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Proposed Project
 

This project structure requires purchasing a small piece of land for a cement building with two fully furnished medical consulting rooms, equipped with lights, wash basin, desk, examination table, medical equipment, medical supplies and medical reference books. The new Health Post will accommodate all locals, men, women and children with the opportunity of accessible health care that is currently nonexistent throughout the Arurpokhari, Aruchanaute and Ratmate villages. Initially the set up will be run manually although in the future with enough resources we would like to automated the service and record everything via computers

Water, Environment, Sanitation
So many communities have no choice and still use unsafe water sources. As a result, thousands die every year from diarrhoea and other water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases and many more suffer and are weakened by illness.

This program was created to reduce the health risks of water-related diseases and to increase the earning potential of villagers by saving time spent on gathering water. All village farmers are requested to actively and conclusively participate in the evaluation, design and implementation of development projects. All villages are provided the assistance and training they need to construct and manage low-cost water and sanitation systems. 66% have enough drink water facilities

To increase public awareness of hygiene and to pay particular attention to educating primary school children about hygiene:

  • Establishing sound knowledge of farmers economic systems
  • To educate primary school children
  • Equip schools with facilities for sanitation and hand washing
  • Make available access to hygienic sanitation facilities
  • Reduce the incidence of diarrhoea and other water borne diseases
  • Teach locals about basic general first aid and required procedures

Immunisations
Immunization is a mass means of protecting the greatest number of people from infectious diseases. "Immunization is the right of child". Immunization saves millions of lives each year. Immunization can protect the unprotected. Immunization is required to avert the unwanted death, however still millions continue to die from vaccine preventable diseases. Immunization is one of the most effective preventive measures adopted against killer diseases in the world and Immunization saves money Immunisation is a way of protecting your family against serious disease. ‘The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world's health are clean water and vaccines’.

Once children have been immunised their bodies can fight those diseases if they come into contact with them. If a child is not immunised they will be at risk from catching the disease and will rely on other people immunising their children to avoid becoming infected.

In most western countries many childhood diseases are largely a thing of the past, immunisations has been a key factor in achieving this.
60 percent of the children are not immunized.


A child in the developing world is ten times more likely to die a vaccine-preventable death than a child in an industrialized nation.

One child can be fully immunized for $17. Our goal is to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine preventable diseases.


Nutritional Education

About half the children in Nepal under age five are malnourished, which is a leading cause of death in this age group. Awareness is still lacking about how long to breastfeed the child and when to start giving supplementary food. Intestinal problems lead to diarrhoea and other diseases develop when mothers start early feeding of solid food that is indigestible to infants. Another serious problem is poor hygiene practices amongst many parents who feed their children without washing their hands.

Lack of knowledge is a dangerous threat in itself. Educating the mothers on proper nutrition and how to feed their children with nutritious, locally grown food, and provide hygienic care, all of which play vitally important roles.


Good nutrition is the cornerstone for survival, health and development for current and succeeding generations. Well-nourished children perform better in school, grow into healthy adults and in turn give their children a better start in life. Well-nourished women face fewer risks during pregnancy and childbirth, and their children set off on firmer developmental paths, both physically and mentally.

General Community Health Services
General Community health services provide health services for the population in areas that have trouble accessing appropriate health care. The type and scope of services managed and delivered by community health services vary. The Community Health Services are to include:

  • health promotion, education and prevention,
  • early identification and intervention,
  • assessment and treatment

Common complaints involve respiratory ailments, muscle and joint pain, skin infections, fever, wound dressings, abdomen pain, gastroenteritis, burns and worm infections, our aim is to treat and provide preventative care. 

Our educational responsibilities will offer the following services:

Family Planning
- Providing facts on birth control methods, emergency contraception, STD's, HIV/AIDS, and related reproductive health for women, men and teens along with information on child birth. (There have been an increasing number of women patient's complaining of uterus prolapse, mainly in the rural districts of Nepal due to the lack of well trained medical staff, along with the lack of proper care prior, during and after child birth. We aim to educate the women on prenatal and postnatal care to reduce the number of cases.)


Telemedicine

Telemedicine is the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. It is a system that connects primary care physicians, providers, specialists and patients. As the resources are limited it becomes a feasible alternative for our smaller and rural medical facilities to provide routine and specialized services, particularly in this rural area. This gives us the potential of both improved access to care and improved quality of care.

The primary applications of telemedicine are clinical, educational, administrative, and research. Clinical applications include initial patient evaluations, diagnosis (tele-diagnosis), and Consultation (tele-consultation). Physician supervision of non-physicians and monitoring of patient status are possible. Continuing education for professionals is available, as is patient and community education (tele-education). Administrative uses, such as conferences, scheduling, and utilization and quality review may be provided.

Research is enhanced by aggregation of data from multiple sources and coordination.

Telemedicine allows patients to receive medical care in their own community. This increases the financial viability of rural medical facilities and strengthens the rural economy by keeping the flow of resources in local communities. Telemedicine assists in providing specialty care services to rural areas and provides more efficient use of medical resources which may lessen the amount of travel time for both patients and the specialist.

Ongoing Clinic Requirements:
Medical Equipment
Medication Supply
Stationary to maintain client records
Staff to run and monitor the facilities

A glimpse of just how remote this rural area is.
 
A glimpse of just how remote this rural area is.
 
As you can see from the hard manual labour a Health Post is a required necessity.
 
As you can see from the hard manual labour a Health Post is a required necessity.
 
Local workers within the village.
 
Local workers within the village.
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