By Kirty Luescher | Trustee
The last 3 months have seen work in all three aspects of our health strategy: training, education and clinics.
Community Health Worker training has continued with another residential training week in Livingstone. 13 village volunteers attended sessions led by qualified doctors looking at how to identify early signs of serious illness. As part of a year-long programme the week was a vital part of enhancing their knowledge of key areas of clinical concern.
Our team has conducted health education classes in each of the nine villages where we work. Sexual health and healthy eating have both featured as topics for discussion within the local schools.
Mobile clinics have been maintained throughout the last three months. Our doctors were joined by additional volunteers from Vision Aid Overseas. Together they were able to conduct hundreds of eye tests. Our regular clinical work has offered consultations, diagnosis and prescriptions, and in a few of the more serious cases we have facilitated emergency referral and transfer to hospital. In the case of one young baby with severe malnutrition this proved life-saving.
Despite the onset of the rainy season we are still able to get to the majority of the villages, though the Kalomo River was too high during November meaning our vehcile was unable to cross to the vilage itself. Nevertheless, an intrepid local volunteer was able to carry vital supplies of medicines and contraception to assist the population until the next clinic.
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