Lack of health facilities in the majority of villages and small towns deprived the community from the minimum coverage by the primary health care services. The inadequate financial resources, shortage of the medical staff and non availability of medications and medical equipment are of the main reason behind this.

Heevie started a wide assessment process for the region aiming to build up a strong skeleton of health facilities being able to fill the existing gap in the health service provision in the region. Here came the idea of establishing the “Community Health Houses”. The project was started by putting prefab buildings and doing the necessary rehabilitation and renovation of others in more than 16 villages in Ninewa governorate. The next step of the project was recruiting the medical staff and procuring the necessary medication and medical equipment and supplies for these facilities.  The staff is selected mostly from the same locations after the necessary training was performed.

During the last two years, the list of the villages supported have shown some changes due to the events in the region, the overall villages served during the different time periods of the projects reached around 18 locations to settle finally  with 13 villages.

The project of Community Health Houses is implemented by the support of WHO in coordination with DOH Duhok. By now, it is serving more than 25,430 people in 13 villages and towns, during the years 2018, about 57,985 patients have received the treatment within the project.

Heevie organization has provided on the site curative health services in 13 villages with CHH project during 2018, including: Masaka, Kalhe, Shebana, Ein Jheshiya, Tal Musa, Aliyouka, Che Khire, Sahal Hamad, Tal Khidher, Kubane, Derstone, Tal Adas and Badrike villages in Talaafar and Tilkef Districts.

• Total of (13) locations / villages with community health houses were covered.
• Total of consultations during the year 2018 were ( 57,985 ) as shown below: