Launch of the website www.sante-education.tg: the first health promotion website in French-speaking Africa

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Extract from the article: Santé-Education wants to make itself better known at the national, sub-regional and international levels. This Togolese press organisation launched its website www.sante-education.tg on Monday 22 May 2023 in Lomé. The meeting was attended by represen

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Santé-Education wants to make itself better known at the national, sub-regional and international levels. This Togolese press organisation launched its website www.sante-education.tg on Monday 22 May 2023 in Lomé. The meeting was attended by representatives of the ministry in charge of health, development partners, medical specialists and press regulatory organisations.

Africa is facing major challenges in public health. Infectious diseases, nutritional problems, limited access to quality health care and lack of accurate information are all barriers to a healthy and fulfilling life. Public health, prevention and health promotion are inextricably linked to information and communication. Santé-Education aims to meet the needs of the population by offering them quality health information. This is done through its web platform www.sante-education.tg. 

« Health-Education is an online platform dedicated to the promotion of health and the dissemination of accurate information accessible to all. Its main objective is to provide educational resources, practical advice and quality information on various aspects of health, in order to empower individuals and communities in their health-related decision making », said the Director General in his welcoming remarks.

The website sante-education.tg focuses on several key health areas, such as disease prevention, nutrition, hygiene, maternal and child health, mental health and many others. Through informative articles, educational videos, infographics and downloadable resources, the platform aims to raise awareness, educate and encourage people to adopt healthy behaviours and take care of their well-being.

« On this site, the user creates an account to take full advantage of the platform, although the free multimedia content can be accessed without an account. With an account, the user can take out a subscription or buy a single newspaper or articles, videos and podcasts. It is a web application and is available in English and French. We are looking into the possibility of making the podcasts available in local languages », said Zabdiel Mignaké, Digital Manager.

Benefits of this site

This official launch marks the beginning of a concerted effort to bridge the health information gap in Togo and Africa by providing easy access to reliable and up-to-date knowledge. The platform relies on media specialists and a college of health experts, who collaborate to produce quality content and make it available to all, regardless of their level of education or location.  « The information and education of the public on health matters is for us health professionals and specialists in the field of medicines an obligation, and even more a duty. Today, with more than 718 weekly publications, we can safely say that the promoters of this press intended to promote health are playing their part alongside health professionals », said the President of the National Order of Pharmacists (ONPT), Dr Tufa Nyasenu.

For Gadiel Tsonyadzi, Director of Development, this site offers health information to African readers on prevention based on African realities and knowledge. The particular choice to inform on the field of health gives Health-Education a special mission: to help and bring all to be actors of their own health by true, fair, credible, and objective information in the strict respect of ethics and deontology.

The representative of HAAC, Didier Atiota, for his part, welcomed this initiative and encouraged Health-Education to work further on the path of professionalism in Togo. By investing in health education, one invests in the future of communities, building healthier, more balanced and more resilient societies.

Raymond DZAKPATA