Our Beirut and Tripoli medical clinics are equipped with modern medical equipment to receive students from our school health program, senior citizens from our elderly health care program and orphans sponsored by Ajialouna. The clinics accommodate beneficiaries for regular health checkups and provide several specialized services for patient care which include:
City/ Town:Â Mount Lebanon, North, Akkar, and Bekaa Governorates Â
Project Duration:Â One YearÂ
Goal/ Purpose of the Project: Â To increase reach and improve access to health outcomes for underprivileged individuals and patients (Lebanese and Refugees) in remote areas and communities by providing primary health care via mobile health clinics.Â
Target Beneficiaries:Â Underprivileged Lebanese and Refugees of all age groups living in remote areas in Mount Lebanon, North, Akkar, and Bekaa with limited access to healthcare services
Aim of the Project:Â The aim of the mobile clinic is to provide onsite primary healthcare services and free medicine to patients in need. Â
Patients who need diagnostic tests (laboratory and radiology) or more specialized consultations will be referred to health facilities contracted by Ajialouna. The organization will cover the costs of these services and will provide patients with medications as needed. All these services will be provided for free to beneficiaries.
Phase one: started yesterday the 25th of October in Denniyeh “قرصيتا” will be located in 6 focal points” 3 in Denniyeh” & “3 in Akkar” covering 60 villages.
Located within Ajialouna’s medical clinics in Beirut and Tripoli, two pharmacies are supervised and managed by full-time pharmacists and volunteers. All services and medications are provided 90% free of charge.
90% of the medication is purchased directly by Ajialouna from medical distributors and the rest is donated from drug companies, hospitals, and private clinics.
LAUNCHED IN 1995 WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION APPROVAL, THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM IS ONE OF AJIALOUNA’S PIONEER PROJECTS CONSISTING OF DENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICSÂ
Managed by a medical health team of professional doctors, dentists, registered nurses, pharmacists, and administrative volunteers, the program provides elementary students in 30 public schools (15 schools in Beirut / 15 schools in Tripoli) with routine medical screening. Family medicine doctors and pediatricians consult, diagnose and follow up with students in elementary public schools and their families.
Medication, diagnostic physiotherapy, and hospitalization when needed are provided and covered by Ajialouna. At the beginning of each academic year, newly enrolled students undergo a general physical screening, and then are:
Entering into our 10 year, Ajialouna’s Medical Hotline program was launched in 2015 to provide an opportunity for low-income patients in need of medical treatments and hospitalization the opportunity to apply for medical funding.
The program allows for patients in need of financial support to receive a review of their submitted case for time-sensitive treatments and emergency operations. Within 24 hours, a medical applicant’s request is reviewed, assessed, and verified by our social and medical validation team.
Due diligence is carried out by verifying the information and documents submitted, including a patient’s medical history, social status, and verifying the credentials of physicians and medical facilities.
Approved cases have funded the difference between what is covered by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) or the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) by Ajialouna, with payments made directly to hospitals and healthcare facilities.
Established in 2009, The Life Petals Children Cancer Fund at Ajialouna supports children battling cancer and their families to cover 100% of their treatment costs. The fund covers all costs related to surgeries, treatment plans, and medications for children in their fight against cancer.
Children receive medical sponsorship throughout their course of treatment through remission, with an average course treatment of two years. Dedicated donation boxes can be found across a variety of locations including at pharmacies, schools, supermarkets, and retail shops across the country. Ajialouna also raises funds for the program through fundraising events to secure costs and treatments and cover additional lab work and treatments for children.
The Life Petals Fund has supported more than 1500 children diagnosed with cancer for over 16 years.
Ajialouna has been a leader and a supporting partner when it comes to NGO medical and healthcare in Lebanon.Â
In 2014, Ajialouna provided a bus which with the help of its donors was converted into a mobile medical clinic, out-fitted with equipment and medical supplies to diagnose and treat patients. The mobile clinic performed rounds in the Bekaa region IKLIM and Northern Lebanon visiting refugee camps and United Nations operated schools led by teams from UNICEF.Â
The medical team of relief volunteers and healthcare workers from the American University of Beirut performed examinations and dispensed medication 100% free of charge. Between 2001 through 2015 Ajialouna’s mobile clinic allowed for the treatment of 410,503 cases in Lebanon.
The mobile clinic is positioned across 6 focal points — 3 in Denniyeh (قرصيتا) and 3 in Akkar — ensuring healthcare coverage for 60 villages.