Apr 9, 2020
“Since the closure of our Erbil physiotherapy centre due to the coronavirus outbreak, our main contact with the medical situation in Erbil has been through our clinic’s resident doctor, Dr Anmar. Alongside his work with STEP-IN, providing check-ups and...
Mar 11, 2020
My name is Brenda Hershey, I’m the current field coordinator and manager at STEP-IN’s Dawoodia Clinic. The clinic is situated in Dawoodia IDP Camp which sits at the foot of the Mateena mountain range in northern Iraq, the camp is home to approximately...
Mar 11, 2020
DAWOODIA CLINIC: GENERAL CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED “Throughout February, our community health workers completed their project visiting the caravans in Dawoodia and screening community members for hypertension and diabetes. They also invited each family to a...
Mar 11, 2020
Last week, our HandSAP team left Dohuk city for a camp in the Zakho district of Iraqi Kurdistan. The boot and back seat of their car were full to the brim with stacks of multi-coloured soft floor mats, safety netting (made to measure by our team), an over-sized teddy...
Mar 6, 2020
Originally, the name ‘STEP-IN’ was coined as an abbreviation of the “Saint Elizabeth University’s Project for Iraq in Need”, a Slovak medical outreach programme sent to Iraq to provide aid to those displaced by the 2014 ISIS expansion. In 2017, when...
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