Medair

2010 Overview

Total Beneficiaries :    234,266

Health and Nutrition

Emergency Relief
·    1,790 people treated for acute malnutrition
·    3,356 people supported with treatment for kala-azar; 14,550 people received kala-azar awareness messages
·    2,302 people were vaccinated; 5,336 mosquito nets distributed.

Rehabilitation
·    66,314 people attended Medair-supported health facilities
·    3,111 children and 1,826 women were vaccinated
·    968 children treated for acute malnutrition

WASH

Emergency Relief
·    44 boreholes rehabilitated; 76 emergency latrines installed
·    289 health and hygiene promoters, 193 village water committees, and 52 hand pump mechanics trained

Rehabilitation
·    4 rainwater collection systems installed at health facilities
·    40,000 Upper Nile residents benefit from ongoing work to rehabilitate water systems
·    3 schools received 2 latrine blocks each for boys and girls, plus hand-washing points
·    500 pupils and teachers received hygiene education; 50 hygiene promoters trained

Shelter and Infrastructure

Emergency Relief
·    13 inter-agency non-food item (NFI) assessments carried out in Upper Nile
·    18 NFI distributions done providing 6,587 NFI kits to more than 32,000 people

Rehabilitation
·    3 primary health care facilities constructed or rehabilitated in Manyo county.

2009 Overview

Total beneficiaries served:     308,710

Health Services

Emergency Relief

• 20 emergency assessments including 1 nutrition survey
• 12 emergency interventions conducted, benefiting 145,102 people
• 1,577 children treated for malnutrition
• 540 health staff trained

Rehabilitation

• 59,175 outpatient contacts in 3 PHCCs and 8 PHCUs
• 2,306 deliveries assisted with TBAs, midwifes, CHWs
• 9,141 vaccinations done in Melut county
• 20,667 health messages given in clinics and outreach campaigns
• 1,933 people trained in different health topics over 705 days

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Emergency Relief

• 7 SWATs (Surface Water Treatment systems) installed; 35 SWAT operators trained
• 27 boreholes rehabilitated; 21 emergency latrines; 20 hand-pump mechanics trained
• 100 Village Water Committee members trained
• 55 new hygiene promoters trained; 77 received refresher training

Rehabilitation

• 14 new working boreholes drilled; 25 hand-pump mechanics trained
• 20 latrine blocks constructed for schools in Yei, plus 2 water distribution systems in Yei
• 121 new hygiene promoters trained; 122 new Village Water Committee members trained

Shelter & Infrastructure

Emergency Relief

• 4,241 NFI kits distributed to 21,110 people in Upper Nile State

2008 Overview

Total beneficiaries served: 280,000

Health Services

Emergency Relief

• 7 disease outbreak interventions (meningitis, cholera, and measles)
• 125,746 people received health and hygiene education
• 305 community members trained in interventions such as vaccination and health promotion

Rehabilitation

• 1 PHCC, 6 PHCUs in Melut County, improving health care access to 100,000 people
• 1,817 antenatal visits; 1,726 deliveries by birth attendants
• 648 women immunised with TT2; 545 children immunised with DPT3
• 124 clinic patients with severe malnutrition, 45 discharged cured
• 353 children and women, moderate malnutrition in non-clinic programme: 62 discharged cured

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Emergency Relief

• 8 water treatment systems installed; 2 more re-installed
• 98 emergency latrines constructed
• 50 hygiene promoters trained, reaching 6,067 with health/hygiene education

Rehabilitation

• 6 boreholes drilled and developed for safe drinking water
• 8 water committees trained; 15 committees had refresher training
• 30 health/hygiene promoters trained; 38 refreshed
• 5 shallow wells constructed and commissioned for community use

Shelter & Infrastructure

Emergency Relief

• 25,475 people supplied with non-food items

2007 Overview

Total beneficiaries served: 298,813

Health Services

Emergency Relief

• 23 emergency assessments
• 14 disease outreach interventions
• 1 malnutrition response
• 193,990 beneficiaries served through case management, vaccination campaigns, distributions, and health and hygiene promotion

Rehabilitation

• 1 Primary Health Care Centre constructed and opened
• 5 Primary Health Care Units under construction, 4 PHCUs opened
• 167 health staff trained at PHCC in Melut County
• 305 community members received training to assist with health care

Water & Sanitation

Emergency Relief

• 8 emergency water treatment systems installed
• 105 latrines dug

Rehabilitation

• 6 boreholes and 5 hand-dug wells constructed
• 23 water committees trained or refreshed (5 members in each)
• 68 health and hygiene promoters trained or refreshed

2006 Overview

Total beneficiaries served:    280,556

Health Services

“We want to thank the Medair teams that have come to Awoda. They have taught us much, (and) our children aren’t dying of diarrhoea and malaria anymore.”
-    Executive Chief, Awoda

Emergency Relief

• Four responses to outbreaks of cholera and AWD (acute watery diarrhoea)
• Three Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs) established
• Responses to various other disease outbreaks throughout Southern Sudan
• Health and hygiene training provided with every emergency

Rehabilitation

• Primary health care provided to almost 50,000 people
• Health promotion for 59,000 people
• Massive vaccination campaigns for children
• Malnutrition screenings and therapeutic feeding centre established
• Capacity building, and training of hundreds of local health staff

Water & Sanitation

“The provision of sustainable safe water made a major impact in these regions: some communities started to build houses, signaling a commitment to long-term residence in the area; the market in Awoda doubled in size in six months; communities were planning to cultivate more crops; and preliminary efforts were made to clear the roads leading to larger towns such as Aweil.”
- 2006 Medair Annual Review

Emergency Relief

• Eight Emergency Water Treatment Systems (EMWTSs) set up at way stations and in response to outbreaks, with each system serving up to 5,000 people per day.

Rehabilitation

• 10 new boreholes, one rehabilitated borehole
• Over one thousand latrines constructed
• Training of Village Water Committees (VWCs), hygiene promoters, and pump mechanics

2005 Overview

Total beneficiaries served:    190,557

Health Services

“We also take note of your quick action in taking remedial measures in relation to the extra, unforeseen site demands... (in Malakal).”    
- Marie-Helene Thunus, UNICEF Resident Programme Officer, praising Medair’s emergency relief response

Emergency Relief

• 10 emergency assessments and responses to outbreaks

Rehabilitation

• One PHCC (Primary Health Care Centre) and 19 PHCUs (Primary Health Care Units), with health care for almost 75,000 patients
• 9,200 vaccinations
• Two TB clinics and two Kala-Azar clinics
• Capacity building, and training of hundreds of local health staff

Water & Sanitation

“The provision of new water points and boreholes meant that residents no longer had to use polluted sources, or walk for several hours to access unclean water.”
- 2005 Medair Annual Review

Emergency Relief

• Two EMWTSs deployed in Payuer and Malakal

Rehabilitation

• 20 boreholes constructed, 9 maintained
• 132 latrines constructed
• Hygiene training sessions
• Training of pump mechanics