Healthy Women, Healthy families

''Healthy women, healthy families''

The project: Healthy women, healthy families is implemented in Kuçova Municipality. The project aims to increase women’s awareness related to the personal health contributing to having healthy families. This was achieved by:

• Organizing health awareness sessions with the women where were discussed the importance of the gynecological checkups.
• Conduction of the gynecological visits in the health center and for the women who were at risk was done the PAP-test. 

The funds raised for the project ''Healthy women, healthy families'' during these years has made possible to achieve the following results:

-         There were in total 429 women who had a gynecological visit and 160 PAP smears conducted in four villages (Tapi, Perondi, Magjatë and Kozare village)

-         There were 22 % of women visited had candida, 50 % - 60 % of women (200 -237 women) had white cells and bacteria a fact that shows the low level of the personal hygiene of women;

-         There was an average of 22 women examined during one day visit. There were in total 21 days of health examinations in the villages; The visits were conducted at the health centers of the villages. The screenings were provided by a team of two people (a qualified doctor and a lab technician);

-         From 428 women screened approximately 220 of them contacted for the first time the gynecologist.

-         The PAP tests are sent to a specialized laboratory and women who had problems were sent for further examination.

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