Health Activities

Programme Focus on Health

"Community health is community wealth" this is the nation that we strongly belief. This emphasizes more of community based prevention & promotion health care practices. The major health care requires reducing infant & maternal death, reduction of malnutrition, malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Jaundice and sickle cell anemia. Besides women are helped to prevent various gyanic problems that they suffer because of unhygienic practices

Vision

Seba Jagat perceives a healthy society where each individual cutting across all barriers of caste, creed, religion, gender and age, lead a healthy, hassle free social life with complete food security on a perpetual basis. The healthy society so formed shall be able to transmit this vision and culture to its successors who shall not only be able to lead similar lifestyle but also be able to challenge any threats and eventualities of the future.

Mission

"Health as we perceive is not limited to absence of disease and infirmity, it is the integration of social, mental and physical health of the individuals as well as the society. The major roles are to be played by the individuals and CBO, village level Health & Sanitation committees, while Seba - Jagat shall play a catalytic role to accelerate the process of people`s action. A community living in the remotest corner shall perceive demand and work for health as a basic human right and central issue for development."

Goal

"Empowering the community to become healthier, more united, muatually spoortive of the poorest and the wearker person, especially the women and children through transformation of attitude and behaviours"

Objectives

1.Reduce MMR & IMR.
2.Create consciousness among the communities, students on health and sanitation..
3.Improve the health and nutrition status of Pregnant and Lactating mothers & the children below five..
4.Make health services reach the common needy and un-reached people..
5.Improve the quality of drinking water and general sanitation of the village..
6.Encourage herbal and other alternate means of treatment..
7.Strengthening Health Co-operatives..
8.Reduce incidence of Malaria, Diarrhea, Jaundice and all vector borne and water borne diseases..
9.Through sensitized public forums creating pressure on Policy makers and Administrators to perceive and treat health as the centre of all developmental work.

Key Intervention

1.Early childhood development.
2.Safe motherhood and neonatal Health.
3.Integrated community management of child health illness and nutrition.
4.Developed peer groups on community health awareness.
5.Sensitization on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and different diseases.
6.Primary health care services to the un-reached area ( remote tribal area ).
7.Develop participatory communication strategy to advocate for health entitlement of rural communities.
8.Support to develop herbal garden and herbal practicenors.
9.promoting Home-Based Care (ICDS), promoting RCH rights, improving health seeking behavior (NRHM).
10.Developed network with health and ICDS at block and district level.
11.Managing Hospital through Public private partnership (PPP mode) .
12.Capacity building training to service providers or grassroots level workers.

Strategies

1.Peer group empowerment and sensitization of Community especially of women through social mobilization.
2.Increasing awareness level.
3.Strengthening synergy for convergence.
4.Capacity building.
5.Innovation activities.
6.Building local change agent or peer groups.
7.Sensitizing institutional members.
8.Documentation, Lobby and advocacy.
9.Developing location specific behavioral change communication (BCC).

Name Of Health Activities

1.Awareness activities.
2.Observation on World AIDS Day.
3.RTI/STI detection Camp.
4.Awareness on Malaria.
5.Mother and child health Care through participatory communication program under NRHM.
6.Participation in National level events.
7.Training to Service providers and peer group
8.Emergency Health service
9.Strengthening Goan Kalyana Samittee (GKS)
10.Sensitization on maternal and child health care
11.Reduction of Malnutrition
12.Promotion of Kitchen Garden
13.Baby Show
14.Awareness program on TB
15.Joint monitoring visit with CDPO and MO
16.Village Contract Drives (VCD) on Child Health issues
17.Interface program with health and ICDS
18.Awareness on local priorities diseases
19.Sensitization one Early Marriage at communities level
20.Nutrition Campaign
21.Blood donation Camp.

Integrated Nutrition Health Programme

Background

Integrated Nutrition and Health Programme completed its 10 years journey with the convergence action in partnership with local Voluntary organizations, ICDS and Health department aiming at providing better nutrition and health services for under six children, pregnant and lactating mother to reduce IMR and MMR in the district as well as in the state. Now the present nutrition campaign is related to this total effort of last 10 years journey and to sustain the good practices in future course of action.

Project Goal

Empowered Communities access, demand and control resources, sustain and spread behaviors for optimal maternal and child health and nutrition, supported by responsive systems, utilized by all for sustainability.

Objectives

Reduction on infant mortality and child malnutrition,(12-23) month old children in targeted area.
To build the capacity of community members, community organizations on INHP.
To enhance the capacity and sensitize the service providers, civil society organizations, media and PRI on advocating for INHP commitments.
Documentation of Learning`s future action & Sustainability.
To build the capacity of community members, community organizations on INHP.
To enhance the capacity and sensitize the service providers, civil society organizations, media and PRI on advocating for INHP commitments.
Documentation of Learning`s future action & Sustainability.

Strategies

Convergence with Health and ICDS.
Community Participation involving all the stakeholders.
Proper Planning, monitoring follow up.

Activities Planned and Out Put Expected

One month movement of INHP Ratha in interior pockets of 8 blocks i.e.Bhawanipatana,R/U,Th.Rampur, Lanjigarh,Narla, M.Rampur,Karlamunda, Kesinga for further Awareness Building, Enhancing the Knowledge among service providers & targeted beneficiary..
Competition and Prizes on IMR, MMR, Nutrition and Breast feeding among Schools and Collages children`s community mothers for their for Improved knowledge And awareness and practices..
District and Block level Convention on Nutritional practice for Strengthening relationship with service providers, implementing NGOs and other stakeholders to create special interest for their letter involvements in health nutritional issues and to find out the way for solutions and to continue the present efforts towards sustainability of the programme..
Better engagement of elected PRI members in health and nutrition issues at community level..
Promotion of convergence at sector, Block, Sub-division and district level..

Activities Undertaken in the Project Period

Selection and orientation of Staffs: As per the plan in the proposal the Core committee of Seba Jagat selected the staffs and proper capacity building was done by CARE PO for well management of Nutrition Campaign.
Preparation of DIP: A Detailed Implementation Plan was prepared for the Project staffs and was submitted to PO CARE.
Discussion with District level Officials: Discussion with District level Officials like CDMO, DSWO on the planned project was done and their participation was ensured.

Village List and route chart finalization

The village list and route chart for Pusti Rath was prepared in Consultation with respective CDPOs and L.S in 8 blocks and it was planned to cover 185 village under and 37 sectors and rout chart submitted by PO CARE.for this approval.
Finalization of Vehicle, Design & decoration for nutrition Ratha: The vehicle for Nutrition ratha was finalized as per the quotation collected from the vehicle owners and looking at their physical fitness. A proper planning was done regarding the decoration and design of Ratha and the posters chart and IEC material was prepared accordingly on Pregnancy and new born care, immunization, JSY.
Preparation of Daskathia theme: For awareness generation through cultural programme a Daskathia team was developed and after the demonstration the theme was finalized which has been played 60 villages during nutrition Ratha movement.
Inauguration of Programme: The Nutrition ratha inauguration was done by district collector, Kalahandi, and DSWO, DPMO, CDMO,CDPOs ,L.S AWW, SHG members were present. Approximately 250 people attended the programme.
Sensitisation through Cultural Programme (Daskathia): Totally 60 Daskathia programmes in 60 strategic points are organized which were highly appreciated by the community member. The topics mainly covered were new born and pregnancy care, JSY, supplementary and complementary feeding and immunization with about other entitlementto further aweeness at the community level.