8,000 families gain access to vital medical care in Sudan (Northern States).
Source: Medair - Switzerland
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Sudan (Northern States) - Medair has been given permission to open a mobile health clinic in a second location in Khartoum State.
As of last week, the Medair team became operational in Hamas Koreib, home to 8,000 displaced families in need of medical help.
As well as treating common illnesses such as malaria, the team will also implement an immunisation programme assisted by staff from the Ministry of Health, to prevent diseases such as measles, diphtheria, and hepatitis B.
"Of the two million internally-displaced people in Khartoum, 60 percent of them are children below the age of 18. Without treatment, common complaints such as diarrhoea can be life-threatening, especially in the very young," said Janneke Blok, Project Manager, Medair Khartoum State. "We are very happy to open our clinic to the people of Hamas Koreib, who would otherwise have no access to health care."
Medair has been providing primary health care in Khartoum State since the establishment of its clinic in Omdurman El Salaam (OES) camp in 2000. Medair began its mobile clinic service in August 2006 in Nevasha, about 10 kilometres from OES.
Medair is an international non-governmental organization (NGO), based in Switzerland. The activities in Khartoum state are carried out in collaboration with Unicef, CARE, the Ministry of Health and the Humanitarian Aid Commission This project receives financial support from the governments of Switzerland (SDC) and Sweden (SIDA.) and Tearfund NZ.
Elsewhere in Sudan, Medair provides access to primary health-care, water and sanitation for up to 200,000 conflict-affected persons in West Darfur; and supports access to primary health care, water and sanitation in the Nuba Mountains. In Southern Sudan, Medair provides emergency medical and water assistance in a number of locations across the region and improving access to primary health care and safe water sources in Upper Nile.
Medair's life-saving activities are dependent upon private financial support. To contribute to this work, please visit www.medair.org (Sudan Northern States section.)
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