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The Kalthok Clinic

Abraham Awolich, with support from the Isakine Foundation opened SUDEF’s first clinic in Kalthok, Southern Sudan in 2007 as a result of his first visit back to Sudan in 2006. During Abraham’s first visit home after 19 years of separation there was a cholera outbreak in his village. With no medical clinics or hospitals nearby the villagers had difficulty containing the disease and many people in the village suffered and died. This visit vividly demonstrated to Abraham the enormous and immediate need there was for medical treatment and prevention in Southern Sudan.

As a direct result of this visit and community forums held in Minkamman and Kalthok Abraham formulated a plan to build a local clinic in Kalthok that would serve the surrounding area. Currently, the Kalthok clinic operates out of a small building recently renovated with a verandah, pharmacy and office space for staff. The clinic is staffed and run entirely by the local community. Patients await treatment on the verandah or under a huge tamarind tree in front of the clinic and the medical assistant and staff work out of the office.

The clinic serves a population of roughly 25,000 in an area that covers 11 villages. The primary operating cost is the purchase of medications and personnel. The clinic staff is funded in part by foundation grants and through collaborating with government agencies in Sudan.

Below are some statistics gathered during a 4 month period during 2009. This graph demonstrates the type of illness, disease and trauma the clinic is seeing on a regular basis:

KALTHOK CLINC REPORT 2010

FROM: JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL

Diseases Male Female Total

Malaria 194 276 479

Upper respiratory infections 128 115 243

Lower respiratory infections 32 32 64

Watery diarrhea 58 41 99

Bloody diarrhea (dysentery) 24 20 44

Common Disease

Intestinal parasite 47 44 86

Eye Infection 60 44 104

Skin Infection 76 52 128

STD 11 16 27

Sever malnutrition 61 42 103

Anemia

Injuries - Burn wound 24 7 31

Whopping Cough

Other diseases 64 47 111

Grand Total 821 776 1,597

Miscarriages 7

Delivery at clinic 1

Tuberculosis - 5 cases under treatment in Bunagok CCM Organization

Reported cases of Death during 4 month period

5 deaths from malaria

Children with Measles - 9 deaths

Watery diarrhea - 2 deaths

The Maternal & Child Health and Training Unit at the Kaltok Clinic aims to reduce both maternal and infant mortality rates in the Kalthok region in South Sudan. This unit will be dedicated to providing information to expectant and nursing mothers on prenatal care and identifying risk that may lead to complications for either mother or child. The project will train health care providers, specifically birth attendants on the fundamentals of prenatal and postnatal care and improved techniques and equipment for providing birth assistance.

The overarching goal of the Maternal & Child Health Unit is to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates. To achieve our vision we have three objectives:

Objective 1: Create a space dedicated to maternal and child health at the existing Kalthok Clinic

Objective 2: Provide care and information to mothers during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum.

Objective 3: Timely referrals and transport of mothers and babies with complications beyond the clinic’s capacity to near-by hospitals.

We invite you to join us in helping this community improve the health and well-being of mothers and children. With your support we can answer this call.

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SUDEF is seeking donations of medical supplies to equip our Maternal Health Unit and clinic.

We need protective gloves, rubber bulb syringes (for suctioning infants) and other many other supplies. Contact us for more information on how you can help.