Reference :
V-P-SO-E-00362
Date :
07/2008
Caption :
Bakool region, Garanswayn, clinic. Medical examination of a sick child.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The two clinics, that opened at the end of June, are the only health facilities in Bioley and Garanswayn. They are run by the Somali Red Crescent Society with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Each clinic assists a population of 5000 people. Medical service is provided on a daily basis from 8 am to 2 pm.
The clinics are each staffed with a midwife, a registered nurse and an auxiliary nurse. The midwife is in charge of prenatal and postnatal care, the registered nurse treats common diseases in adults such as diarrhoea or malaria and the auxiliary nurse is in charge of dressings and the treatment of wounds.
All together, the Somali Red Crescent Society runs 27 permanent clinics in South and Central Somalia and 5 temporary clinics for internally displaced persons around Mogadishu. ICRC supports the Somali Red Crescent Society in the field of primary health care by paying the salaries of the clinical staff as well as the running costs of the clinics, by providing medical supplies (drugs, dressing materials etc) and training.
The ICRC has been active in Somalia for the past 30 years and is one of the few humanitarian organizations still working there. Each year it distributes relief to more than 500,000 people displaced by the protracted conflict and implements over 300 water-supply, health, agricultural and livelihood projects. It carries out all its activities in close partnership with the Somali Red Crescent Society.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
2592x3872
Orientation :
portrait
Colour/B&W :
colour
