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  • IMHO's mission is to develop and improve healthcare, education, and
    infrastructure in underserved regions worldwide.

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Our Vision

  • We envision a world whereby all persons have access to health and medical care and are able to lead healthy, productive, and meaningful lives.

Dr. Kumaran's presentation at the AGM of IMHO in San Francisco on the 1st of June 2024

A Paradigm shift in the delivery of HealthCare Services. “A Community Oriented Primary Care Program is in effect in certain areas of Kilinochchi and eventually will cover the entire district and serve 200,000 people, under the supervision of Dr. S. Kumaran M.B.B.S, M.D. (Family Medicine) Senior Lecturer, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, focusing on Primary, Curative and Preventive care. The stakeholders are a Medical Officer of Health, a Divisional Hospital, Divisional Secretariat, and a Primary Medical Unit. The backbone of the program is Community Health Assistants selected from the community, who has been trained and help to conduct Family Planning Clinics, Immunization Clinics, Community-based rehabilitation and Palliative care through home visits, Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Health Empowerment Programs and School based adolescent health promotion programs. Active public participation will be enhanced through a well-planned activity called Community Health Empowerment Project. Public involvement is enhanced by revitalization of local Mother’s clubs, School Health Clubs and Elder’s Welfare societies. The project aims to strengthen Primary care services through the government health system by promoting public involvement in health promoting activities. The care rendered will be person centered, team based, community aligned to achieve better health and better care at a lower cost. Eventual plan is to have the program over the entire Northern Province.

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Appealing for donations to provide lenses for cataract surgery.

There is a significant increase in the request to provide lenses for cataract surgery from ophthalmologists and hospitals in Sri Lanka. Cataract is the most common cause of blindness which could be easily cured with intraocular lens implantation and is highly cost-effective. Most of the patients will have a meaningful life and many are able […]

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Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow

On our charity-based sabbatical to Sri Lanka from mid-February ‘till the end of March ’24, our travels took us to all four compass points of the island and very many points in-between. This, our third visit, was even more immersive than the previous field trips and the luxury of time presented us with a glorious […]

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IMHO is donating a Machine to Break up the kidney stones to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

Kidney stones are a major problem in Sri Lanka. It is a major cause for kidney disease and blocking the passage of urine. The calcium content of the water is most probably a major contributing factor. About 20 – 30% of the stones have to be removed either by surgical interventions or by lithotripsy. lithotripsy […]

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Outpatient Cancer Early Detection Center at Jaffna Teaching Hospital and Cancer Awareness Program

The management of Cancer patients has been largely inpatient Hospital-based care. With the recent advances in the understanding of the disease and improvements in supportive care, patients are increasingly being managed in the outpatient setting. This significantly cuts down the waiting time to get the care prevents unnecessary admissions and optimizes the use of inpatient […]

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