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Establishing NICU at Jaffna Hospital

Watch our 22-minute documentary film highlighting the need for improved pediatric care in Jaffna and the establishment of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital:

Jaffna Amputee Rehab

This 29-minute documentary entitled "Beacon of Hope" chronicles the work of the Jaffna Jaipur Centre for Disability Rehabilitation (JJCDR). The JJCDR is the only center providing prosthetic, orthotic devices, and orthopedic services in the Jaffna peninsula for over two decades. Also, the center provides mobility devices, physiotherapy services, microcredit loans, and student educational grants to the differently abled in our midst. The organization's mission is to reach out to people with limb loss/physical disabilites and empower them through a total rehabilitation program to restore their dignity, rights, and recognition.

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Mannar Amputee Ad

This short ad in Tamil-language describes one of IMHO's current efforts to help rehabilitate amputees in Mannar.

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Cardiac Catheterization Lab

This English-language video entitled "Hope in the Horizon" was produced in Jaffna and describes the need for a cardiac facility at Jaffna Teaching Hospital. IMHO is working with other international non-governmental organizations to raise funds for the construction of this facility.

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Prenatal Nutrition Introduction

This Tamil-language video from Jaffna documents the work done through IMHO's sponsorship of a nutrition program for underweight pregnant women. The video includes footage from classes conducted for nurses/midwives and for the expectant mothers on how to properly utilize the nutrition supplements. At the end, several beneficiaries of the program are interviewed.

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Prenatal Nutrition Follow-Up

New mothers who benefited during their pregnancy from the nutritional supplementation provided by IMHO are interviewed along with their family members in this Tamil-language documentary.

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation

This Tamil language video highlights some of the mental health efforts of IMHO to assist patients affected by war.

Cardiac Care Program

Another Tamil language video demonstrating the impact IMHO has had on improving cardiac care in Sri Lanka. This video focuses on the efforts of assisting the Jaffna Teaching Hospital with a patient recovery room.

Microcredit Program

Helping persons affected by war, poverty, and other hardship to reclaim their livelihoods not only leads to the ability to care for oneself and one's family, but also contributes greatly to their overall mental and physical health. As such, IMHO has supported many such efforts to help people rebuild their lives through microcredit programs and other livelihoods support. You can view this Tamil-language documentary in 4 parts:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

2011 Flood Relief Appeal

Support IMHO Canada's flood relief efforts in Eastern Sri Lanka following the most intense monsoon rains to paralyze the area in more than 50 years.

Pregnant Women Nutrition Program

For the last several years IMHO has been supporting an ongoing nutrition program for pregnant women in the Jaffna District in collaboration with the Regional Directorate of Health Services, Jaffna. This video is Tamil-language.

Mosquito Borne-Illnesses

This video on mosquito-borne disease is a Tamil-language production of Jaffna Teaching Hospital. It details the scourge of mosquito-borne illness.

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Hypertension

One of the world's silent killers, this Tamil language video explains hypertension (high blood pressure) in a simple manner that any patient can understand.

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Diabetes

Diabetes is fast becoming one of the world's great health epidemics. The increasing prevalence of diabetes in populations adapting a Western lifestyle can be seen even in Jaffna, and this Tamil-language patient education video shows several examples of the heavy toll this disease takes on everyday people.

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April 2008 TV Interview

This Tamil-language group interview was broadcast on Toronto-based television channel TVi in April 2008 prior to the IMHO fundraising event entitled "Nalam KaappOm", which benefited the IMHO Prenatal Nutrition Project. Participants in the interview program include the IMHO president and several IMHO Canada board members.

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2005 Tsunami Relief

This documentary from 2005 follows a team of IMHO doctors who provided direct relief in North-East Sri Lanka following the devastating December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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2011 Semi-Annual Meeting

You can view livestream videos of our 8th Semi-Annual IMHO Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on October 2, 2011 by clicking here: http://www.livestream.com/theimhorg

You can also view the semi-annual update by IMHO International President Dr. S. Raguraj here: