name: MEDAIR
text: Founded in 1988, Medair is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) independent of any political, economic, social or religious authority. Its international headquarters are based in Switzerland. Its mission is exclusively humanitarian and it accomplishes its work in a spirit of dedication and solidarity, inspired by its Christian values. 
  
  Medair's objectives are to respond to suffering victims in war and disaster situations (especially those which have been forgotten or neglected) through various kinds of emergency and rehabilitative projects. 
  
  Medair employs 50 people in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Holland. In the field, 120 full-time expatriates help populations in difficulty, with the support of 1600 local employees. 
  
  The organisation is certified ISO 9001 at world wide level for its quality management system.
  
  Projects in Afghanistan include:
  
  * Primary Health Care Project in Badakhshan 
  * TB Control Programme â€“ Central Region and Badakhshan 
  * Income Support and Training project for Vulnerable Families in Kabul 
  
  They are currently serving:
  
  * 168,000 people depend on the Medair BPHS (Basic Package of Health Services) programme for access to Health Services in Badakhshan 
  * 44 Clinics supported in the TB programme and 4,940 people receiving food. 
  * 455 Families benefit from Income support and Training in Kabul during the 2005 project period. More than 700 families are taking part in the 2006 project period.
  
  Medair has been working in Afghanistan since October 1996. They have implemented non-food item relief distributions, water and sanitation assistance, shelter projects for returning refugees, food-for-work for urban vulnerable families, drought relief and medical programmes. The medical programmes have included hospital support and health education amongst the poorer communities in Kabul; mobile clinics for IDP affected communities; a baseline health survey and an immunisation campaign in a remote district of Badakhshan province and the support of the National TB Institute. 
  
  Medair have been working in Badakhshan following an initial baseline survey in 2000. From an initial mobile vaccination team the programme has developed into a steadily expanding fixed clinic programme supported by an ever larger network of Health Posts and Community Health Workers. 
  
  Over the course of the programme, Medair has been encouraged by the changes that they have been able to witness in the remote areas. In the extremely conservative parts of Badakhshan, women were initially prevented from visiting the clinic, due to the conservative ideas of their families, even when the women were in a life threatening medical condition. Now many women attend all the clinics regularly and Medair staff have been able to see momentous behavioural change in this area. Previously there was hardly a single male doctor but currently the Medair programme can boast 10 full-time female medical professionals based in the remote clinics alongside their male colleagues.
  
  http://www.medair.org/