The Road to the SDGs

PURPOSE X The health sector in most MCs faces multiple challenges in delivering quality services in line with the needs of the population, particularly the rural poor, the elderly, the very young, the disabled and the chronically ill. Health indicators for the most marginalised groups are worse than the general population, indicating deep inequalities to which the system is currently not responsive. X The late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz entrusted IsDB with the implementation of the Fael Khair Programme (now called King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Programme for Charity Works – KAAP) for poor and disadvantaged people. This Programme is executed in close coordination with the King Abdullah Humanitarian Foundation. X The locations of the clinics (some of which are equipped with solar power) in rural areas lacking health facilities are decided in coordination with the respective governments and local communities. X The aim of the mobile medical units (MMUs) project is to provide medical care in rural areas for needy people in seven Asian countries, using 75 multi-purpose mobile medical units. X The MMU project contributes to SDG 3, with emphasis on reducing communicable diseases associated with child and maternal mortality. METHOD X KAAP launched an MMU project covering the following seven countries: – Yemen, India, and Pakistan (15 clinics each) – Bangladesh and Afghanistan (10 clinics each) – Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan (5 clinics each). X In 2019, eight MMUs went on the road, offering health services to needy people in rural areas in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. By 2020, the construction of 10 MMUs was completed in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and are expected to be fully operational during the second half of 2021. X The MMUs provide several medical services, including primary health care as well as secondary health care in some clinics. In addition to the rapid response and emergency health services provided to the recipient communities, the project also provides training to the local medical staff managing the clinics. X The MMU project targets more than 1.14 A n IsDB poverty relief initiative is bringing much-needed help to underserved populations in many MCs KAAP mobile medical units The Mobile Medical Unit project contributes to SDG 3, with emphasis on reducing communicable diseases associated with child and maternal mortality [ 138 ] SDGs