A Community Oriented Primary Care Program is being initiated in the Kilinochchi area covering the entire district and serving 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 will be a Medical Officer of Health, a Divisional Hospital, Divisional Secretariat, and a Primary Medical Unit. The backbone of the program will be Community Health Assistants selected from the community, who will be trained and will 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 lower cost. To initiate the program for the first year IMHO USA will be contributing US$32,250. Eventual plan is to have the program over the entire Northern Province.

IMHO USA is accepting donations for this project.