Rapidly Deployable Containerized Medical Clinic for Refugee Settings

Abstract

Forcibly displaced populations face unique and varied challenges to accessing basic needs such as water, healthcare, education, food, and energy. Refugee populations may live in a remote or urban area, and in settings that may begin with intentions of being temporary yet transition to semi-permanent or permanent living with limited planning for infrastructure needs. Rapidly deployable containerized systems provide a modular solution to these diverse conditions of refugee contexts. In this paper we present the design of a 40’ combined healthcare, water, and power container for humanitarian aid and disaster relief applications. We also present results from deploying the turnkey solution to complement a rural off-grid healthcare center in the Ayilo II settlement of Northern Uganda. The healthcare unit supports a population of 18,000 and receives nearly 200 refugee and local patients daily. Medical services are supported by an integrated power and water system within the container.