Project Goals
Routine work goals (“Humanitarian” goals)
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Providing medical care for hospital patients
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Operating outreach clinics in remote villages
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Promoting community health education
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Improving infrastructure for community health and preventative medicine (clean water, sanitation, vaccination, accessibility for HIV & TB patients)
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Improving cooperation with the local health authorities
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Expansion of fund raising and grant making activities and preservation of donor base
Means:
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Dispatching 4 medical delegations per year, consisting of two doctors each (or a doctor and
a registered nurse), for a period of 3-4 months for each delegation. -
Enriching the teams with volunteers from various para-medical fields, as well as medical students.
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Dispatching expert senior doctors in various fields for short duration for treatment of specific conditions and education of local staff.
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Funding basic medication
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Basic maintenance of hospital equipment
Development goals (5 year plan)
Main goal: Upgrading the hospital’s medical services, infrastructure, protocols and preventative care, thereby allowing it to provide proper medical services to the population of Kiboga district.
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Establishment of a structured medical training program for clinical officers and nurses around Kiboga District
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Technical maintenance and returning of functional capacity of medical equipment in the hospital, and addition of equipment according to the most urgent needs
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Improvement and maintenance of physical infrastructure in the hospital
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Promoting a change in the hospital and staffs' conduct regarding both quality of medical care and work integrity
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Promotion of joint medical research
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Recognition of the hospital as a teaching site by the Israeli medical board, in order to enable sending of interns and residence during elective months, and even during ‘basic science’ period
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Establish connections between Israeli hospitals and Kiboga Hospital as “twin institutes"