Report on the health field projects of
Al-Amal association till the end of 2006
The health sector in Iraq due to
wars suffered a severe shortage in medicines
and medical supplies, in addition to
authorities’ negligence to all sectors of
services, infrastructure and health in
particular.
Starting off
its long experience in health sector work ,
Al-Amal association adopted many projects to
reduce peoples' suffering, especially women
and children in distant villages , and
providing them with health services .The
program was able to access the closed areas
due to tribal costumes , forming strong
relations with locals, delivering them
treatment services, developing their health
, environmental and social standers ,
maintaining their needs, and performing
other projects such as
supplying of drinking water, starting literacy classes ,and
lobbying on authorities to improve the
conditions of medical centers there .
Through the abovementioned
program, the relationship consolidated among
the association and the medical institution
in the governorates and Ministry of health,
therefore the association was the only NGO
invited in mid September 2004 to attend a
workshop dedicated to put executive and
strategic policy to raise the health of
mother and birth health in Iraq, which took
place in Sulymania city. One of the doctors
in the Mobil clinics participated on behalf
of the association in a medical cadre
development workshop, organized in Amman in
late 2004, by an invitation request from the
world health organization and ministry of
health, the association also participated in
the annual conference of ministry of health
that took place in Erbil in 2005.
Al-Amal Mobile Clinics program:
Clinic duties:
·
Providing medical services for women and
children, performing necessary lab
examinations, and delivering free of charge
medicines.
·
Pursuing vaccination operations of women and
children, and identifying those who did not
receive them.
·
Assigning a specialized doctor in every
school to educate students and teachers on
health care.
·
Using the Mobile clinic vehicle in
transporting emergency cases (injuries cases
and birth) to the nearest hospitals in the
region, in addition to doctor's
transportation to schools, where he gives
lectures on health education.
·
Organizing workshops to train midwives with
coordination of local health institutes, and
teaching them the new safe birth methods to
prevent any bad consequences.
·
Developing relations among the locals and
medical centres in their regions.
·
Enforcing and strengthening coordination
between the Mobil clinic team and the
working cadre in the medical centres.
·
Work in the clinic starts from 8:30 A.M
and ends at 1:00 P.M , 3 days a week , the
mentioned method was applied in all clinics
,with exception to Babel Mobil clinic ,where
work took place in daily bases.
·
Organizing seminars about pregnancy and
breastfeeding as natural nursing for babies,
anaemia, importance of health care and
vaccine and other related subject to
pregnancy and oral hydration for children's
Al-Amal Mobile Clinic in Erbil:
Work started in the first
Mobil clinic (for pregnancy) in the villages
of Erbil governorate in the 7th of April
2003, following the end of war immediately,
in order to provide primary health care to
pregnant women in cases of emergency. The
clinic provided services to more than 1000
women .The program was successful not only
by the number of people advantaging from it
,but by achieving the most essential goal
which was spreading health awareness among
them, and the role of NGOs in the
development and relief operations. Moreover
the clinic provided services to many non
pregnant women and sick children. The
association also donated large quantity of
medicines of chronic diseases, children
medicines, and other forms of donations.
At the end of the project in
the 6th of May 2003, the association
organized a workshop that was attended by
several administrative members in Iraqi
Al-Amal association, and a representative
from the sponsor organization, to evaluate
the project. We can say that the project
achieved more than its' original goal
through providing medical services to people
in need and improving hard conditions.
Al-Amal Mobile Clinic in Babel:
Iraqi Al-Amal association started it Mobil
clinics in Babel in the 10th of November
2003 in 3 areas as follows:
1- Al-tofeel Area: work lasted 10
weeks
2- Abo Sameech Area: work lasted 5
weeks.
3- Dohan market: work lasted 7
weeks.
·
The number of patients treated in the Mobil
clinics in Babel were 9219 patients , women
and children , a large number of people made
advantage indirectly from the clinic through
the clinic awareness campaigns and spreading
health education and care information
between the locals.
·
1175 women were vaccinated from tetanus and
985 children under 5 years against tetanus
and hepatitis.
·
1291 cases received medical examination and
tested in the attached lab of the clinic.
·
259 school students were treated mostly from
trachoma, and a campaign was launched in
schools to aware students against lice and
treatment.
·
Work ended in March 2004.
