Qamishlo Center for Early Detection of Breast Cancer (Mammography)

Qamishlo clinic is one of the first primary health care centers of the Kurdish Red Crescent, which has entered its tenth year, includes several departments, one of them Early Detection of Breast Cancer (Mammography) , which stared to serve three years ago and in free, as well as all the services of the organization .
Because we are receiving the Pink Month for Breast Cancer, the center that locate in the western neighborhood (formerly the Blood Bank Center) is intensifying its medical and awareness services, to be part of several activities within the campaign “Don’t kill the life.. Protect yourself “carried out by the Women’s Committee throughout the month in all areas of northern and eastern Syria .

Cholera training to CHW

After havıng many Cholera cases ın NES ,the offıce of Health Educatıon Programm dıd many procedures about this disease and how to prevent it.However community health workers team of KRC conducted many trainings in all KRC facilities to start an awareness campaign to get the beneficiaries to know this disease and how to avoid it.


A Dialogue session, for raisıng the obstetrics and gynecology capacity of the medical staff

Is holding today, in coordination with the Medical Programs Office. Many topics were discussed with 34 midwives and gynecologists from KRC staff:
Explanation about giving birth- labor – speeding up childbirth – postpartum care- Why mothers prefer Cesarean operation and its cons in addition to the way of treatment – Bleeding of the first three months of pregnancy(causes – how to stop and treat it) and definition of Misoprostol and its indication.That was to raise the level of work in those departments.



Kidney disease……. stories of hope in the face of pain

kidney diseases cause annually thousands or maybe millions of deaths worldwide, as the kidney loses its functions gradually and sometimes completely. KRC centers receive about 5000 kidney cases on yearly bases. Mouhamad Ali Amin Aziz 72 -a displaced from Seri Kanie countryside, lives in Tala`a camp is one of the recovery stories.

Women’s services in Al-Sour town

A medical staff consisting of a gynecologist, midwives and nurses receive women through a clinic and a labor department at the medical point in Al-Sour town, us last month the number of beneficiaries during reached to 1080 inspections and 26 natural births where attention to reproductive health, gynecology, pregnancy control and follow-up of women before and after birth, in addition to the department of health education that provides awareness sessions for them.

     

Care of the mother and her child is a key priority in our services

Getting access to essential and proper nutrition for children is one of the biggest health challenges in NES, as malnourished children are more vulnerable comparing to their peers so they are at more risk to get sick.

According to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) more than 232 million children worldwide are suffering from malnutrition, which is the main reason to nearly half of children deaths under 5.

Children nutrition and the care of pregnant woman and newborns program is a key priority in providing secondary and primary health care, which is through package of services like providing health care for the mothers during pregnancy and after giving birth, health awareness about natural birth, breastfeeding, regular checking, obstetrics, providing food, needed medicine and supplements especially in the camps.

Malak and her mother is one of hundreds of success stories that we achieved in our medical and ambulance centers, as our aim is always getting the best level of health for both women and children in all NES

Children’s health is our responsibility

Because we are so careful about the health of displaced children in all camps, Our health education team implemented an awareness campaign for school children this time in Nawroz camp Derik city. The campaign was about lice infection and methods of prevention and treatment, in addition to providing them with medical supplies

   

Anti lice campaign in Al shahba

Head lice are one of the most common types of skin infections among children. It is a concern for children and their families as it takes long time to get rid of it totally.
Our medical teams in Shehaba areas distributed medical supplies for school children in the camps (Brakhadan, Sardam, Afrin, Shehaba- Al-Awda) to avoid this infection. The team explained its symptoms and the way of preventing it, besides how to use those materials.