📅 Implementation:May 2025 – Nov 2027 (30 months)
💶 Total Budget: €2,386,793.01 | ERDF Contribution: €1,909,434.40
🤝 Partners:2 organisations
🎯 Type: Standard project | Healthcare | ISO4.5

Summary

IPOP addresses demographic and health challenges affecting families in the Hungarian–Romanian border region, focusing on women’s reproductive health, prevention, and access to medical services.

The project helps families make informed decisions about family planning and healthy lifestyles, while also improving the capacity of the local healthcare system to provide accessible, quality services.

By combining medical education, preventive screenings, and modernised equipment, IPOP brings healthcare closer to rural communities and strengthens cooperation between professionals on both sides of the border.

Key actions include the establishment of a Health Development Office (HDO) in Satu Mare, a mobile medical service reaching remote areas, and new diagnostic and surgical equipment for the Hódmezővásárhely–Makó Health Care Center. Together, these initiatives help increase health, improve family well-being, and create a more resilient healthcare network.

Project Aim

To promote reproductive and family health and improve access to preventive healthcare in the Hódmezővásárhely–Makó and Satu Mare regions, through local health promotion, mobile medical services, and enhanced institutional cooperation.

Objectives

✅ Encourage timely family planning and greater awareness of reproductive health
✅ Provide accessible medical services for rural and disadvantaged groups
✅ Strengthen obstetric and gynaecological care capacity with new technology and skills
✅ Promote preventive health behaviour and healthy lifestyles
✅ Improve early detection of infertility and developmental issues in children

Key Activities & Results

🔹 Health Education and Awareness – Training 12 professionals to deliver female cycle tracking sessions and run school workshops on reproductive health.

🔹 Infertility Screening – Early identification and support for women with menstrual or fertility-related issues, ensuring appropriate specialist follow-up.

🔹 Upgraded Medical Equipment – Purchase of surgical and diagnostic tool for the Hódmezővásárhely–Makó Health Care Center to raise the quality of gynaecological care.

🔹 Health Development Office in Satu Mare – Establishment of a new local hub offering preventive services, health counselling, and screenings.

🔹 Mobile Medical Specialist Service – Deployment of specialist teams in rural Satu Mare County, providing on-site screenings for families.

🔹 Lifestyle Counselling – Personalised sessions on nutrition, physical activity, and well-being offered in both partners’ health offices.

🔹 Child Development Screening in Satu Mare – Sensorimotor, cognitive, and psychological testing for pre-school children to identify developmental challenges early.

🔹 Joint Strategy and Action Plan – Development of a cross-border health strategy to improve preventive care and professional cooperation.

Partnership

Lead Partner: Hódmezővásárhely–Makó Health Care Center (HU)
Project Partner: Association of Vincentian Sisters of Charity (RO)

By combining education, prevention, and innovation, IPOP empowers families and healthcare professionals to work together for better health. Through modern equipment, mobile services, and targeted awareness actions, the project makes healthcare more accessible, inclusive, and community-based, ensuring that families in both Romania and Hungary can lead healthier, more secure lives.

For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN

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