The Centre has a 6-bed paediatric ward for daily observation; an ambulance ensures immediate referral of urgent cases to city hospitals. Local doctors and nurses work side by side with an international paediatrician and nurses. Six community health promoters go around the camp on their bikes to find sick children, to give hygiene advice to the patients' families and to check up on the proper use of the prescribed therapies.

EMERGENCY has started an outreach programme in different areas of the IDP camp: the staff of the Paediatric Centre organizes health education sessions, screening for malnutrition and prenatal care for pregnant women, as well as vaccination programs in collaboration with the local Ministry of Health.

50 children are examined every day by nurses and doctors in the Paediatric Centre in Mayo