We are thrilled to share that Addis Ababa health officials have evaluated our clinic and confirmed that it has fulfilled the requirements for a Medium level clinic and have duly promoted our license from Lower to Medium status. We are now serving the community in the following public health areas:
- Immunizations, vaccinations
- Maternal and newborn health treatment (pre- and post- natal care)
- Family planning programs
- Health education programs
- Out-patient treatment
- Patient health data collection, research and analysis
- Community health data collection, research and analysis
Soon we will start providing the following services:
- Labor and delivery of newborn children
- HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)
- Nutritional Education
Although ROMC is a general clinic, 75% of our patients are children under 12 years old. We are working in one of the poorest areas of Addis Ababa. Common patient problems include HIV, TB, URI (upper respiratory infections), bacterial infections (amoebas, typhoid, giardia).
Leading up to our approval as a Medium clinic, we have treated more than 1000 patients. Our Health Education program graduated 190 women from its eight week programs, and we have 150 women on the waiting list. The clinic has over 100 clients receiving contraception and has conducted thousands of health interviews with women in the two sub-cities that surround the clinic. As these numbers show, ROMC has already been an important resource to the community, and now that we have achieved Medium level status, this will only become more so.
Many thanks to everybody who contributed at our fundraiser in February to help make this possible!