Center for Development in Primary Health Care
Site is being developed … About us: Mission statement of organization: Improve the well being of Palestine families especially those under difficult socioeconomic conditions and have been hardest hit by the current violence, curfews, closures and military incursions Brief summary of organization’s history, goals and key achievements: The Center for Development in Primary Health Care-Al-Quds university is a community based entity that works under the imitative and legal umbrella of the university .the Center was established in 1992 with aim to improve the wellbeing of Palestinians utilizing the development environment and psycho-social models in its interventions .the main objectives include: 1. Upgrade the capacity of local grass root organizations in the rural areas and hardest hit areas affected by current violence. 2. conduct evaluation research to assess the impact of the community based interventions and to make use of success and challenges facing such interventions 3. design and implement psycho-social projects that address the impact of trauma on children and women in the most affected areas 4. Upgrade the village facilities and centers to improve their ability to provide services for local youth children and women. 5. improve the environment conditions through building proper latrines ,rain –fed cisterns and house gardens in the target villages 6. conduct community based education and training courses in the areas of health, environment, women ,income generation and others 7. To design and implement educational and training programs and manuals in community health, psychosocial and environmental dimensions. 8. To foster the development of community based psych-social health education, training and research to address the psych-social needs of the Palestinians especially in remote areas. 9. To promote knowledge, skills and capabilities of local human resources congruent with needs of local health and development settings. 10. To conduct and disseminate information and research findings in the relevant areas. 11. To adapt development experiences and models to suit the peculiarity of the Palestinian community. 12. To provide consultations and conduct research in the area of PHC with focus on children and women. 13. To provide opportunities for exchange of experience with local and international institutes aiming at the development of models in health and health related training/research and education. 14. To act as a health development instrument towards developing national health policies and standards in the efforts to improve quality of health services through training/education and research. Youth Projects: (in process) Training and education in reproductive health and youth health.(Ford Foundation ) This project aims at developing the skills of youth leaders in youth health topics that allow them to become better, managers, educators and trainers for other youth groups. Then the trained youth leaders will conduct youth health awareness activities in five districts of the West Bank. Duration of the project: 1 Sept 2008- November 2009. Main objectives · The training program schedule and topic. o Training needs assessment report o Training material on major topics o Training evaluation report o Training manual Psychosocial Projects: 1. 2. Contact Information: Address: Al-Bireh –AlTal Street.Po Box 4006 West Bank Telephone: 022952767 Fax: 022981526 Email: cdphc@palnet.com