General health - The health of the people in the project villages is very poor. - Children suffer from many preventable illnesses like diarrhea and dysentery. There are many false and harmful beliefs that prevent people from undertaking proper health actions. For example when there is diarrhea in children, parents don't give water or fluids that could prevent the child from dehydration. This practice is based on the belief that water and liquid food would aggravate diarrhea.
- The health of the people in the project villages is very poor. - Children suffer from many preventable illnesses like diarrhea and dysentery. There are many false and harmful beliefs that prevent people from undertaking proper health actions. For example when there is diarrhea in children, parents don't give water or fluids that could prevent the child from dehydration. This practice is based on the belief that water and liquid food would aggravate diarrhea.
A. Organization of a Baseline Health Needs Assessment Survey in the 25 project villages on a sample population of women in the reproductive age group & organization of education programs on hygiene and reproductive health B. Organization of consultation programs with formal and informal leaders in each of the 25 project villages C. Organization of health education programs on primary health care and first aid for adolescent girls D. AIDS / HIV prevention and awareness education to women SHGs
Prevention of unwanted pregnancies through resorting to safe abortions and in the hands of qualified medical personnel Use of different contraceptive methods Early detection and treatment for Reproductive Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV/ AIDS Prevention of anaemia in the reproductive age group Safe deliveries in the hands of trained personnel
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