JIFF's Activities
in Afghanistan
"We would like to continue our activities even if they are small activities."

JIFF's mixed team of Japanese expatriates and Afghans in Kabul, Afghanistan have been providing medical services for Afghan children and mothers.
After more than two decades of unwanted war, Loya Jirga (National Convention) was held in 2002,and Afghanistan's situation began returning to normal. As a result lot of refugees began going back to their homeland. JIFF began expanding its medical services to Afghanistan in September of 2002, to help its people and returned refugees to cope with health problems by providing direct medical care. Thus JIFF established the "Clinic for Mothers and Children" in Karta-i-Seh, in Kabul capital of Afghanistan.
The president of JIFF, Dr. Masaki Tada in the opening ceremony of JIFF Medical Center in Kabul Dr. Masaki Tada with Staff of JIFF Medical Center In Kabul
JIFF Medical Center in Kabul has four main fields: OPD for mothers, a Children Clinic, a Malnutrition Program and a Vaccination program.
Subsection of JIFF Medical Center are: X-Ray, Dispensary, Health Education, Ultrasonography, Electrocardiography, vaccination and Laboratory.
In addition to these, we also provide our medical staff with continuous education to refresh and expand their knowledge.

OBJECTIVE

  • Provide basic medical assistance to a large group of mothers and children.
  • Control diseases through treatment and health education.
  • Prevent disease through vaccination of children and mothers.
  • Provide a malnutrition program that covers 50 malnourished children every day. The distribution of supplementary food for the children is now being carried out every other week.
  • Provide health education to female and mothers of children about hygiene and child care.
  • Decrease the mortality and morbidity rate significantly among children and mothers.

ACTIVITIES
JIFF Medical Center's activities are as follows:
  • Children Clinic examines 250 children daily, screens of malnourished children under the age of 5, control and supervise the Vaccination and Female Health Education Program.
Dr. Shimojo is examining a girl with skin disease while Mr. Jafar (coordinator) accompany him Dr. Asghar is examining a twins malnourished children patient. Mr. Fukushima and Miss Tanizawa (nurses) are assisting for measuring the height and weight of patients.
A scene of Children Clinic inside a tent. Dr. Sultan, Dr. Roqia and Dr. Najib are examining the children. Dr. Kagaya examining a malnourished children
Waiting place inside the tent made by JIFF's staff
  • Malnutrition Program, for children under the age of 5 who are suffering from malnutrition. We distribute supplementary food for them(50 children per day in average).
Mrs. Arakawa (nurse) measuring the height of a malnourished child Miss. Nishitani distributing supplementary food
  • Female OPD, examines 50 mothers per day. They are suffering from infectious diseases, various form of arthritis and anemia.
Dr. Kazem (Rt.) and Dr. Akbar (Lt.) are examining the mothers.
  • Ultrasonography, performs abdominal, pelvic and small parts Ultrasonography (20 patients per day on average)
Dr. Masaki Tada examining a child patient
  • Minor surgery, Vital Sign Check-up and dressing room provides minor surgery and follow up dressing also dressing, as well as of other patients refers from Female OPD and Children Clinic, and also checks the vital signs of all female patients.
Japanese nurse Miss. Ishiki (Rt.) and Miss. Tomita (Lt.) in JIFF Medical Center
  • X-ray department performs simple x-ray imaging. (30 shots per day on average).
  • Dispensary distributes medicine to OPD patients. (500 patients per day on average)
  • Laboratory performs blood, urine and stool examinations (40 patients per day on average)
  • Vaccination Section administrates all available vaccines for children and mothers. (averaging about 70 children and mothers daily)
  • Female Health Education Program (FHEP) a supplementary program that utilizes the wait time for patients and mothers as a way of providing education. (about 300 people per day will listen to the lectures) 
Other activities:

JIFF Medical Center has distributed hospital beds and other used Japanese medical equipment to hospitals inside Kabul and provincial hospitals in Kapisa, Logar and Ghazni.

JIFF's staff have recently found that there was a similarity in atmosphere among outpatients at the JIFF's Mother and Children Clinic as there had been at the former Peshawar JIFF Medical Center. That means that former refugees are really coming back to their homeland. However they have no homes to live in and no jobs to earn money to support their life. They are compelled to lead needy lives just same as before in foreign countries, even after returning to their homeland.

Ms. Sadako Ogata, former UN high commissioner, once described Afghan people as gForgotten peopleh. JIFF would like to continue medical service to prevent the gForgotten peopleh from being forgotten again.


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