Hepatitis Free Project- Rashidabad

Reporting Period - April 2021 - June 2021 

Summary:

The current covid 19 situation has not only turned around economic conditions but created an Impact on Human Lives as well. The Health Foundation is the only CSO which is working directly with the community and in the community. The biggest challenge is hat now the people are reluctant for vaccination, testing and treatment due to different myths related to covid and in the current scenario people are scared and the main reason behind this is that they are not educated.  

We are working in Rashidabad since 2016 and the beautiful place of Rashidabad is built by Rashid Welfare Organization (RWO) situated on the Hyderabad-Mirpurkhs road near Tando Allahyar, over 86 acres of land. 

We started working with limited resource in UC Dhingano Bozdar and by the Grace of GOD we covered a total population of 36,000. Socio-economic status: lower income group.

Project Overview:

The Health Foundation with this project would be taking a step up the ladder towards its goal in making a significant difference in decreasing the prevalence of Hepatitis B/C. It envisions a community based intervention, linked to a Hepatitis centre at Rashidabad, which would carry out this mission for a preselected population, through its well run and established programs integrated at one point, linking up the community and the services of the THF Hepatitis Centre. The beneficiaries in this case would be the community of villages in UC where Rashidabad project exists

Objective:

The Health Foundtion provide free of cost services to the non affording patients. The Services include Hep B vaccination, Community Sesitization, Free Labs test + PCR and Hep B & Hep C medicine.

1. Providing Awareness to 90% population

2. Immunizing 85% of the population for Hep B 

3. To "Find the Missing Millions" via screening above 17 yrs of age 

4. Free Lab diagnostic of all positive patients

5. Registering Hepatitis C positive patients who are eligible for treatment through  

Progress Review of the 4th Quarter (April - June 2021) of the Financial Year (June 2020- July 2021):

Treatment:

• Total Patients of HCV Register in the Current Quarter = 83
• Total patients on going patients of HCV 72

• Total Patients of HBV Register in the Current Quarter = 3
• Total Patients on Going 90

Awareness:

• Provided awareness to 2314 people

Hep B Vaccination:

• Immunized 1654 individuals 

Screening Activity - "Find the missing milions":

• Population Screened: 2550
• Positive on Screening: 171 (Linked to care)
• Negative on Screening: 12379

Initiative:

• In the current covid 19 situation, The Health Foundation played its part actively and we dispensed the medicine to non-affording Hep C Patients in the community at thier doorstep 

Project Issues:

• Treatment and Laboratory Tests costs are on the higher side so regular support is required in order to provide free of cost treatment to the non-affording patients

Links:

• The Health Foundation Rashidabad Project

Reporting Period - January – March, 2021

Summary:

Rashidabad is a city built by Rashid Welfare Organization (RWO) situated on the Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road near Tando Allahyar, over 86 acres of land. The project started on 13th December 1998 with an aim to alleviate poverty and spread education in that area.

During the screening of 649 individuals working in Rashidabad it came to be known that 64 people were Hepatitis C positive, 12 people positive for Hepatitis B and 4 had both B and C. The tests were done by strip test.

 The figure comes out to be 10.14% people positive for Hepatitis C and 1.8 % people positive for Hepatitis B.

RWO approached The Health Foundation with the above figures and wants THF to operate from Rashidabad catering to the Hepatitis B/C patients of target villages.

There are other organizations operating in Rashidabad such as TCF School, LRBT, Shahnaz Ghani Hospital. Fatmid Foundation, Infaq Foundation e.t.c. All the organizations work independently with only social interaction at all levels, with each other and RWO.

Project: Hepatitis Free Community Project, Rashidabad

Target population: 36,000

Socio-economic status: lower income group.

Project Overview:

The Health Foundations with this project would be taking a step up the ladder towards its goal in making a significant difference in decreasing the prevalence of Hepatitis B/C. It envisions a community based intervention, linked to a Hepatitis centre at Rashidabad, which would carry out this mission for a preselected population, through its well run and established programs integrated at one point, linking up the community and the services of the THF Hepatitis Centre. The beneficiaries in this case would be the community of villages in UC where Rashidabad project exists

Purpose:

To establish a state of the art Community based Hepatitis Free Community Model linked to a Hepatitis centre, for rural / hard to reach areas with high prevalence of Hepatitis B/C, where population will have access to advice and treatment regarding Hepatitis B/C along with awareness sessions and facility for immunization against Hepatitis B

The Health Foundtion provide free of cost services to the non affording patients. The Services include Hep B vaccination, Community Sesitization, Free Labs test + PCR and Hep B & Hep C medicine.

Progress Review:

Treatment:

• Total Patients of HCV Register in the Current Quarter = 57
• Total patients on going patients of HCV 59

• Total Patients of HBV Register in the Current Quarter = 3
• Total Patients on Going 86

Awareness:

• Provided awareness to 2600 people

Hep B Vaccination:

• Immunized 1412 individuals 

Screening Activity - "Find the missing milions":

• Population Screened: 1842
• Positive on Screening: 139 (Linked to care)
• Negative on Screening: 1703

Project Issues:

• Treatment and Laboratory Tests costs are on the higher side so regular support is required in order to provide free of cost treatment to the non-affording patients