Kisangani, May 26th, 2025 ( CPA) – A campaign against diabetes and high blood pressure is scheduled for Tuesday in Kisangani, the main town of Tshopo, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has indicated the co-ordinator of the NGO ‘ Actions humanitarian and solidarity aid ’ (AAS), during a meeting at Kisangani town hall on Monday.
‘We are an NGO partner of the government. Our mission is to support and accompany the most vulnerable sections of the population in their social activities. With regard to this mission, we have a project that we are going to launch tomorrow, Tuesday, at the Martyrs‘ Square, involving a free screening campaign for non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure’, has announced Rica Amuri, coordinator of the NGO Actions humanitarian and solidarity aid(AAS).
‘We are going to use the appropriate medical centres, receiving the population, carrying out examinations and administering the appropriate medicines free of charge. We are working with the provincial government and the provincial health division (DPS)’, he has said. For the coordinator of the NGO (AAS), there will be specialist medical services at the Martyrs Square to carry out consultations. ‘After two weeks, all patients diagnosed with the two diseases will be followed up at the Makiso-Kisangani general referral hospital and the Prince Alwalid hospital’, he has confirmed.
For his part, Delly Likunde, the town’s mayor, encouraged the staff and managers of the town hall to go for consultations to find out about their state of health, because health is priceless, especially as consultations and treatment are free. In addition to this campaign, the NGO AAS is also planning other actions to help the population of the city of Kisangani, with the aim of eradicating poverty, discrimination and illiteracy in society. The NGO ‘ Actions humanitarian and solidarity aid’ (AAS), which now operates on a permanent basis in Tshopo province, has just provided technical and logistical support to the hospitals in Kisangani and the town of Banalia with a batch of essential medicines and hospital equipment.