Health Education for Low-Income Women in Bali

Activities on June fill with mobile clinic services in Karangasem, USG training refreshment and peers meeting.

Mobile clinic services conduct at Karangasem in Bhuana Giri village and Sibetan village. Mobile clinic at Karangasem was a remote area locates near the Agung Mountain. Their villages and health facilities distance is quiet far so that they rarely checks health status especially reproductive health. Mobile clinic in Karangasem conducted in association with our mobile clinic peer. We successfully served 308 people in both village with more than 150 people received cervical and breast cancer screening and also reach more than 100 people to received reproductive health education.

We received a visit from Australia Consulate General coincide with peer meeting. Australia Consulate General through DAP as one of our donor visit to evaluate our program. Peer meeting this month discuss about family planning and drugs. We repeat and refresh the family planning topic to made better understanding of the peer and the people educated by peer. We add drugs abuse education because Balinese women should watch their children so not to fail into drugs. Drugs are government priority because it destroys nation’s generation.

After successfully receive funding to buy new ultrasound from DAP, we conduct refreshment USG training provided by the merchant. The new ultrasound will specifically use in mobile clinic services. This training attended by all medical staff with complete and comprehensive ultrasound topic. All medical staff will be able to exam with ultrasound to improve service quality and increase the number of people reached.