Implementation of Strategic Partnerships
Senegal
Country : Senegal
Capital : Dakar
Official languages : French
City of intervention : Dakar, Senegal
Name of the partner hospital : Idrissa Pouye General Hospital (HOGIP) of Grand Yoff
Cooperation field : multidisciplinary
Partnership overview:
Initiated in 2018, this partnership aims to support the development of HOGIP’s activities and strengthen the skills of its staff. Initially focused on interventional cardiology, the cooperation has expanded to include biomedical maintenance, hospital digitization, and administrative and financial management. It seeks to support numerous medical and medico-technical specialties in achieving autonomy.
Supporting Partners: This partnership is supported by DGOS, Horizons Sahel (insérer lien vers la rubrique intranet ci-après), Région centre Val de Loire and Centraider
Achievements:
- Renewal of the framework cooperation agreement (2023–2026).
- Annual meetings between the management teams of both institutions at CHRU and HOGIP.
- Press conference with partners (RCVL, Centraider, Horizons Sahel).
- Annual peer-mentoring missions at HOGIP in interventional cardiology.
- Hosting of observational interns at CHRU de Tours:
- Multidisciplinary team: Immersion internships in services related to renal transplant activities (urology, nephrology, laboratories, etc.).
- Doctors/Pharmacists: Adult anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, sterilization, laboratory, occupational health services, etc.
- Paramedical staff: Nurses (neonatology and neonatal intensive care), psychologists (Women’s Center).
- Administrative and technical staff: Management controllers, IT specialists.
- Roundtable at the Santexpo 2026 trade show: “International Hospital Cooperation: Building Autonomy Rather Than Dependency.”
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country : Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital : Kinshasa
Official languages : French
City of intervention : Kinshasa
Name of the partner hospital : Kalembelembe Pediatric Hospital
Cooperation field : Hematology, Onco-hematology, Oncology, Nephrology, Endocrinology
Partnership overview:
This partnership aims to improve the capacities of healthcare professionals in pediatric nephrology, endocrinology, and neonatology through expertise exchange via internships and missions.
Supporting Partners: This partnership is supported by DGOS and Region centre Val de Loire
Achievements:
- Signing of the framework cooperation agreement in 2024.
- First exploratory mission in January 2026 (2 doctors, 2 nurses, 1 international cooperation officer).
- Hosting of observational interns in pediatric diabetes and nephrology departments.
Morocco
Country : Morocco
Capital : Rabat
Official languages : Arab, Tamazigh
City of intervention : Rabat
Name of the partner hospital : CHU of Ibn Sina
Cooperation field : Digestive surgery
The partnership
This cooperation aims at spreading and sharing knowledge in the field of digestive and oncological surgery and supporting the CHUIS in its development of new skills to meet its goals of care and research activities on digestive surgery. The main focus of this cooperation involves peritoneal carcinomatosis surgery and colorectal surgery.
Actions undertaken
- Signing of the cooperation agreement in 2024
- Joint research works on the care of recto-urethral fistulas and total pelvic exenterations
Romania
Country : Romania
Capital : Bucharest
Official languages : Romanian
City of intervention : Cluj-Napoca
Name of the partner hospital : Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Cluj-Napoca
Cooperation field : Liver transplantation
This cooperation aims to develop the skills of the IRGH’s teams in liver transplantation. This support includes on-site missions at IRGH and internships in CHU of Tours.
Actions undertaken- Signing of the cooperation agreement in 2024
Hospital cooperation with the CAMP of Conakry (Guinea)
Country : Guinea
Capital : Conakry
Official languages : French
City of intervention : Conakry
Name of the partner hospital : Centre d’Assistance Médicale à la Procréation (CAMP) of Conakry
Cooperation field : Medically-assisted procreation
The partnership
This partnership aims at reinforcing the CAMP by sending health professionals from the CHU to carry out on-site and remote training missions, as well as updating the medical facilities by providing second-hand equipment.
Actions undertaken
- The signing of the cooperation agreement in 2024
- Donation of a microscope with a micromanipulation arm and a laminar flow hood
Senegal
Country : Senegal
Capital : Dakar
Official languages : French
City of intervention : Dakar
Name of the partner hospital : Hôpital Général Idrissa Pouye (HOGIP) de Grand Yoff
Cooperation field : Nursing and midwifery
The partnership
A three-party cooperation involving the CHRU, the CHRU’s schools and HOGIP was signed in 2024. The goal is to promote the development of the nursing and midwifery students’ skills by implementing practical internships within HOGIP. The agreement includes complementary training actions within the CHRU’s schools for individuals working at HOGIP.
This partnership has the support of the DGOS
Actions undertaken
- The signing of the 2024-2028 three-party cooperation agreement
- A 10-week internship at HOGIP for 4 nursing students of Tours’ IFSI