Program:
Mental Illness
- Budget:
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$95,000
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
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Immigrants/Newcomers/Refugees
Program Description:
International Medical Corps incorporates mental health and well-being into its programs to address the psychosocial needs of disaster survivors and help those with pre-existing mental disorders. A leader in mental health care in emergency settings, we have implemented mental health programs throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as in the United States following Hurricane Katrina.
Program Long-Term Success:
Despite challenges and delays resulting from the delicate political situation in Southern Sudan, International Medical Corps is pleased to report that it has successfully opened the school and provided the first eight months of training to the inaugural class of 50 midwifery and nursing students.
This program uniquely addresses a critical shortage of health workers in this fragile region—health workers whose training and subsequent employment will not only improve health care, but also contribute to restoring peace and stability. In fact, the 27 nurses in the training program represent 10% of all nurses in South Sudan. Graduating this first class of midwives and nurses will immediately improve the human resource capacity of the Ministry of Health, as well as the health of the surrounding population, especially in remote areas.
The Kajo Keiji Training Center lies at the very core of International Medical Corps’ mission both in Sudan and globally.
Program Short-Term Success:
This past year, a maternity ward was constructed alongside Mundari Hospital with the intent of serving the hospital and providing a practical teaching center for the training school’s nurses and midwives. The maternity ward includes: 15-bed capacity for pre- and post-natal care delivery room, rooms for family planning and Voluntary Counseling and Testing (HIV/AIDS), nursing store room, and procedure/ examination rooms. Approximately 350 pre-natal care visits are being conducted in the hospital per month, with between 50-60 deliveries per month. Of these, about nine per month are Caesarean section deliveries
Program Success Monitored by:
International Medical Corps Country Director monitors the programs. International Medical Corps collaborated with a partner non-governmental organization, Danish Refugee Council and the World Health Organization to support the training school.
Program Success Examples:
See above short and long term success.
Program:
Haiti Relief
- Budget:
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$0
- Category:
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- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Within 23 hours of the earthquake, International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team arrived in Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps has mobilized swiftly and efficiently since the earthquake hit to get relief to the people of Haiti and to begin to lay the foundation for long-term recovery and self-reliance through improving water and sanitation, providing medicines and supplies, training local health workers, and building capacity in the health system for years to come.
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Program:
Relief for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims
- Budget:
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$10,000
- Category:
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
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An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck
Japan’s coast, triggering a tsunami that devastated northern parts of the
country and put a tsunami warning in effect for much of the Pacific.
International Medical Corps is putting together
relief teams, as well as supplies, and are in contact with partners in Japan
and other affected countries to assess needs and coordinate our activities.
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