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AID-Austin Project Updates: Sustainable Community Health Initiatives

Regular project updates from AID-Austin mailing list covering various initiatives like Community Health Care, School Path Bhavan, and more, aimed towards sustainable agriculture and healthcare improvement. Detailed reports on project progress, activities, and future plans.

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AID-Austin Project Updates: Sustainable Community Health Initiatives

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  1. Regular Project Updates Projects on AID-Austin mailing list Ideal Project Review Today’s agenda

  2. BTS update

  3. BTS activities • Community Health Care – AID & ICA • School Path Bhavan – Asha • Classes for rural dropouts/girls • Saving Schemes • Kitchen Gardening • Sustainable Agriculture

  4. Community Health Care • Phase I – August 2002 • Doctor working 5 days a week • 6 VHWs • Phase II – March 2003 • 2 Doctors • Training for VHWs • Survey • 100 families have bought the FHCs

  5. Doctor VHW 6 VHW 8 - 10 PSS PSS PSS Structure of the training program

  6. Project Report • Survey • Opinion of the clinic & infrastructure • Daily Record of Doctor & VHW • Doctor • Mainly in the clinic • Visits houses on emergency calls (N.Baikuntapur) • Trains the VHWs

  7. Project Report • VHW • Office work • Assists the doctor • Goes for house visit • Attends training • PSS meetings • Topics of discussion • What people felt/learnt from the discussion • Suggestions for improvements

  8. Project Report • Letters by a few patients cured by the clinic • Patients chart • Family Health Card Format • Training Material

  9. Site Visits & Telephone Calls

  10. Long term plans • Set up the clinic infrastructure • Equip the mobile boat to provide treatment to people during transportation • Convert the mobile boat into a clinic which can go to the neighboring islands and provide the treatment.

  11. Site Visit • Tathagatha – San Diego • The people in the area trust BTS • They seem to be doing good work • Seem to get involved in a lot of activities without driving things to completion

  12. Some issues • Sustenance apart from FHC • A centralized income generation project – integrated farming, poultry farming & prawn farming • Issue with the doctor

  13. Non-monetary contributions • Proposal for Homeopathy Clinic • Medical equipment • Translation of TNSF training material

  14. Some thoughts • Focus is on the clinic and getting the infrastructure • Personal opinion • Good work • Not too much focus on preventive health • Dependency on doctor is a obstacle to sustainability • Communication has not been too smooth

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