Healthcare

Singapore International Volunteers, comprising professionals from IMH, will work with 50 mental health practitioners from KSFH, TPO Cambodia and the Caritas-CCAMH. They will exchange knowledge, skills and best practices to better manage and treat psychiatric emergencies (focusing on agitation, aggression and suicidality) and mood and anxiety disorders. A group of 12 Master Trainers will be equipped with relevant skills to train other mental health professionals. This helps to amplify the project’s impact and sustainability. The project will focus on the clinical intervention, development of a framework for psychiatric emergencies and patient education materials on common mental health conditions. The project is expected to benefit 30,000 patients in Cambodia by 2024.

A team of Singapore International Volunteers comprising occupational therapists from KKH will train 50 special education (SPED) practitioners from YPAC Jakarta and other participating SPED institutions. By 2022, these SPED practitioners will be able to execute fundamental behaviour management strategies for the children they work with. They will be able to match developmental milestones to various activities performed by the beneficiaries, teach self-care skills, and assess and document beneficiaries’ progress. The project is expected to directly benefit 2,000 members of the Indonesian community, including patients and their families, teachers, volunteers, and supporting therapists.

“This programme has allowed us to improve our knowledge on how to handle special needs children, especially in terms of school-based of occupational therapy development processes.”

Mr Muhammad Hidayat Sahid

Occupational therapist from Universitas Indonesia

A team of Singapore International Volunteers (SIVs) from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and SingHealth Polyclinics will conduct training workshops, provide technical assistance, and undergo protocols review with Maternal and Child Health (MCH) professionals in Tamil Nadu. The project is expected to impact both healthcare workers, such as doctors, nurses, midwives and anesthetists, as well as mothers and newborns in Tamil Nadu. Through clinical training, about 144 local MCH professionals will gain skills and knowledge to better identify and manage obstetrics and neonatal emergencies and high-risk pregnancies. Furthermore, identified Master Trainers will receive additional training to train other MCH professionals in the community. An estimated 20,000 mothers and newborns are expected to be positively impacted from the project.

Singapore International Volunteers will train about 180 Myanmar healthcare professionals in the latest standards of care and share best practices. Participants’ enhanced skills and knowledge will benefit at least 30,000 patients across three years. Participating hospitals and institutions include the National Rehabilitation Hospital, North Okkalapa General Hospital, Yangon Orthopaedic Hospital, Mandalay General Hospital, University of Medicine 1, and University of Medicine 2. The project is expected to improve the delivery of comprehensive trauma rehabilitation to benefit 30,000 patients in greater Yangon.