Project Report
| Jan 15, 2025
PHCC Report December 2024
By Youssef Aouli | Health Program Manager
Alzahraa Medical Center (AMC) Overview
- Location: AMC is situated between Mankoubin and Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli, Lebanon, operating as a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) under the Alawite Islamic Charity Association (AICA).
- Founding: Originally established as a dispensary in 2008, AMC responded to the critical healthcare needs of one of Lebanon’s most underserved communities.
- Growth: From 2011-2016, partnerships with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) enabled AMC to transition into a full-fledged PHCC in 2016.
Key Historical Developments
- 2008: AMC started as a dispensary.
- 2011-2016: Collaborations with MoPH, MoSA, and MSF enhanced AMC's capacity to offer essential healthcare services.
- 2019-2022: Partnerships with YMCA and Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI) allowed AMC to offer chronic medication and maternal healthcare services.
Recent Projects and Partnerships (2022 Onwards)
3a Salameh Project (2022 - Present):
- Partners: UNICEF, MoPH
- Focus: Ensuring continuity of essential health services, particularly vaccination campaigns, with upgrades like solarizing healthcare centers to address power outages.
REAYA Program (2023 - Present):
- Partners: World Bank, MoPH
- Objectives: Expanding healthcare access for vulnerable Lebanese and displaced Syrians, upgrading infrastructure, training staff, and enhancing service delivery.
Renewed Partnership with MSF (April 2024 - Present):
- Focus: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) management, addressing chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.
- Key Components:
- Comprehensive medical care and treatment plans for NCD patients.
- Capacity-building training for AMC’s staff.
- Introduction of mental health services, including psychological treatments (launched in May 2024)
Services and Patient Impact
- Patient Volume: AMC serves approximately 7,000 patients per month.
- Services:
- General and specialist medical consultations.
- Free access to essential and chronic medications.
- Maternal and child health services.
- Immunization services.
- Emergency response services (in partnership with CRS) during crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Achievements (as of September 2024)
Subsidized Services:
- General consultations priced at 400,000 LBP, specialist consultations at 600,000 LBP.
- Vaccines and medications are provided free of charge, enhancing accessibility for low-income patients.
MSF NCD Program:
- Chronic medication renewals offered at 50,000 LBP.
- Ongoing mental health services started in May 2024.
World Bank Project (2024):
- Launch of a program to distribute medical packages to low-income individuals registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Aa Salameh Project:
- A team of 12 healthcare workers conducting house-to-house visits in Tripoli’s underserved areas, focusing on child health.
Response to Displacement Crisis:
- AMC connected with shelters in Jabal Mohsen, offering free medical services, hygiene kits, and mobile clinic visits funded by UNICEF.
- World Bank Collaboration: Expected to begin distributing medical packages to low-income individuals as of September 2024.
- Ongoing Expansion: AMC is committed to enhancing healthcare access through continued partnerships and service improvements.
Challenges and Responses
- High Cost of Medical Services: AMC subsidizes consultations and provides free medications to mitigate the financial burden on patients.
- Increasing Demand for NCD Services: The partnership with MSF enables affordable chronic care.
- Medication Access Issues: AMC ensures immediate distribution of prescribed medications and facilitates access to free chronic medications through the YMCA and MoPH.
- Displacement Crisis: AMC offers free healthcare and mobile clinic services to displaced families.
Attachments:
![Share on Twitter]()
![Share on Facebook]()
Dec 17, 2024
PHCC Report November 2024
By Youssef Aouli | Health Project Manager
Alzahraa Medical Center (AMC) Overview
- Location: AMC is situated between Mankoubin and Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli, Lebanon, operating as a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) under the Alawite Islamic Charity Association (AICA).
- Founding: Originally established as a dispensary in 2008, AMC responded to the critical healthcare needs of one of Lebanon’s most underserved communities.
- Growth: From 2011-2016, partnerships with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) enabled AMC to transition into a full-fledged PHCC in 2016.
Key Historical Developments
- 2008: AMC started as a dispensary.
- 2011-2016: Collaborations with MoPH, MoSA, and MSF enhanced AMC's capacity to offer essential healthcare services.
- 2019-2022: Partnerships with YMCA and Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI) allowed AMC to offer chronic medication and maternal healthcare services.
Recent Projects and Partnerships (2022 Onwards)
3a Salameh Project (2022 - Present):
- Partners: UNICEF, MoPH
- Focus: Ensuring continuity of essential health services, particularly vaccination campaigns, with upgrades like solarizing healthcare centers to address power outages.
REAYA Program (2023 - Present):
- Partners: World Bank, MoPH
- Objectives: Expanding healthcare access for vulnerable Lebanese and displaced Syrians, upgrading infrastructure, training staff, and enhancing service delivery.
Renewed Partnership with MSF (April 2024 - Present):
- Focus: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) management, addressing chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.
- Key Components:
- Comprehensive medical care and treatment plans for NCD patients.
- Capacity-building training for AMC’s staff.
- Introduction of mental health services, including psychological treatments (launched in May 2024)
Services and Patient Impact
- Patient Volume: AMC serves approximately 7,000 patients per month.
