In Madagascar, mobile clinics crisscross the Analamanga region for a fortnight to provide free consultations. With galloping inflation, health is often relegated to the background for many Malagasy families.
Free medical consultations take place in the capital and its surroundings. Financial, geographical, or even cultural barriers: access to care remains limited on the Big Island for many inhabitants.
It is in this context that a medical caravan made up of 17 mobile clinics has been crisscrossing the Analamanga region for a week and until March 8 to bring patients closer to medical structures.
Screenings for diabetes, cancer of the cervix, management of malnutrition, or even consultations with general practitioners and specialists: on the lawn of the Malacam stadium, there are several hundred of them waiting in the queues.
Dada Raly, a 74-year-old farmer, writes down his blood pressure in a notebook: “It’s the first time I’ve gone to the doctor to take my blood pressure. Because usually, you have to spend money. It is these consultations, but the problem is above all the price of the drugs. »