Mobile Health Care
The villages in the remote and tribal areas are populated by ST and SC who are the extremely vulnerable sections of society where illiteracy is high and poverty is the accepted fact of their daily livelihood. The percentage of women illiteracy is also quite high. Health delivery system in the area is woefully inadequate and the people are ignorant about family welfare. Due to lack of knowledge, information and orientation in health and hygiene the grass root level villagers cannot understand the need of immunization, importance of growth monitoring, technique of low cost nutritious food preparation, different methods of birth control, spacing between two children, importance using sanitary or pit type latrine, preparation of safe drinking water, maintenance of personal hygiene and disposal of waste products from the home and practices to maintain good health. So the incidence of maternal mortality, child mortality, morbidity, dehydration and malnutrition rate and other infectious diseases are quite high as per our community diagnosis. As per our diagnosis through in-depth interview, observation, and discussions with the villagers, it has been also seen that due to various socioeconomic reasons, 80% villagers cannot migrate from the village. So, for any chronic or severe disease they primarily depend on quack who lack proper medical knowledge.
The diversity and multiplicity of the problem can be decreased with some comprehensive program in this matter. Hence, any intervention with mobile health delivery system and with referral services in case of high-risk pregnancies and children will help those village peoples to equip themselves for the betterment of their standard of health and hygienic condition.
Project Objective:
To provide regular qualitative primary health services in the Project area by conducting general diagnosis and prescribing suitable treatment.
- To improve the status of health among mothers and children in our adopted villages.
- Referral services/ telemedicine service for identified complicated cases.
- To generate adequate consciousness about health and hygiene among villagers.
The project implementation improved:
- The reduction in the incidence of maternal mortality, child mortality and morbidity re-hydration and malnutrition rate and to provide both antenatal and post-natal a care of the rural women within the next five years.
- Basic literacy, hygiene, nutritional and environmental education of the community.
- Nutritional and health standard of mother and children suffering malnutrition.
- Health Data management with social & economic scenario.
- Coordination with local leaders, village panchayats, etc. for a proper health plan.
- Awareness about preventive health care issues including family planning, communicable and other diseases.