Indus Hospital
Community Cohort
The IHCC baseline studies were conducted in 2010 to provide information on household demographics and the prevalence of non-communicable and communicable diseases and their risk factors in the Indus Hospital catchment population. Supported through seed grants from the Association of Pakistan-descent Cardiologists of North America (APCNA), the International Society of Nephrologists (ISN), and IRD, and with technical assistance from the University of Texas Health Science Center, this is an ambitious undertaking for Indus Hospital and its partners. Data from the baseline are currently being analyzed and written up for publication.
Tasweer-e-Zindagi
This program aims to understand and address the experiences of people affected by ill health. We are using Photovoice, a participatory research methodology that allows individuals to effectively share a personal perspective on ill health and social problems often absent from the global health discourse. The program was originally piloted through a Challenge Facility for Civil Society grant focused on people affected by tuberculosis and the stigma surrounding this disease.
Community Health Worker Training Program
Funded by the International Development & Relief Foundation (IDRF), this programs aims to develop a cadre of health workers with training grounded in experience in public health, project management, community mobilization, and research. The program focuses on skills development and career guidance for community health workers, and aims to establish a Healthworker Certificate program that is recognized by affiliated organisations.
Diarrhea Treatment
Center (Sukkur, Pakistan)
In September 2010, IRD partnered with the Indus Hospital, Islamic Help (UK) and the World Health Organization to set up a 12-bed Diarrhoea Treatment Center (DTC) in Sukkur, in the midst of the largest natural disaster to hit Pakistan. The DTC provided treatment to 236 suspect cholera patients, and safe drinking water to the Sukkur Civil Hospital, it’s immediate vicinity and families displaced by the floods.