Sysmex worked with Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health to carry out a project for establishing and maintaining a nationwide network of blood tests. We installed about 100 pieces of equipment, each suitable for the size of the facilities, and we provided more than 650 laboratory technicians, engineers, and pediatricians with training to meet their professional needs. This project created opportunities for blood tests, including 1.2 million new blood tests per year at local medical institutions in rural regions and remote areas. We are already scheduled to launch similar activities for malaria tests and blood coagulation tests.
In Gabon, the Japanese Embassy ran Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects called the “Expansion Plans for the Functions of the Maternal and Child Health Department in Lambaréné” and the “Expansion Plans for the Functions of the Maternal and Child Health Department in Akebe Plaine”. In these projects, we provided training on how to use and maintain Sysmex equipment to healthcare professionals at regional health departments in an effort to help with health worker development and improve the healthcare environment.
In Kenya and Senegal, as a member of the strategic alliance between the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and medical device manufacturers, Sysmex offers a program to train clinical laboratory technicians as part of a joint effort to develop a bachelor’s program in biomedical engineering, thereby helping raise local healthcare standards.
Sysmex South Africa offers a variety of educational opportunities in partnership with the Global Educational Exchanges in Medicine and the Health Professions (GEMx), an organization working with medical schools and institutions around the world to promote education and exchange programs.
Sysmex also works with many other government agencies and international organizations, including national health departments across Africa and the World Health Organization (WHO).