AMAR-operated primary healthcare centre, Basra
Appeals & projects

Healthcare.

Public and primary healthcare for under-served populations across the Middle East, building on existing capacity for lasting improvement.

Healthcare

The foundation
of development.

Good public health is vital to the long-term development of any community. Without it, social and economic development is restricted and suffering continues, leading to reliance on international aid. AMAR delivers public and primary healthcare to break this cycle and set the conditions for communities to flourish.

AMAR works in partnership with existing state health services to improve and expand the skills and quality of provision, augmenting where required and raising standards to those set by the World Health Organization. It trains local healthcare professionals and managers and provides the resources and knowledge needed for lasting improvements in care.

As of 2026, more than 11 million medical consultations have been provided by AMAR staff.

What the appeal funds

Twelve services,
one system.

Primary healthcare centres

Building and rehabilitating centres to provide access, increase services, develop medical skills and improve community understanding of health.

Rural health posts

Weekly access to care in small and rural areas. Each post is staffed by a doctor and three nurses for consultations, vaccinations and referrals.

Mobile health clinics

Clinics on wheels reaching villages and camps far from fixed facilities, doubling as ambulances in emergencies.

Mother & child health

Every health project targets pregnant women, mothers and children with check-ups, vaccinations and health education, with a female doctor for sensitive conversations.

Reproductive health

Access to help, advice and treatment, including a female doctor where possible, family planning advice and private consultations.

Women Health Volunteers

Local women trained as community health workers deliver advice, public health education and basic care to thousands of families every month.

Health professional training

Regular skills development for state-employed medical professionals, officials, healthcare managers, and AMAR's own staff and volunteers.

Patient transfer

Safe emergency transfer for patients moving between facilities, with mobile clinics deployed as ambulances in remote locations.

Medical laboratories

Full laboratories inside new or refurbished facilities for immediate testing and diagnostic services.

Pharmaceutical services

Equipped facilities and trained pharmacists as part of core primary healthcare staff, so patients have sustained access to medicines.

Medical records

High standards of record keeping and data collection at every facility. AMAR health data also informs province-wide disease surveillance and control.

Environmental health

With local and national government: repairing water supply, building sewage treatment, training business owners on safe workplace and waste practices.

Consultation at Al Khora primary healthcare centre
Consultation at Al Khora primary healthcare centre
Eye examination, Al Khora PHCC
Eye examination, Al Khora PHCC
The Mobile Health Clinic team on an outreach visit
The Mobile Health Clinic team on an outreach visit
Blood pressure check, North Rumaila Mobile Health Clinic
Blood pressure check, North Rumaila Mobile Health Clinic
Dental care, Al Khora PHCC
Dental care, Al Khora PHCC
Dispensing medicines, Mobile Health Clinic
Dispensing medicines, Mobile Health Clinic
A family with the doctor, Mobile Health Clinic
A family with the doctor, Mobile Health Clinic
Reception, Mobile Health Clinic
Reception, Mobile Health Clinic
Monthly staff training, Al Khora PHCC
Monthly staff training, Al Khora PHCC
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