Healthcare
Current Health Conditions in the Apuk Padoc Communities
Akop, the Apuk Padoc Community capital has one poorly equipped community primary health care unit, which has next to nothing in the way of medical supplies, and is staffed by entirely un-skilled personnel. The death toll for the area and generally many places in South Sudan caused by various disease outbreaks each year is literally astounding. It is quite obvious that many diseases that are virtually treatable never get attended to in this region because of the lack of medical services and personnel. Mortality rates for children under age five are daunting. According to World Health Organization in April 2007, 11,000 cases of meningitis and 660 deaths were reported in Southern Sudan. During the same period, 5200 cases of acute watery diarrhea and 140 deaths were reported. Also, 470 cases of measles and 14 deaths were reported in the districts of Warrap State, of which the Apuk Padoc Communities are a part.
Lack of medically trained personnel, in addition to the lack of good quality drugs, is also responsible for the majority of mortality related cases reported annually in Southern Sudan.
Maternal health in Southern Sudan is considered the world’s worst. Maternal mortality is 2037 per 100,000 births indicating why it is the world’s highest (UN and SMOH 2006). In the Apuk Padoc Communities the majority of births occur at home, with extremely rare doctors’ attendance. Children rarely receive immunizations against the numerous childhood diseases. Infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory ailments, malnutrition, famine, and poverty are the major killers in Akop Padoc Communities and Southern Sudan as a whole.
Health services and education as preventive and treatment measures are critically needed to improve the current health conditions of Apuk Padoc Communities. Numerous disease outbreaks that occur annually in Southern Sudan relate to poor health system and poor hygienic practices.
Health Programs
Clinics
There are no hospitals or well-equipped health clinics anywhere in Apuk Padoc Communities. Life expectancy at birth is lower than 50 years for these villagers. One of the major roles of the Machara Miracle Network is to build health clinics in Apuk Padoc Communities and provide health supplies. We also want to bring in regional trained medical professionals and solicit for health volunteers in the United States and East Africa to come to South Sudan on expedition to provide critical services like surgery and to train community members on simple preventive health care techniques. Provision of health facility that has comprehensive services is very essential in our dreams to improve human survival in the district. The Machara Miracle Network is asking for individuals and foundations’ financial support by either donating a full cost of facility, or any affordable amount. A donation of $50,000 or more will help build and equip one health clinic in Apuk Padoc Communities.
Social Education
In highly illiterate societies, lack of knowledge in modern science tends to mediate ignorance about the health defects associated with various social and environmental conditions. Basic health sanitary practices, such as washing hands after deficating and application of conventional water treatments such as filtering and boiling, tend to be commonly lacking in Apuk Padoc Communities. Latrines of any kind are as well lacking.
Machara Miracle Network offers community’s social education by means of trainings that address various health matters affecting the community, personal hygienic practices, child protection measures, maternal health, and water treatments.
Subjective Outcomes
* Improved adult, maternal and child health
* Improved economies of scale
* Improved community’s overall health and social conditions
Current Health Conditions in the Apuk Padoc Communities
Akop, the Apuk Padoc Community capital has one poorly equipped community primary health care unit, which has next to nothing in the way of medical supplies, and is staffed by entirely un-skilled personnel. The death toll for the area and generally many places in South Sudan caused by various disease outbreaks each year is literally astounding. It is quite obvious that many diseases that are virtually treatable never get attended to in this region because of the lack of medical services and personnel. Mortality rates for children under age five are daunting. According to World Health Organization in April 2007, 11,000 cases of meningitis and 660 deaths were reported in Southern Sudan. During the same period, 5200 cases of acute watery diarrhea and 140 deaths were reported. Also, 470 cases of measles and 14 deaths were reported in the districts of Warrap State, of which the Apuk Padoc Communities are a part.
Lack of medically trained personnel, in addition to the lack of good quality drugs, is also responsible for the majority of mortality related cases reported annually in Southern Sudan.
Maternal health in Southern Sudan is considered the world’s worst. Maternal mortality is 2037 per 100,000 births indicating why it is the world’s highest (UN and SMOH 2006). In the Apuk Padoc Communities the majority of births occur at home, with extremely rare doctors’ attendance. Children rarely receive immunizations against the numerous childhood diseases. Infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory ailments, malnutrition, famine, and poverty are the major killers in Akop Padoc Communities and Southern Sudan as a whole.
Health services and education as preventive and treatment measures are critically needed to improve the current health conditions of Apuk Padoc Communities. Numerous disease outbreaks that occur annually in Southern Sudan relate to poor health system and poor hygienic practices.
Health Programs
Clinics
There are no hospitals or well-equipped health clinics anywhere in Apuk Padoc Communities. Life expectancy at birth is lower than 50 years for these villagers. One of the major roles of the Machara Miracle Network is to build health clinics in Apuk Padoc Communities and provide health supplies. We also want to bring in regional trained medical professionals and solicit for health volunteers in the United States and East Africa to come to South Sudan on expedition to provide critical services like surgery and to train community members on simple preventive health care techniques. Provision of health facility that has comprehensive services is very essential in our dreams to improve human survival in the district. The Machara Miracle Network is asking for individuals and foundations’ financial support by either donating a full cost of facility, or any affordable amount. A donation of $50,000 or more will help build and equip one health clinic in Apuk Padoc Communities.
Social Education
In highly illiterate societies, lack of knowledge in modern science tends to mediate ignorance about the health defects associated with various social and environmental conditions. Basic health sanitary practices, such as washing hands after deficating and application of conventional water treatments such as filtering and boiling, tend to be commonly lacking in Apuk Padoc Communities. Latrines of any kind are as well lacking.
Machara Miracle Network offers community’s social education by means of trainings that address various health matters affecting the community, personal hygienic practices, child protection measures, maternal health, and water treatments.
Subjective Outcomes
* Improved adult, maternal and child health
* Improved economies of scale
* Improved community’s overall health and social conditions
Ever since 1983, 2 million persons have been reported as dieing in the South of Sudan from disease, poverty and famine. The majority are children and women who are incapable of escaping these maladies. The rate of mortality for infant is 150 per 1,000 live births and 250 per 1,000 for those under the age of five. With all deaths combined, 57 percent of the total percent is for persons under the age of five.
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