Peter C. Alderman Mental Health
Clinics are Centers of Excellence, which serve as
a model for global replication. They are designed for high impact in
regions that have the greatest need and the highest likelihood of success.
Established
in countries where healthcare professionals and physicians
from the ministries of health have already been trained
in the Master Class series.
Partners
with local governments, medical schools and religious
institutions, deeply embedding itself in the country it serves.
Ensures
quality of care and adherence to protocol of treatment
that effectively returns 80% of the patients to productive
lives.
Provides victims
with culturally appropriate and sustainable treatment.
Engages
exclusively local, indigenous caregivers, so that each country
retains the ability to heal its victims without relying
on outsiders.
Offers
spiritual counseling from local religious groups.
Impact studies are regularly conducted to evaluate patient outcomes and staff performance.
Conducts
impact studies to evaluate patient outcomes and staff
performance; funding is provided based on positive clinical outcomes.
The first Peter C. Alderman Clinic
opened in March 2005 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the
second clinic in Soutr Nikum, Cambodia opened in 2006. The first
of three clinics in Uganda was opened in Tororo
in early 2007.