In Pakistan, IbnSina continued to implement its emergency health relief project in the earthquake-affected northern areas of Pakistan.
IbnSina started its interventions in Batagram and Mansehra districts of the North West Frontier Province in October 2005, within days of the violent earthquake that devastated parts of north western Pakistan. Up to March 2006, IbnSina Afghanistan supported four Basic Health Centers, including one in Dadar, and one within the UNHCR-supported Banda Sahib Khan displacement camp, in Havelian. The other two IbnSina clinics were located in Batamorri and Shemlai.
In the second half of the year, IbnSina obtained a No Objection Certificate from the government of Pakistan and was formally registered as an NGO working in the earthquake affected areas. It then established three more clinics in Shungli Payan village in Batagram, and Ranoli and Jijial in Kohistan district. IbnSina clinics were able to assist over 200,000 people, providing essential life-saving interventions.
The IbnSina clinics were visited by various representatives of the Provincial government, district and provincial health authorities, WHO, Unicef, and the Pakistan army, who appreciated IbnSina’s professionalism and genuine service for suffering people.
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