Health Care Haiti, Health Care Tanzania, Health Care Sudan

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You'll find IMA World Health in many places ... from remote villages where families must travel for hours to reach the nearest hospital ... to government offices in capital cities around the world ... to one-room community clinics run by local churches. Wherever we go, work with the local people, the government health department, and other nonprofit organizations to tackle the root causes of disease and improve the health of whole communities.

Here are just a few of the places where IMA World Health works, and examples of our programs:

	Democratic Republic of Congo, West Africa Before civil war broke out in Congo, the nation’s leaders designed a plan to divide the country into health zones. Each health zone had hospitals and clinics staffed with trained health personnel to care for the people living in their zones. During the civil war, these hospitals and clinics were looted and destroyed. With the return of peace, IMA World Health entered into a joint project to rebuild the health zones. That work began in 2000; currently the program delivers basic health care services to approximately 10 million people in more than 60 health zones.
	Haiti, Caribbean Islands Independent programs that currently treat and prevent two Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Haiti are in the process of being combined into a single, national program. During the initial phase of this project, IMA World Health will support mass drug distribution for both Intestinal Parasites and Lymphatic Filariasis (a disfiguring parasitic disease that often results in Elephantiasis) to approximately 2 million people in three of Haiti's 10 geographic Departments: North, Northwest, and Artibonite.
	Tanzania, East Africa While Tanzania is one of the most stable African countries, it is also one of the poorest. As is the case throughout Africa, Tanzania is being confronted by pandemic levels of HIV/AIDS. IMA World Health works with the Tanzania Ministry of Health and local Christian organizations to provide training and drugs to treat HIV-infected adults and children. We also work with village leaders and volunteers caring for the sick and dying in their communities.
	Southern Sudan, East Africa Building upon IMA’s success with similar programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, IMA is now working with South Sudan’s Ministry of Health to launch a $26-million program to provide basic health services in Southern Sudan. Funded by the World Bank’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund, the 40-month effort will establish and improve basic health care services in the states of Upper Nile and Jonglei, where populations total approximately two million.
	India, Southern Asia In India, IMA World Health supports the treatment and prevention of lymphatic filariasis (LF), a parasitic disease that often results in elephantiasis, producing swelling of the legs, feet, and arms. Elephantiasis stigmatizes victims and robs them of the ability to earn a living. Our work includes procuring and distributing medications, training health care workers in diagnosing and treating LF, and community education programs geared at preventing this debilitating disease.