1. Universal Health Coverage Conference
22-24 January 2017, Khartoum
EMERGENCY NGO Health Projects in Sudan

2. ABOUT EMERGENCY Provides high standard and free of charge
International Ngo, founded in Italy in 1994
Provides high standard and free of charge
medical and surgical assistance to the
victims of war, landmines and poverty
Promotes a culture of peace, solidarity and respect of human rights

3. Patients treated 1994–2016 over 7 million
EMERGENCY volunteers in Italy organize hundred of events to promote the humanitarian work of the organization, to inform about the reality of war and its tragic effects upon civilian. They also intervened in over 4500 schools giving presentations, distributing teaching and educational materials.
Patients treated
1994–2016 over 7 million

4. National staff trained
over

5. OUR APPROACH
“In accordance with the spirit and the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…”
We believe that the Right to be Cured is a basic and unalienable right belonging to each and every member of the human community

6. The Manifesto for a Human Rights Based Medicine

7. Human Rights Based Medicine Equality - Quality - Social responsibility
The Manifesto for a
Human Rights Based Medicine
“...We therefore advocate the implementation of health systems and projects solely devoted to preserve, extend and improve the life of the people in need and based on the following principles:
Equality - Quality - Social responsibility

8. EMERGENCY in Sudan Over 400.000 patients
Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in Mayo since December 2005
Paediatric Hospital in Port Sudan since December 2011
The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery April 2007
This was the background that formed the rationale for establishing EMERGENCY in 1994 in Milan, Italy. EMERGENCY believes that providing assistance to the victims of war is a practice of peace and solidarity.
Over patients

9. Paediatric Outpatient Clinic – Mayo- Jabal Awlia
2 outpatient clinics
6-bed ward for daily observation
Lab + pharmacy
Ambulance to refer urgent cases to city hospitals.
EPI, antenatal and postnatal care programmes
Health education, growth monitoring, nutrition programmes both inside the facility and through outreach activities

10. Paediatric Outpatient Clinic – Mayo- Jabal Awlia
Since Dec 2005:
Total consultations
In 2016:
Paediatric Cons:
OBI admissions:
Hospital referrals: 1319
OBY consultations: 2069
Outreach beneficiaries: 4779
The project is currently co-funded by EU and Italian Cooperation

11. Paediatric Hospital– Port Sudan – Red Sea
3 outpatient clinics
14-bed ward
4 bed High-dep Unit
Lab + x-Ray + pharmacy
Health education, growth monitoring, nutrition programmes both inside the facility and through outreach activities
The hospital is cooperating with the Red Sea Nursing Academy and with the SMOH Health Promotion department.

12. Paediatric Hospital– Port Sudan – Red Sea
The project is supported
by the SMoH and is
currently co-funded
Italian Cooperation
Since Dec. 2011
Total consultations:
Admissions:
Outreach beneficiaries: 18052
In 2016:
Paediatric Cons:
Admissions:
Outreach beneficiaries: 7299

13. The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery
Khartoum, Sudan
The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery is located in Soba, 20 kilometres south of Sudan's capital city, Khartoum. Construction began in October 2004, and ended in March 2007.
Designed and built by EMERGENCY, the Centre covers an area of 12,000 sqm indoor, on a lot of land of roughly 40,000 sqm on the banks of the Blue Nile.

14. A regional Centre of excellence for cardiac surgery in Africa
In cooperation with FMOH

15. A Centre of Excellence must:
be EQS based
achieve top clinical results
have a transparent and effective management
provide qualified training
contribute to build a Health System

16. A Centre of Excellence must:
Respond to a relevant health priority
Promote international cooperation

17. 3 Operating Theatres

18. 15-beds Intensive Care Unit
The Salam Centre structure includes: SURGICAL BLOCK: 3 Operating Theatres, 15 Intensive Care Unit beds, Sterilization, Catheterization Laboratory. DIAGNOSTICS: Reception, Outpatients Consultation Rooms, Radiology, Ultrasound, Laboratory and Blood Bank, Pharmacy. WARDS: 48-beds Ward (including 16- beds Sub-Intensive Care Unit), Nurses’ room, Physiotherapy, Recreation room for staff and patients, Storage areas.

19. Sub Intensive Care Unit
16-beds
Sub Intensive Care Unit

20. Cath Lab
In eight months activity, 344 diagnostic procedures were performed in the Cath Lab, along with 113 interventional procedures.

21. Out-patient Department

22. Main Facilities
The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surger
Cath Lab X-ray Dpt CT scan Laboratory Blood Bank Physiotherapy
Pharmacy
Technical Services Domestic Services
Guesthouse

23. The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Activities

24. Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is the most common acquired heart disease among children and young adults in developing countries.

25. Of the18 million people currently affected by rheumatic heart disease in Africa, two thirds are children between 5 and 15 years of age.
There are around deaths each year with million people requiring repeated hospitalization and 1 million likely to require surgery in the next 5 to 20 yrs.

26. cardiological consultations
65221
patients triaged
57276
cardiological consultations
6821 surgical operations
2,91% hospital mortality
From April 2007 to December 2016

27. Patients from 26 countries
The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery
14%

28. A successful model for cooperation between Government and NGOs

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