The Health Clinic provides education,
preventative and curative health services for women at all stages in the life
cycle, including family planning services, prenatal services, and treatment for
infertility and sexually transmitted diseases. The Clinic is well-furnished
with required basic medical equipment and also has an up-to-date laboratory to
provide medical tests and a pharmacy to supply women with medicines and
vitamins. Among the WHC’s most important programs are breast cancer
prevention and early detection, as well as psycho-social support and a pap
smear screening for detection and prevention of cervical cancer.
270 women regularly attend a series
of programs run by the Sports and Physiotherapy Unit including exercise
for fitness and weight loss, and for pregnant and postpartum women, as well as
make use of the Health Center’s sauna. The Skin Treatment Unit also
provides consultations and related services on skin care for 234 women on a regular
basis.
The Psychosocial and Legal Advisory
Unit offers psychosocial counseling services and legal support services to
427 women on a regular basis; during emergency periods, this number reaches close
to 600. The unit also works to promote the participation of men in supporting
women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health.
The Community Education Unit undertakes a
wide range of education and awareness activities for women and the broader
community on issues addressing women’s concerns including reproductive health,
women’s rights, preventing violence against women, civic engagement and public
participation, and building healthy families. In addition to activities at the
Center, community educators regularly undertake field visits, psychosocial
support, and public education, early detection awareness campaigns and other
in-community activities. Community education activities, like all
activities undertaken at the WHC, are designed to raise women's awareness
regarding their status and to empower women to promote their rights, as well as
to support and contribute to increased sensitivity towards the issues, needs,
and rights of women within the community. To this end, together with women
using its services, the Center also organizes public meetings with decision
makers, like representatives from the Ministry of Health, NGOs and human rights
organizations, lawyers, and others), and protest marches, like the recent one demanding
provision of treatment for breast cancer.