Create new health professionals in South Sudan

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Summary

The International Medical Corps medical training school creates new health professionals in South Sudan, where fewer than 200 doctors are expected to serve 10 million people.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

IMCs’ school increases the number of mid-level health professionals in South Sudan, which has one of the lowest health indicators in the world. We are offering both nursing and midwife programs, located near the Ugandan border in Kajo Keji County, where we support a civil hospital that services 220,000 residents. In South Sudan, where USAID estimates one in four children dies before the age of five, the medical students are studying to provide desperately needed services.

Activities

We are able to improve health by increasing the number of qualified professionals trained to address basic health care, safe labor practices, infectious disease prevention and treatment. We are providing students with medical textbooks and supplies.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $225
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $99,775
Total Funding Goal: $100,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Through coordination with the Ministry of Health, candidates are selected from throughout South Sudan so that graduates can cover a wide geographic range when they return home to provide services.

Project Message

Kajo Keji Medical School transforms South Sudan’s health care system by increasing the number of people able to practice basic medical care. Our graduates return home with skills to improve health.
- Vidya Mahadevan, Desk Officer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Heidi Saravia,
Development Officer
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
United States
310-826-7800
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Medical Corps

Organization

International Medical Corps (IMC)
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard
#400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
United States
310.826.7800
http://www.imcworldwide.org

Learn more about International Medical Corps (IMC) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Sudan and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Sudan, read the Human Development Report on Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for Sudan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 13, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 31, 2008.

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