More than a clinic
August 17, 2008
A Medi-POD facility has many functions in addition to the provision of front line medical care.
An experienced and qualified medical worker will be recruited to manage the Medi-POD. They will know what services to organise and offer from day one of operation. They will coordinate the services with the hospital acting as the facilities partner.
The volunteers from the hospital partner, the university partner and from overseas will assist the medical worker to quickly establish a programme of services to benefit the local population that will be covered by the Medi-POD. This will include both prevention & intervention programmes.
A disease surveillance system will be established through the mobile phone network so monitoring can be coordinated through organisations with any existing programmes in place.
The Medi-POD will act as an access point for vaccination programmes coordinated by international NGOs and charities.
The medical worker will work closely with the Trade-POD and Edu-POD workers to distribute information on maternal health, child birth, contraception and safer sex.
The facility will provide an HIV/Aids awareness information and counselling services.
Act as a distribution point for Malaria treated bed nets that will manufactured locally or regionally, thus providing employment opportunities.
Act as a delivery point for visiting medical charities – eg cataracts operations
Clean water will be delivered by pipe to the facility from the Play pump water storage tank.
A Computer will be connected to the internet via the Trade-POD facility to access medical information available online and provide timely data to central collection points to assist in medical programmes that encompass the whole region or country.
Geo-POD
August 14, 2008
A sustainable infrastructure facility using locally manufactured units called PODs; the Geo-POD acts as the catalyst for people in developing countries to change their lives.