The Refugee Health Service will provide basic medical services and act as a health consultation and education center for the 2,000 refugees living in Block G. The Refugee Health Service will improve access to a variety of health-related services. While the health center will not offer full clinical services, it will provide maternal health care by trained midwives, consultation and referral services by trained community health workers, basic medicines to those patients who are unable to make it to the nearest clinic, and community-wide educational workshops and sensitizations about topics such as nutrition and water-borne illnesses.
There has not been a clinic for the 2,000 refugees living in this remote area of Meheba Settlement since 2003. Since then, the community has had very limited access to any clinical services. This has been especially problematic for pregnant women and for those vulnerable people who need frequent health care services, because they are physically unable to get to a clinic. The community also does not have a system to refer serious cases that must be treated at a hospital.
The Refugee Health Service will benefit all demographics of the community. The sick will be offered basic medicines and consultation services from a trained health worker. Trained health advocates will work in the community to find cases that need health care services from the Refugee Health Service office. Women will be offered maternal health care and nutrition education to teach them how to better care for their children. The health center will also benefit those community members who are not sick because preventative education workshops and sensitizations will be offered every month.
