By Lois-Ann Enie | Project Coordinator
STORY OF CHANGE
Anna, a 30 years old woman living in KITTA with her family and has been suffering from rashes and itches for a week now suspected from her bathing with stream water. Before she met with the GG CHW, she has been using "Calabar-chalk" paste- a local remedy to calm the redness and itches. The CHW during his home visits noticed this and after consultation he applied a skin ointment provided to him by ReachOut for dispensation in the community. Anna was informed on what to do before and after application and advised to follow the guidelines strictly. She appreciates GlobalGiving and Reach Out for their continuous support to the Ekondo Titi Health District.
PROJECT UPDATES
The activities of “THE REMOTE COMMUNITIES HEALTH PROMOTION PROJECT” funded by the GlobalGiving crowdfunding platform continued through the month of May. The CHWs continued with community engagement by providing primary healthcare services.
The community was engaged through planned project activities namely; treatment of simple malaria, treatment of simple diarrhea, referral of complicated cases, screening of children <5 years for malnutrition, referral of pregnant women to health facilities for ANC, provision of health sensitization. Other activities introduced within the last quarter were the treatment of minor skin infections/irritations and the distribution of Ferrous Folate to pregnant women. This report contains achievements realized within this period, challenges and an action plan for the next month.
1.2 Project Goal
To provide free primary healthcare services to people in vulnerable communities affected by the ongoing socio-political crisis in the South-West region of Cameroon.
1.3 Project Objectives
2.0 RESULTS
2.1 Provision of Healthcare services to Vulnerable Persons: In the month of May, community health workers in Ekondo Titi provided primary health care services to 75 people (34 males and 41 females) of the vulnerable population in Kitta. These services included treatment of simple malaria (16 people; 7 males and 9 females), simple diarrhea (20 people: 8 males and 12 females) and simple acute respiratory tract infection (20 people: 15 males and 5 females).
2.2 Sensitization for Health promotion: The CHWs mobilized and engaged over 420 members of host communities in health educative talks for health promotion during home visits and community gatherings. The most attended educational talk sessions were on diarrhea prevention (397), nutrition (420) and waste disposal (394).
2.3 Screening of Children <5 years for Severe Acute Malnutrition: The CHWs in Ekondo-titi consulted 64 children (Figure 1) < 5 years for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) using a MUAC tape and 19 caregivers were sensitized on appropriate feeding for children <5 years.
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