Training and Capacity Building

IMC Worldwide IMC builds capacity and delivers services in weak, failed and collapsed states. Excluding India and China, the populations of these countries comprise over half of those living in absolute poverty around the world. They represent the biggest challenge to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 as well as the biggest challenge to any significant improvement in global health.

Training and Capacity Building

Livelihoods Water & Sanitation Community education and outreach Maternal/ child health Mental health Evidence based policy & practice Communicable disease Nutrition and food security Integrated Health Care Hands-on training for local counterparts and authorities Primary and secondary health

Primary and Secondary Health Care In 2004, IMC provided services to more than 160,000 displaced people in Darfur, running mobile clinics to those in insecure villages who were unable to travel to health centers. Integrated Health Care

Maternal/Child Health In 2005, a team trained by IMC’s Ob/Gyn and pediatric residency program performed the first-ever blood exchange transfusion at Kabul’s Rabia Balki Hospital for Women in Afghanistan. The patient was a newborn baby girl, whose life was saved. Integrated Health Care

Mental Health In 2005, IMC’s post- tsunami mental health training curriculum was adopted by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health for implementation at the national level. Integrated Health Care

Communicable Disease In 1994, IMC rehabilitated the vaccine cold chain and delivery system of Bosnia, raising country-wide coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases from less than 30% to more than 80% for children under five Integrated Health Care

Hands-on Training for Local Counterparts Just last year, IMC trained over 35,000 doctors, nurses, midwives, community-based health workers, traditional birth attendants, and water & sanitation workers. They are, in turn, training their peers, enabling the treatment of millions in vulnerable communities around the world. Integrated Health Care

Community Education and Outreach In the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, IMC provides HIV- related health care, home care, testing, treatment and prevention education to over 2,000 people each day. IMC works closely with the community and local youth to provide accurate information that challenges social stigmas and lessens the population's chances of contracting HIV. Integrated Health Care

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice In 2005 in Burundi, IMC began implementing a sexual- and gender-based care and sensitization project at nine health centers where it offered primary health care services. The program focuses on training health workers to provide quality, confidential treatment to survivors of sexual violence. The project has trained 100 nurses, health management committee members, law enforcement personnel, traditional birth attendants, and community health workers to date. Integrated Health Care

Nutrition and Food Security IMC’s Community Therapeutic Care program in Ethiopia has opened 101 sites in seven districts, screening tens of thousands, and providing treatment for 7,200 malnourished children annually. Recovery rates are estimated at 87.3%, which exceed SPHERE protocols of >75% recovery. Integrated Health Care

Livelihoods Development IMC has helped tsunami-affected populations recover their livelihoods, through: cash-for-work projects, a range of business cooperatives –including fishing, fruit and vegetable, brickmaking and sewing – as well as microcredit funds and technical assistance for new businesses. To date, programs have benefited 25,000 people in Sri Lanka and 75,000 in Indonesia. Integrated Health Care

Water & Sanitation Since 2003, IMC has constructed over 200 large scale water & sanitation systems in 16 of 18 Iraq’s governorates, bringing clean water to 5 million people countrywide. Integrated Health Care

Sustaining Systems IMC provided the capital and skills needed to launch a local mental health organization, Sezam, which offered art therapy and counseling to war-traumatized children in Zenica, Bosnia. Through extensive training in mental health provision, finance, and NGO management, IMC’s investment in Sezam has multiplied many times.

Organizational Capacity

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