Year of Migrant Health Grant 2022

 
 

In 2022, Hikma Health launched a pilot of the Care Innovation Grant, branded as the “Year of Migrant Health” or YMH. The YMH grant opportunity provided funding to clinics and organizations to implement the Hikma Health electronic health record system (EHR). Clinics and organizations operating mobile or stationary clinics which provide care in resource-limited areas to vulnerable populations, and that were looking to improve their operational efficiency and patient care through the use of an EHR received grant funding to deploy the Hikma Health system.

Read our update on lessons learned coming out of the YMH 2022 grant cycle, and our earlier update halfway through.

2022 Grant Recipients

  • Blue Mission Organization is a community-based and independent Lebanese organization that promotes and protects the rights of vulnerable populations. Their programs include primary health, mental health, education, life skills programs, training and protection. Blue Mission Organization utilizes mobile teams to deliver critical medical services to Syrian and Palestinian refugees, as well as Lebanese host community members. The Hikma Health EHR system will assist the mobile teams to deliver quality care to their patients, ensuring record history is easily accessible in the field.

  • Diabetes Promotions Program Organization (DPPO) utilizes primary healthcare centers to link patients directly to specialized diabetes care units to ensure continuity of care. DPPO hopes to use Hikma Health’s EHR system to make linking patients to follow-up care easier.

  • Ibrahim Khan Jhagra Foundation (IKJF) is based in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has unfortunately experienced acts of extremist violence leading to more displaced individuals.

    IKJF hopes to utilize the Hikma Health EHR system in their clinic to improve OBGYN and pediatric care.

  • Juba Foundation based in Mogadishu, manages health and nutrition projects in over 9 regions in the country. Somalia has more than 2.9 million internally displaced persons, including over 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers. Over the years, 92,000 refugees have returned to Somalia, but continue to face challenges due to conflict, insecurity and the effects of climate change such as cyclical droughts and floods.

  • MedGlobal works to provide free, sustainable healthcare services to refugees, displaced persons, and the most vulnerable in crisis-affected areas and low-resource settings worldwide. Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees currently reside in Bangladesh after suffering ethnic cleansing and persecution in Myanmar. Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh has among the highest concentration of refugees in the world.

  • Refugee Health Alliance provides free holistic medical care in Tijuana to 2 clinics, 30 shelters, and through community outreach.

  • The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic (RCHC) is the only 24-hour clinic providing health care services to 35 communities in the rural area of Tola, Rivas.

    RCHC hopes to use Hikma Health's EHR system to protect patient records previously lost to flooding and to help facilitate community outreach.

  • Saglamliga Khidmat Public Union (SKPU) works to improve access to quality and patient-centered tuberculosis services in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan hosts over over 650,000 internally displaced people and more than 80,000 conflict-affected persons. SKPU plays a vital role in reaching thousands of patients across the country who are at risk of tuberculosis. SKPU intends to use Hikma Health's EHR system to expand their reach in screening, diagnosing, and referring patients to quality tuberculosis care.