International Medical Corps: Creating Self-Reliance in Darfur and Beyond

Two Decades of Improving Lives IMC has worked in more than 40 countries on four continents, focusing on the most vulnerable populations

IMC’s Programmatic Priorities Maternal and child health care Reconstructive and rehabilitative surgery Emergency relief and disaster response HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infection treatment and prevention Family medicine Reproductive health care Gender-based violence Supplemental and therapeutic feeding Mental health Health educationFacilities renovation Microfinance and other economic development programs Community mobilizationWater and sanitation IMC's network of 3,000 doctors, nurses and other professionals provide care and training in:

1991: Somalia : Bosnia 1994: Rwanda 1999: Rwanda Kosovo Pakistan 2002: Afghanistan 2003: Iraq Darfur 2004: Chad 2005: Pakistan Asian Tsunami New Orleans 2006: Indonesia Lebanon Unprecedented Disaster, Unparalleled Response

Key Successes In 2005, IMC’s work impacted 16 million people in 21 countries around the world –More than 3 million medical consultation in over 500 fixed and mobile clinics –Over 200,000 malnourished mothers and children provided with community-based nutrition services –5 million people reached with health education on HIV/AIDS, malaria, epidemic preparedness and hygiene promotion –Hundreds of health care workers trained to deliver mental health services to 50,000 survivors of natural disasters

IMC Around the World

IMC in Darfur With the help of GE, IMC –operates 13 static clinics and 7 mobile clinics –provides services to 280,000 IDPs and conflict affected population

IMC program locations

Emergency response: –Primary and secondary health care –Water and sanitation –Nutrition services Capacity building: –Health staff –Community members –Rehabilitation of infrastructure IMC in Darfur

On an annual basis IMC provides services to: –280,000 beneficiaries Conducted more than: –180,000 consultations –40,000 antenatal consultations –38,000 children under five screened –1,600 children vaccinated –50,000 community members provided with health education –235 community health workers trained IMC in Darfur in Numbers

Health Care Services Curative care Maternal and child health Expanded program of immunization (EPI) Emergency referral services Provision of essential medicines Health education

Nutrition Nutritional Surveillance Referral system

Water and Sanitation Rehabilitation of wells Hygiene promotion

Capacity-Building On-the-job and formal training of health staff Rehabilitation /construction of 7 health clinics in 2006 Disease surveillance and reporting

Challenges Security Decaying Structures Lack of qualified national staff Funding

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