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.
Ri-generazioni: educational opportunities and inclusion in suburbs
The project responds to educational and social challenges faced by young people in disadvantaged areas of Rome, Naples and Milan.
Emergency children’s medicine and obstetrics
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.
Maternal and infant medicine
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
For the improvement of infant and maternal primary medicine services.
Health and nutritional support
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.
Kilamba Kiaxi project in Angola
For the improvement of the nutrition and health conditions of mothers and children.
Preventing transmission of HIV-AIDS
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 were equipped with screening equipment, training was provided to doctors, nurses, midwifes and maternity-ward staff and the more than 1,000 women involved in the project received the necessary anti-retroviral drugs. At the end of the process, 430 newborn children were declared HIV-negative.
Kento Mwana project in the Republic of Congo
For the prevention of the transmission of HIV-AIDS from mother to child.
Fighting congenital malformations
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.
Surgical project in Indonesia
For the treatment of congenital diseases, such as cleft lip and palate.
Protecting children in rural areas
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.
Salissa Mwana project in the Republic of Congo
For healthcare for children living in rural areas.
In Congo, 30 health centres have been renovated and supplied with equipment.
