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A GROWING EXAMPLE<br />

Set up <strong>of</strong> field clinics<br />

First permanent health center established in Komikot<br />

village<br />

First children hospital built in New Balakot City.<br />

• Aceh and Jogjakarta Earthquakes-Indonesia<br />

– June 2006 – December 2004.<br />

DWW provided medical aid and volunteer doctors<br />

• Gaza Attacks Since 2006<br />

In city <strong>of</strong> Khan Younis a new trauma center worth<br />

$600,000 was established in cooperation with<br />

another Turkish NGO- the Light House Association<br />

(2006)<br />

Physicians from Gaza were brought to Istanbul,<br />

Turkey for training on trauma and resuscitation<br />

(2006).<br />

<strong>Medical</strong> coordination team sent to Rafah border,<br />

DWW provided urgently needed medicines and 12<br />

ambulances, <strong>of</strong> which 2 were equipped with intensive<br />

care facilities in cooperation with other Turkish<br />

NGOs(2008) 9 .<br />

Three specialist physicians arrived from Gaza to<br />

Istanbul for advanced surgical training in general<br />

surgery, urology and plastic surgery for three months<br />

by experienced pr<strong>of</strong>essors in training hospitals who<br />

are members <strong>of</strong> DWW-Turkey.<br />

• Lebanon war – 2006<br />

In 2006 war in Lebanon, need assessment was made<br />

and DWW sent two and a half containers <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />

and medical supplies worth $750,000<br />

• Swat-Pakistan internally displaced persons<br />

(IDPs) Crisis – June <strong>2010</strong><br />

Mobile clinics and ambulances were sent to treat the<br />

victims; DWW provided basic health care in Mardan<br />

refugee camp for four months<br />

• “Violets <strong>of</strong> Hope” Project – Since 2005<br />

Treatment <strong>of</strong> genital fistulae patients in Niger. These<br />

fistulae are mostly the result <strong>of</strong> obstetric trauma<br />

resulting from poor obstetric care<br />

Eighty six women have been operated upon so far in<br />

Niger<br />

A new hospital will be built only for fistula patients<br />

in Niger in the near future<br />

• “Smiling Children” Project – Since 2007<br />

Surgical treatment <strong>of</strong> cleft lip/palate<br />

Surgical treatment <strong>of</strong> children with hypospadias.<br />

So far in Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Yemen<br />

and Syria: More than 1500 elective patient<br />

examinations and approximately 400 operations have<br />

been performed<br />

• Africa “Eye Light” Project – Since 2005<br />

Treatment <strong>of</strong> preventable lack <strong>of</strong> sight and other<br />

visual diseases<br />

In Sudan, Niger and Kenya so far approximately<br />

1000 cataract patients were operated upon<br />

• Circumcision Campaigns for needy children<br />

– Since 2005<br />

Approximately 150,000 circumcisions were<br />

performed so far in Democratic Republic <strong>of</strong> Congo,<br />

Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and Georgia<br />

• Qurbani Campaigns – Since 2005<br />

31,491 share <strong>of</strong> Qurbani distributed in some African<br />

countries such as Democratic republic <strong>of</strong> Congo,<br />

Kenya, Ghana and Niger in the last six years.<br />

Rehabilitation, reconstruction and medical<br />

education:<br />

Doctors Worldwide is putting a lot <strong>of</strong> effort and time<br />

to establish projects in this regard. The major<br />

projects that have been undertaken so far and still<br />

going on are:<br />

• Capacity Building Projects in Democratic<br />

Republic <strong>of</strong> Congo Since 2005. 10<br />

Maternity clinics and hospitals, HIV/AIDS<br />

prevention programs, and Poverty reduction<br />

programs<br />

DWW Qurbani 1428 H in Congo<br />

<strong>FIMA</strong> <strong>Year</strong><strong>Book</strong> <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong><br />

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