NetHope 2017 Device Challenge

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ORGANIZATION NAME: Independent Doctors Association POINT OF CONTACT: Ahmad Soliman Masri Omar Safadi EMAIL: [email protected] [email protected] PHONE NUMBER: +90 531 911 3587 +90 536 977 0138 Project Location A'zaz. jarablus, Bab Districts in governorate - Duration 12 month. 01/ April /2017 – 31/ March / 2018 Direct Beneficiaries • 350.000 people divided into: • 45% IDPs living in tents • 15% IDPs living among the host communities • 40% host communities and refugee from Iraq • 16% of beneficiaries are men over 18 years. • 24% are women over 18 years. • 60 % are children under 18 years. Indirect Beneficiaries 500.000 people living in the target area Total Budget $283.806,00 NetHope contribution: $250,000 IDA contribution: $33.806,00 i. Problem Statement 5 years of intensifying conflict in Syria have precipitated the greatest humanitarian crisis witnessed in generations. By any measure, the situation has worsened over the course of the past year. Humanitarian and protection needs have reached unprecedented levels and are projected to grow further as the conflict endures. The length, intensity and geographical impact of the conflict is now undermining the resilience capacities of households and communities, with critical consequences on hard-won development gains. Over 250,000 people have been killed and over one million injured, while more than half of all Syrians have been forced to leave their homes, often multiple times. On average, since 2011, 50 Syrian families have been displaced every hour of every day. Inside Syria today, 13.5 million people, including 6 million children, are in need of humanitarian assistance. 11.5 million people in need

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for Health services, 9.2 million people in need for Early Recovery & Livelihood and 5.7 million people in need for Education. Based on 2016 Syria Humanitarian Response plan and 2016-2017 3R plan1

In northern Syria, In the middle of August 2016, the opposition forces supported by Turkish army started an attack aiming to control Jarablus district in the Turkish- Syrian border area northern . This attack allowed to opposition forces to control the majority of Jarablus, A’zaz and Al- Bab districts with population 500,000 DPs. In the beginning of 2014, ISIS forces captured the district and remained circumscribed due to ISIS’s restrictive policy vis-à- vis humanitarian actors as well as insecurity. This policy left the district in isolation from the basic needs of civilians. On other side, The Turkish government and global community began announcing that the newly controlled area will be as safe area for the Syrian IDPs and the early recovery will be the next step of the response.

Based on multiple reports from the humanitarian actors including NGOs and INGOs and UN agencies, the target area in a deep need for multi-sectoral assistant, especially in Education, jobs and managing the health information which this project will help to bridge this need. ii. Proposed Program The proposed program aim to build the capacity of both gender internal Displaced Peoples (IDPs) and strengthen the health information management in the most vulnerable areas of Syria. The proposed approach is to select and train the unemployed people from the IDPs camps based on qualification based criteria to develop an health management information system for the primary and secondary health care centers which enhance the health information infrastructure on the northern Syria while this is a multi-stage program which aims to rehabilitate technical competencies for the displaced people and provide them with the required skills, experiences and equipment to enter the labor market and

1 https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/whole-of-syria/document/overview-2016-syria- humanitarian-response-plan-2016-2017-regional NETHOPE.org 2

develop the technical infrastructure of the health management information system for the primary and secondary health care centers on the region through the following activity plan:

This project will be implemented by 3 teams,

1- Management team (3 staff) who are responsible on overall management of project activities.

2- Trainers team (3 trainers) to train and coach the selected IDPs

3- Trainees team (25 trainees) who will develop the health management information system in order to generate a qualified staff able to manage this system in future.

Stage Duration Outcomes Stage 1 (Planning & Preparing) 3 months • Software requirements specification (SRS)2 • Training center Stage 2 (Capacity building & Design) 3 months • Trained Server-side development team (9 member) • Trained Design and client-side development team (8 member). • Trained Mobile development team (4 android developer & 4 iOS developer) Stage 3 (Implementation) 3 months • Software design description (SDD)3 • An automated health management information system. Stage 4(Deployment & Support) 3 months • Trained Medical staff. • Unified health management information system for primary and secondary health care centers on northern Aleppo/ Syria.

