Togo’s CHU-Campus Launches 2026–2030 Reform Plan to Modernize Healthcare

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Wednesday, 01 October 2025 12:02

Togo’s CHU-Campus Launches 2026–2030 Reform Plan to Modernize Healthcare

(Togo First) - • CHU-Campus Lomé has launched the elaboration of its 2026–2030 Hospital Establishment Project (PEH) to redefine its role and modernize infrastructure.
• Director-General Dr. Essotom Assina Kalao said the hospital faces capacity limits, stressing quality of care and maintenance of future equipment.
• The reform aligns with national hospital modernization efforts and complements two major investment projects in urgent care and rehabilitation.

The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Campus in Lomé launched on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the development of its Hospital Establishment Project (PEH) for 2026–2030. The initiative aims to redefine the positioning of Togo’s second-largest university hospital and modernize its facilities.

Founded in 1988 with 200 beds, CHU-Campus now employs over 540 staff but struggles with increasing demand linked to demographic and epidemiological transitions.

“Our capacities are exceeded. The quality of care is a strategic priority that must guide our actions,” said Director-General Dr. Essotom Assina Kalao. He emphasized the need to anticipate equipment maintenance to avoid rapid obsolescence.

The PEH will run for five years starting in 2026, with two interim evaluations. It forms part of a broader hospital reform strategy led by the Ministry of Health.

The reform overlaps with two ongoing projects. The Public Investment Project (PIP), launched in 2022, has strengthened hospital equipment and will add an emergency complex and new specialized services. The Ellipse Rehabilitation Project, scheduled for early 2026, will modernize buildings and install advanced equipment, including MRI, operating theaters, and nephrology services.

This article was initially published in French by Esaïe Edoh

Adapted in English by Ange Jason Quenum

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