Amani Global Works

Services: hospital. Amani runs a 150-bed referral hospital that includes the following services: (i) internal medicine; (ii) surgery; (iii) pediatrics; (iv) obstetrics and gynecology; and (v) laboratory services. All medical services are free to patients with a special focus on children under five years of age, pregnant women, and the native population, which constitutes 5% of the population and whose life expectancy is 25 years. Clinicsamani currently runs 125 health clinics in north and south idjwi island, and mainland dr congo. Community health workers and neglected tropical diseases. From 2015 through 2017, Amani has trained and then employed 500 community health workers who conduct mass drug administration against three main diseases (soil transmitted helminths, affecting 90% of the population; lymphatic filariasis, affecting 13% of the population; and schistosomiasis, affecting 9% of the population) to more than 290,000 people every six months in idjwi. Amani has recruited, trained, equipped, supervises, and pays another set of 1300 community health workers for outreach to the community in the democratic republic of the congo. They have four main roles: (i) identifying sick and at-risk persons within the service area and initial response (basic treatment and/or escalation to the hospital); (ii) educating members about best health practices (i.e., proper hygiene, prenatal and postnatal care, encouraging immunizations, bed-net distribution and usage, sexually transmitted diseases, hydration and salts for diarrhea); (iii) capturing data about health issues on idjwi; and (iv) broadly dispensing specific medications for certain neglected tropical diseases such as intestinal worms. For fy 2023, they covered a total population of 3.5 million, have had over 28 million daily household check-ins, have treated 928,505 under 5 year old children, have had 20,218 births in facilitis, and have sensistised/ provided family planning methods to 102,126 women.nutrition programs. Amani believes that proper nutrition is fundamental to good program service accomplishments health outcome. This is especially true on idjwi where diseases related to malnutrition are common. Amani has two programs to promote nutritional health. Child nutrition program - our child nutrition program has three components: (i) the community nutrition program that feeds 750 children at the hospital five days a week; (ii) the community nutrition program that provides nutritious supplement to the 1000 children in various villages far away from the hospital, and (iii) the clinical nutrition program for the severely malnourished children with associated opportunistic infections. Family planning. At the hospital and through community health workers, Amani provides education and free family planning options for community members. Girls and boys education. Amani is funding teacher salaries and materials for a 285-student girls elementary and middle school near the hospital to allow attracting and retaining staff to/in idjwi. Amani has undertaken this project to support the community for two reasons: (i) girls have no viable option for getting an education in the area and (ii) Amani believes that one of the key factors in good health outcomes for families and children is the education, empowerment and well-being of girls and women.