- Services:
- General and specialist medical consultations.
- Free access to essential and chronic medications.
- Maternal and child health services.
- Immunization services.
- Emergency response services (in partnership with CRS) during crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Achievements (as of September 2024)
Subsidized Services:
- General consultations priced at 400,000 LBP, specialist consultations at 600,000 LBP.
- Vaccines and medications are provided free of charge, enhancing accessibility for low-income patients.
MSF NCD Program:
- Chronic medication renewals offered at 50,000 LBP.
- Ongoing mental health services started in May 2024.
World Bank Project (2024):
- Launch of a program to distribute medical packages to low-income individuals registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Aa Salameh Project:
- A team of 12 healthcare workers conducting house-to-house visits in Tripoli’s underserved areas, focusing on child health.
Response to Displacement Crisis:
- AMC connected with shelters in Jabal Mohsen, offering free medical services, hygiene kits, and mobile clinic visits funded by UNICEF.
Challenges and Responses
- High Cost of Medical Services: AMC subsidizes consultations and provides free medications to mitigate the financial burden on patients.
- Increasing Demand for NCD Services: The partnership with MSF enables affordable chronic care.
- Medication Access Issues: AMC ensures immediate distribution of prescribed medications and facilitates access to free chronic medications through the YMCA and MoPH.
- Displacement Crisis: AMC offers free healthcare and mobile clinic services to displaced families.
Upcoming Initiatives
- World Bank Collaboration: Expected to begin distributing medical packages to low-income individuals as of September 2024.
- Ongoing Expansion: AMC is committed to enhancing healthcare access through continued partnerships and service improvements.
Attachments:
![Share on Twitter]()
![Share on Facebook]()
Nov 15, 2024
PHCC Report October 2024
By Youssef Aouli | Health Project Manager
Alzahraa Medical Center (AMC) Overview
- Location: AMC is situated between Mankoubin and Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli, Lebanon, operating as a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) under the Alawite Islamic Charity Association (AICA).
- Founding: Originally established as a dispensary in 2008, AMC responded to the critical healthcare needs of one of Lebanon’s most underserved communities.
- Growth: From 2011-2016, partnerships with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) enabled AMC to transition into a full-fledged PHCC in 2016.
Key Historical Developments
- 2008: AMC started as a dispensary.
- 2011-2016: Collaborations with MoPH, MoSA, and MSF enhanced AMC's capacity to offer essential healthcare services.
- 2019-2022: Partnerships with YMCA and Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI) allowed AMC to offer chronic medication and maternal healthcare services.
Recent Projects and Partnerships (2022 Onwards)
3a Salameh Project (2022 - Present):
- Partners: UNICEF, MoPH
- Focus: Ensuring continuity of essential health services, particularly vaccination campaigns, with upgrades like solarizing healthcare centers to address power outages.
REAYA Program (2023 - Present):
- Partners: World Bank, MoPH
- Objectives: Expanding healthcare access for vulnerable Lebanese and displaced Syrians, upgrading infrastructure, training staff, and enhancing service delivery.
Renewed Partnership with MSF (April 2024 - Present):
- Focus: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) management, addressing chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.
- Key Components:
- Comprehensive medical care and treatment plans for NCD patients.
- Capacity-building training for AMC’s staff.
- Introduction of mental health services, including psychological treatments (launched in May 2024).
Services and Patient Impact
- Patient Volume: AMC serves approximately 7,000 patients per month.
- Services:
- General and specialist medical consultations.
- Free access to essential and chronic medications.
- Maternal and child health services.
- Immunization services.
- Emergency response services (in partnership with CRS) during crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Achievements (as of September 2024)
Subsidized Services:
- General consultations priced at 400,000 LBP, specialist consultations at 600,000 LBP.
- Vaccines and medications are provided free of charge, enhancing accessibility for low-income patients.
MSF NCD Program:
- Chronic medication renewals offered at 50,000 LBP.
- Ongoing mental health services started in May 2024.
World Bank Project (2024):
- Launch of a program to distribute medical packages to low-income individuals registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Aa Salameh Project:
- A team of 12 healthcare workers conducting house-to-house visits in Tripoli’s underserved areas, focusing on child health.
Response to Displacement Crisis:
- AMC connected with shelters in Jabal Mohsen, offering free medical services, hygiene kits, and mobile clinic visits funded by UNICEF.
Challenges and Responses
- High Cost of Medical Services: AMC subsidizes consultations and provides free medications to mitigate the financial burden on patients.
- Increasing Demand for NCD Services: The partnership with MSF enables affordable chronic care.
- Medication Access Issues: AMC ensures immediate distribution of prescribed medications and facilitates access to free chronic medications through the YMCA and MoPH.
- Displacement Crisis: AMC offers free healthcare and mobile clinic services to displaced families.
Upcoming Initiatives
- World Bank Collaboration: Expected to begin distributing medical packages to low-income individuals as of September 2024.
- Ongoing Expansion: AMC is committed to enhancing healthcare access through continued partnerships and service improvements.
Attachments:
![Share on Twitter]()
![Share on Facebook]()
