JSI work in Pakistan Refugee Camps Highlighted

January 2010: Despite increasing conflict in Pakistan, the USAID-funded The Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) continues to work in conflict areas, and is providing services to women and families in refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) camps. PAIMAN's work in establishing emergency birthing centers as well as mobile medical camps has been highlighted in the most recent edition of the USAID newsletter, Frontlines.

The PAIMAN Project has worked to improve maternal and child health throughout Pakistan since 2004. By empowering women and building trust, PAIMAN is helping create stability in conflict districts. While focused on health, PAIMAN's accomplishments are not just limited to health. The project has reached almost 5 million women and their families, as well as the health care providers who serve them, in some of the most remote areas of the country. The project has not only improved health-seeking behavior but created more appreciative and stable communities.

The project has also found that engaging communities in improving their local health facilities has caused community members to protect those facilities during unrest. In fact, U.S. government-supported facilities were protected from being burned down during rioting and donated ambulances not destroyed.

JSI has also highlighted the work in the conflict areas in a feature story

Read the Frontlines article