Areas of work
The Eni Foundation promotes children’s health, which is a key development factor. Here is some detail on the various areas in which we work.
Our main action areas
Our projects in Italy and around the world focus primarily on:
- promoting inclusion and supporting those in vulnerable situations
- the improvement of maternal, obstetric and neonatal medicine services
- the strengthening of basic healthcare services
- the support for the training of medical, surgical, nursing and management staff.
Explore our areas of work and the completed projects
Pediatric project in Mozambique
In Mozambique’s Palma district, the Eni Foundation has worked to reduce infant and maternal mortality and combat malaria, diarrhoea and malnutrition.
This effort included equipping laboratories, restoring drinking water systems and setting up a maternity clinic.
Health project in Ghana
In Ghana (Jomoro, Ellembele, Ahanta West), Eni Foundation provided water and electricity to healthcare facilities, deployed ambulances and 4x4 vehicles to underserved villages, and equipped the maternity wing of Half Assini Hospital.
Health project in Ghana
Kilamba Kiaxi project in Angola
The initiative aimed to combat diseases related to malnutrition.
In Angola (Kilamba Kiaxi), the Eni Foundation built a new health centre, enhanced existing services and strengthened the nutritional support system.
Kento Mwana project in the Republic of Congo
The Kento-Mwana project ran in the Kouilou, Niari and Cuvette regions of the Republic of Congo for four years. In collaboration with the infectious disease clinic at the University of Genoa, Eni succeeded in significantly reducing the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to child.
Surgeries and hospitals have been equipped with HIV screening devices. Healthcare staff, comprising doctors, nurses, midwives and maternity-ward staff, have received specific training. The more than 1,000 women involved in the project received the necessary anti-retroviral drugs and, at the end of the process, as many as 430 newborns tested negative.
Surgical project in Indonesia
In Tarakan Hospital in Indonesia, plastic surgeons are in short supply and overcoming the prevalence of cleft lip and palate is becoming increasingly difficult.
For this reason, we opened a centre of excellence with all the necessary equipment and training programmes for doctors, thanks to which 200 children have received operations in three years.
Salissa Mwana project in the Republic of Congo
In rural, outlying and poorly-connected areas of the regions of Kouilou, Niari and Cuvette in the Republic of Congo, healthcare issues are exacerbated by isolated locations.
As part of the Salissa Mwana project, we administered more than doses of 430,000 vaccines, trained medical staff and raised awareness of the importance of vaccination among the local population.
