Christian Mission Aid
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Aid and Relief
Jesus
called the hungry, thirsty, lonely, naked, sick people of the world His
‘brothers’. Under the umbrella organization of Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), we have been involved in providing urgent care for the southern Sudanese since 1993--primarily in the Upper Nile region. CMA provides the only community medical clinics in this extremely remote area. The bottom line is that if CMA wasn't operating in this area, thousands of Sudanese would suffer and die. More than 82,000 people received care in the CMA clinics in this neglected area.. Through our training programs we have been able to equip Community Health Workers (CHW’s) Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA’s) and Extended Program of Immunization workers (EPI’s).
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PHCC is the main
CMA clinic site with professionally trained staff. We also oversee PHCU’s
(Primary Health Care Units). The PHCC provides the medicines and supervision
for the unit, and the PHCU provides reporting information to the PHCC. The
difference between the Clinic and the Unit is the presence of professionally
qualified staff and equipment at the Clinic, while the Unit has only a
Community Health Worker (CHW) with a basic medicine kit. CMA has modified
this approach with the addition of secondary sites around the PHCC in case
of evacuation. With this model, we won’t have to evacuate sites completely
when the area becomes insecure, which
is a common occurrence due to the ongoing war.
South
Sudan has been termed a ‘tropical disease paradise’ and it lives up to
its title. We
immunize more than 7,000 Sudanese each year (primarily children) against
diseases such as
measles, diphtheria, typhoid, and other diseases that are prolific in
South Sudan.
Summary
& Projections Programs
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result of
the war, Sudan is under constant threat of famine and disease. Almost two million
Sudanese have died from war, famine, and disease and over two
million have fled the war. The war has left the Sudanese with nothing; no
schools, no monetary system, no roads, no running water, no electricity, no food, and no
health care- even though diseases are rampant. The needs are overwhelming.
By
an extended program of immunization, CMA trains local people from
surrounding villages. They gain practical experience in the CMA clinic, and
then walk from village to village providing this lifesaving service, and
then returning to the main clinic for more supplies. They also report back
on what diseases are most prolific, and where more concentrated efforts need
to be made. Our EPI team has earned a reputation of being one of the best
in the OLS community and has been recognized for their outstanding efforts
in the polio campaign.
in Sudan are some of the most stressful and detailed that CMA operates.
Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting all start at the field level with CMA
expatriate staff monitoring the work of the nationals and providing feedback on
the spot. This is essential if we are to attempt to adequately address the needs
represented. We continue to train Traditional Birth Attendants so they can
better assist in their villages, and we are on the verge of implementing the
first ever in OLS ‘Mobile Team’ which will better reach out to the
surrounding villages and be invaluable when it comes to monitoring situations
and preventing disease outbreaks and malnutrition. We continue with
nutritional surveys, emergency food drops, and a vigorous campaign for more
boreholes to provide adequate safe drinking water.