Kinshasa, 08 April, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
On the occasion of World Health Day (WHD) marked April 7, an entity of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) has highlighted health initiatives that provide access to care for people living in poverty around the globe, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
In a Friday, April 7 report, the leadership of Salesian Missions says, “Salesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals in mostly rural areas around the globe that serve a wide range of medical care needs.”
“In many countries with Salesian programs, dental care and other necessary health services are offered to poor youth and their families who might otherwise have no access to health care,” SDB officials say in the report published by MissionNewswire, the official news service of Salesian Missions, which is the U.S.-based development arm of SDB.
In the DRC, SDB officials say, “Salesian missionaries have launched a modernization project for Afia Don Bosco Polyclinic in Lubumbashi.”
“Built in 1987, the Salesian health clinic provides health care to people living in Lubumbashi. After more than 30 years in operation, the clinic is now in a position to expand and upgrade its facilities,” they say in their April 7 report.
