The aim of the programme is to provide a timely and community owned response to the affected population's increasing needs for mental health and psycho-social assistance.
This project aims at providing structures for 150 clinics to be used as lady health houses in NWFP and PaK The designed structures of the proposed lady health houses will be large enough to accommodate 'grassroots' clinic equipment and staff. The project will provide quick-impact and low-cost non-permanent structures for the health houses to enhance the primary level health care services in the earthquake affected districts.
Efficient communication of critical Health and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) messages to populations affected by conflict or natural disasters becomes a challenge in the absence of a broad based and coherent system for information dissemination.
The principal objective of the project is to contribute to reduction in mortality and morbidity of disaster affected populations, including those affected by the 2011 floods. The specific objective of the project is to support vulnerable, flood affected populations through provision of emergency health care – curative and preventive services.
The project will contribute to the health response of the district healthcare system by providing specialised human resources for health, provision of essential and life-saving medicines for communicable disease control and certain non-communicable/chronic medical conditions and supporting existing or establisment of health referral system to facilitate timely access to secondary or tertiary health care.
IOM in collaboration with the District Health Authorities of Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur will develop a patient flow system whereby emergency referrals of unstable patients will be facilitated to tertiary healthcare facilities in Multan and Bahawalpur and downstream referral and assisted discharge of stable patients back into the community will also be facilitated by IOM.
To improve the access to quality and comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) care services for internal migrants and Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs) in 756 urban slums in Sylhet City Corporation in Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
The goal is to contribute to the Government of Pakistan's effort in reducing the vulnerability of Pakistani migrant workers by strengthening the capacity of the Pakistani Government's Bureau of Emigration nd Gulf Approved Medical Centres Association approved Medical Centres to provide appropriate HIV information, pre- and post- HIV test counselling and testing, and promote safe migration.
Contributing to reduce the incidence and impact of HIV and AIDS among migrants and other mobile populations though supporting multisectoral partners to strengthen policies and provide improved access to migrant-appropriate services for prevention, treatment, care and support.
The project will conduct an in-depth assessment among the three south Asian countries to assess health vulnerabilities of inbound and outbound migrants, including their access to health and other social services, a mapping of governments’ responses to address these vulnerabilities, and to come up with recommendations for action.