The Health Management Information System (HMIS) is one of the six building blocks essential for health system strengthening. HMIS is a data collection system specifically designed to support planning, management, and decision making in health facilities and organizations. HMIS organizes information on individuals and families—information related to vaccines, family planning, maternal and child health, HIV treatment and support, and other services—and makes it available all in one place, such as a family folder. HMIS will be also an instrument which could be used to improve patient satisfaction with health services by tracking certain dimensions of service quality. Quality can be checked by comparing perceptions of services delivered with the expected standards. The objective of the HMIS would be to record information on health events and check the quality of services at different levels of health care. The importance of patient assessment is a part of the concept of giving importance to patient's views in improving the quality of health services. Expected benefits include enhancing patient satisfaction through improved communication; greater provider sensitivity towards patients; enhanced community awareness about the quality of services; and overall better use of services in the health system. iii. Desired Impact Integrated health information management system covers 350.000 IDPs and host community through 14 health facilities to identify, manage, improve the health needs and services gaps in the target vulnerable area.

2 description of a software system to be developed. It lays out functional and non-functional requirements, and may include a set of use cases that describe user interactions that the software must provide. 3 written description of a software product, that a software designer writes in order to give a software development team overall guidance to the architecture of the software project. NETHOPE.org 3

The Resilience of IDPs communities has been improved through deliver a technical and professional knowledge through 25 IDPs and 17 health care centers. iv. NGO Capabilities Independent Doctors Association, registered in Turkey under the name of Bağımsız Doktorlar ,IDA was founded by a group of doctors in June 2012 .منظمة األطباء المستقلين Derneği, known in Syria as as a response to the humanitarian needs in areas outside of government control in Northern Syria.

IDA is an independent, humanitarian organization, working to provide health care, nutritional and protection services for the people affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and epidemics, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation.4

IDA runs the following in the project target area:

• 1 hospital in Bab Al-Salama border area, with specialized services and 1 specialized pediatric hospital in Aleppo city • 10 PHCs, 4 mobile clinics and 1 mobile emergency surgery unit in IDP camps in ( , Al- Bab and Jarablus districts) and Aleppo city. In addition to 1 mobile dental clinic covering 3 IDP camps • 1 central medical oxygen generation facility and 2 central blood banks in Atareb and A’zaz with 1 branch in Al Atareb • Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and PSS project in 3 IDP camps with PSS services for women • Running of an ambulance system with 11 ambulances for Aleppo governorate in collaboration with Local Councils • Distribution of WHO basic, supplementary and trauma kits and Unicef SEDSL kits, midwifery and obstetric kits for all of Azaz district in 2016 and eastern Aleppo in 2015. • Organized and supported the EPI vaccination project and polio vaccination campaigns

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v. Program Budget

vi. Ability and willingness to share work with broader sector for even greater impact IDA high appreciate to share and implement this project directly or through other NGOs and institution. IDA believes this project is going to generate a valuable system able to be apply in other context. IDA plans to develop a developable system able to be adjust easily to meet with other crisis needs. vii. Additional helpful information IDA is an active member in OCHA Health cluster in Turkey hub, IDA will coordinate and advocate to apply this system in all medical facilities in northern-Syria. Regarding that, a focal group discussion will be contacted by IDA with key organization in the health services in northern Syria, Health Directorate, Beneficiaries and Humanitarian Staff to has their feedback and recommendation during developing the system. IDA has logistic policy to open tender for procurement more than 10000 Euro. IDA has a list of the suppliers which can deliver these devices and will send an email to invite all the suppliers to the tender. The supplier chain includes Apple, Vatan Bilgisayar and teknosa are the main supplier for IDA regarding the technology devices.

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