March 6, 2021 – Doha: With funding from the Qatar Fund for Growth (QFFD), the Qatar Crimson Crescent Society (QRCS) is implementing a capability constructing undertaking for well being staff in northern Syria, as a part of the QUEST Well being 2020 initiative.

Lately, exams had been held on the Academy of Well being Sciences in northern Syria, following a coaching program aimed toward constructing the capability of native well being professionals, to be certified to supply specialised well being care providers to internally displaced individuals (IDPs) and to host communities.

The undertaking contains a number of parts to help the well being sector within the area with certified well being professionals, as follows:

1. Prepare new college students in three medical specialties: nursing, emergency and physiotherapy. At the moment, there are 130 college students on the academy (together with 59 1st 12 months college students and 71 2nd 12 months).

2. Prepare 20 medical graduates underneath the medical residency program, in cooperation with the Syrian Council of Medical Specialties (SBOMS) in northern Syria. Hosted by eight college hospitals and coaching facilities, the coaching covers 12 medical specialties: gynecology, pediatrics, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), ophthalmology, cardiothoracic surgical procedure, basic surgical procedure, urology, inner medication, anesthesiology and ENT.

As well as, there are 40 trainers and supervisors to mentor 20 docs in residency applications, which might be coated by the undertaking for 2 years.

Concerning the Qatar Crimson Crescent Society (QRCS)

Established in 1978, the Qatar Crimson Crescent Society (QRCS) is a humanitarian volunteer group that goals to assist and empower weak folks and communities with out bias or discrimination.
QRCS is a member of the Worldwide Crimson Cross and Crimson Crescent Motion, which incorporates the Worldwide Federation of Crimson Cross and Crimson Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross (ICRC) and 191 Nationwide Societies. QRCS can also be a member of a number of GCC organizations, Arab and Islamic, such because the Islamic Committee of the Worldwide Crescent and the Arab Group of the Crimson Crescent and the Crimson Cross (ARCO). On this legally acknowledged capability, QRCS has entry to catastrophe and battle zones, thereby serving as an auxiliary to the State of Qatar in its humanitarian efforts – a job that units it aside from different native charities and NGOs.
QRCS operates each regionally and internationally and carries out worldwide aid and improvement initiatives in plenty of international locations within the Center East, Asia, Africa and Europe. QRCS humanitarian actions embody offering help in catastrophe preparedness, catastrophe response, threat discount and catastrophe restoration. To mitigate the impression of disasters and enhance the livelihoods of affected populations, QRCS supplies medical providers, well being care and social improvement to native communities. He’s additionally lively on the humanitarian advocacy entrance. With the assistance of an enormous community of skilled and dedicated employees and volunteers, QRCS aspires to enhance the lives of weak folks by harnessing the ability of humanity.
QRCS works underneath the aegis of the seven worldwide humanitarian ideas: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.