| We have provided
health networks serving
around 900,000 people since 1992. The health programmes is
financed by Sida and UNICEF. |
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Mobile Health Teams
From its founding, providing reliable health services and strengthening
the healthcare system of the northern governorates has been
one of Qandil’s primary missions. We have used Sida funding
to operate mobile health teams in areas both north and south
of the “green line.” These teams were instituted
as emergency support and used as a tool to give medical assistance
of primary level to displaced people or to community in areas
that are hard-to-reach, and have no healthcare facilities nearby
or little access to district hospitals and well-equipped medical
centers. Current mobile health teams are in support of PHC activities
in the areas from Mosul to Kirkuk. The motivation of the teams’
continuous existence is still there. |
| In collaboration with the Directorate of Health
in Kirkuk, Qandil is monitoring and supervising 68 primary healthcare
centres in the governorate. The support includes training, health
education, drug supply, medical equipment, and minor repair
of the healthcare facility. The PHC centres provide services
to more than 900,000 people. A referral system is put into place
between the 5district hospitals and the healthcare centres.
The project is financed by Sida. |
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| Disability Awareness Program |
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In 2006, Qandil started to address
a forgotten group of the Kurdish society that should be perceived
as one of the most vulnerable citizens – disabled people.
There are increasing concerns about the well-being and basic
rights of the displaced people, especially women, children and
the elderly. Together with the Ministry of Education; the first
priority was to address a certain
group – children; to ensure that physical handicapped
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children would not be left vulnerable and without
benefit in terms of their educational and social needs. Therefore,
the focus was on barrier-free accessibility to public buildings
through modification and public awareness. Qandil modified five
primary schools and held workshop sessions; addressing the issue
further by relating it to the ongoing construction boom in the
region. This project is financed by Sida.
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Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Training
Program in Kirkuk governorate
In 2006, Qandil started refresher courses in maternal, newborn
and child health together with the Directorate of Health in
Kirkuk offering training to medical and paramedical staff working
in the ca. 68 primary healthcare centres. The main objective
is to train ca. 120 medical doctors and ca. 300 paramedical
staff. The lectures came from the district hospitals. This project
is financed by UNICEF. |
