unfurl its solutions in PNG in a manner designed to meet rural healthcare needs, increase the level of education of the nation’s healthcare workforce, and accelerate advances toward meeting WHO-mandated healthcare objectives.

For more information visit www.KalloInc.ca

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