What is International Aid Doing?

Community Based Health Care Framework

Goal

The community based health care framework will revolutionize the health and wellbeing of the world's most vulnerable women and children.

Initiatives

  • Healthcare Services Hospitals, clinics, orphanages, and villages benefit from International Aid basic health services including: vaccinations, pre-natal care, women and children's health, vision screening, and nutrition as well as access to medicine and supplies.
  • Befriend-A-Village Special Projects Partner International Aid staff and volunteers with village residents to improve conditions affect health and wellbeing. Such projects can improve air quality, provide safe water, operate Village Pharmacies, and train and supply traditional birth attendants with sanitary birthing kits and training.

Disease Prevention

Goal

Our innovative disease prevention and control programs on targeted diseases will dramatically improve the quality of life of individuals worldwide.

Initiatives

  • Blindness Prevention and Eye Care International Aid Christian Eye Ministry offers the world's poorest communities modern eye care and ophthalmic services at eye care clinics—often with the help of volunteer ophthalmic specialists and technicians.
  • Surgical Skills Training offers hands-on advanced surgical training courses for surgeons and medical staff confronting the difficulties of performing life-saving and life-changing medicine in developing nations.
  • Lab-In-A-Suitcase® is a portable system of basic laboratory instruments and equipment that can be used to provide clinical diagnoses of diseases on-site in rural areas and under other challenging conditions, with or without traditional power infrastructure.

Products, Equipment, and Knowledge-based Services and Programs

Goal

Our products, equipment, and knowledge-based services will leverage the impact of our worldwide ministry partners

Initiatives

  • Medical Equipment Services supporting health programs and health-based agencies worldwide with essential healthcare items and in developing countries by providing new and refurbished medical equipment, technical support, manuals, training, and advice to increase quality and capacity of local health systems.
  • Medical Equipment Training offers curricula and training to help hospitals in developing nations become self-sufficient and improve health care. IA equips native residents to perform equipment maintenance, repairs, and troubleshoot problems that typically would disable lifesaving equipment permanently.

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