Al-Amal Mobile Clinic in Diyala:
Work started in the mobile clinic of
Diyala governorate in the 17th of March
2004, in the village of Ahmad Kalaf in
Kana'an region and the neighboring villages
as a work region. The population were 7000
citizens, the medical center lacked for the
necessary equipments of primary medical
treatment, the road was not paved, the
majority of children in the region were not
vaccinated due to distant medical
institutes, and women suffered from anemia,
the working team also noticed lack for
drinking water , water networks were
outdated for the past 14 years ,blackout
continues 23 hours a day and sometimes for 8
days.
·
Services were provided for 2460 patients
plus indirect advantage for the clinic
through awareness campaigns.
·
Organizing lectures on health care ,
awareness on cleaning and prevention of
diseases , treating tumors and it's counter
action, preventing infection among family
members , precaution from anemia through
dietary supplements and eating healthy foods
, and the importance of mother and child
vaccination.
·
Daily lectures against diarrhea and the
healthy nutrition for patients suffering
from it.
·
The team visited only 2 schools and 30
students were treated and added to the total
number of beneficiaries.
·
A seminar for teachers was organized (only 6
teachers attended.)
·
Agreements were taken for arranging a
workshop for midwives. They were supplied
with necessary equipments for their work as
gloves and cotton.
·
One woman in the village was trained on
shooting injections and measuring pressure.
She was then a helpful element in the
clinic.
·
Work ended in june2004.
Al-Amal Mobile Clinic In Kut:
Work started in November the 1st
2004, and the suburb al-jihad ally was
chosen in Kut city for the work of the 3rd
Mobil clinic according to the survey of
al-amal team, as health awareness there was
very weak, moreover due to lack for
medicines. After a while the team moved to
Zein Alkaus region, due to its lack for
healthcare, and for a medical center, as
locals were forced to travel to neighboring
regions for treatment. 150 cases were daily
tested, and through the mentioned period the
following took place:
·
Organizing lectures for women awareness on
breastfeeding and oral hydration for
children.
·
Organizing workshops for 2 weeks to 12
midwives in the region, to evaluate there
experience and knowledge.
·
Total numbers of beneficiaries were 11332
including women and children, plus the
indirect beneficiaries.
·
School health education and awareness were
taught steadily, and 172 (6 – 7 year old
students) in 10 schools were treated and
added to the total number of beneficiaries.
·
574 cases received medical examination and
tested in the attached lab of the clinic.
·
Work ended in July 2005.
Al-Amal Mobil Clinic in Dewaniya:
Work started in the 4th of April
2005 in Diwaniya governorate , and took
place at Al-Shanafia region , Algaiem and
Al-negaisha due to high population , about
56000 people, health standers there were
very weak, moreover the lack for medicines ,
and low efficiency of the local medical
center.
1-Al-shnafia region: work started in
the 4th of April till the 30th of September
2005
2- Algaiem region : work
started from August till 31st of December
2005
3- Aal-negaisha region: work started
from the 1st of October till the 31st of
December
2005
·
70 patients were tested daily in the clinic.
·
Iraqi Al- Amal association reconstructed the
medical center in Al-shnafia, and furnished
it.
·
Organizing lectures for women awareness on
breastfeeding and oral hydration for
children, monitoring children's temperature,
water sterilization, vaccination of child
and mother, periodical check up for pregnant
women.
·
Total number of beneficiaries was 11160
cases, plus indirect beneficiaries.
·
560 cases received medical examination and
tested in the attached lab of the clinic.
·
Work ended in December 2005.
Al-Amal Mobile Clinic in Al-anbar:
Work started in September 2005,
Al-anbar was chosen for the grave damage in
its community by the armed conflicts, which
made its medical institutes lack sharply for
necessary health services.
·
The project started providing medical and
health services and health care education to
women and children in Al-Karabla and Huseba
near the Iraqi-Syrian borders ,the
population were about 65 000 people.
· 70 patients were tested daily in
the clinic.
·
Increasing awareness on health care was one
of the project major goals by organizing
lectures for women awareness on
breastfeeding and oral hydration for
children, monitoring children's temperature,
and water sterilization, vaccination of
child and mother, and periodical check up
for mother during pregnancy.
·
Total number of beneficiaries till the end
of December 2006 were 14739 including women
and children, plus the indirect
beneficiaries.
·
2227 cases received medical examination and
tested in the attached lab of the clinic.
·
The association donated medical equipments
and chairs for disabled patients for
Al-Gaeem general hospital, plus mattresses
and 14 first aid pharmacy cabinets filled
with accessories to the local area schools.
TABLE ON THE MOBIL CLINICS
BENIFICARIANS IN THE FOLLOWING GOVERNORTES:
