Health Services for IDPs in Duhok Governorate

Health Facility, District

or Directorate

No. of Patients seen & managed

Hospital Admission

Surgical Operation

Childbirth

Death

Duhok Health District

70222

3439

525

612

30

Shekhan Health District

12995

Bardarash Health District

1015

Sumail Health District

34498

Amedy Health Directorate

12968

Zakho Health Directorate

41973

1226

64

201

41

Akre Health Directorate

6890

100

13

38

1

Emergency (122)

20579

Total

201140

4765

602

851

72

­  Two medical teams sent to Shingar mountain providing health services to displaced people and Peshmarga.

­  The pharmacy department received medicine with a cost of 6.209.292.145 ID of which 75.53% were from KIMADIA - Store.

­  A medical team of more than 10 Kurdish doctors abroad headed by Prof. Hussein Baktash came and worked here providing health services to IDPs. They will support DoH-Duhok also by more than 220.000 US$ for medicine  and medical supplies.

­  From 10^th to 19^th of August, 258614 under five children were vaccinated against Polio, of whom 65310 were IDPs.

­  Eleven teams have worked on public health surveillance among IDPs.

­  6705 child had been vaccinated against measles.

­  From 10^th to 21^st of August, 170 IDP locations were visited, where 5665 families (29023 persons) were located.

­  33.5% of those locations were of poor hygiene and sanitation environment.

­  70.4% of the reported communicable syndromes were diarrhea related syndromes. Of these diarrheal syndromes, 79% were found among under five years children.

­  Nearly two thirds of consultations to and admission in Heevi Pediatrics Hospital were due to diarrhea (3197 of children with diarrhea were reported in this hospital from 9^th to 25^th of August, 2014). 

­  Till now (3) three suspected cases of measles among IDPs had been reported and blood samples taken for confirmation.

­  Follow up of registered TB cases in DOTS program has been done.