2011/2012 - Pakistan – Charsadda Community Clinic

PAST PROJECT

This project established a Community Care Clinic in Charsadda, Kyber Pakhtunwa, providing primary and preventative care services to underserved local communities.

 

PROJECT BACKGROUND:

The August 2010 flooding in Pakistan was the worst natural disaster ever to impact any country in terms of destruction and displacement it caused. One year on, thousands remain in temporary shelters or cramped into family homes. They have limited access to livelihood and living conditions are abysmal - with little or no clean water and sanitation facilities. As a result, gastro-intestinal diseases and chronic malnutrition are rampant in the communities across the flood zones.

IDRF and SHINE established a project to start a Community Care Clinic in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunwa, a township in Pakistan devastated by the 2010 floods. The objective was to provide primary and preventive care care services to under-served communities living in the vicinity, especially in the tent city that has sprung up close to the potential site. Its inhabitants are among the beneficiaries of the project, but the project did not depend on their presence, being in a profoundly flood-affected city of 100,000 residents.

The objective was also to improve health services and subsequently the quality of life of these individuals, especially the women and children who are the most vulnerable.


PLANNED ACTIVITIES
  • Rented a temporary site to open a community clinic.
  • Recruited medical and support staff to run the clinic; procure supplies and equipment needed to provide for patient care and operate the facility.
  • Opened a walk-in clinic for a period of six months, providing primary and preventive care services between 8 am till 4 pm, 6 days a week.
  • Established a 24-hour urgent care facility and minor OT to handle trauma, injuries and other emergencies.
  • Provided daily management, monitoring & oversight of staff and supplies at the facility.
  • Collected patient data and financials so as to evaluate the overall success of the project for the duration of the six months.


PROJECT BENEFICIARIES

This project successfully treated 100 to 130 low income patients a day. This reached approximately 15,000 patients over the six month period. Approximately 80 per cent of them were women and children. These patients came from all over Charsadda, but most heavily from the tent village that has been established across the street from the site location.

Partner: SHINE Humanity