By Jenisha Dharani | Project Director
Health is one of the important aspects of human life. Corona pandemic has taught us the lesson that prevention is better than cure. Ashray, through its mobile medical unit has been serving people of underserved regions, ensuring healthy life. Our health workers are trained intensively and are committed towards serving the people at grassroot level.
Looking at the severity and novelty of the CORONA virus, our health workers were given following trainings:
a) COVID – 19
b) Vaccination
c) Mucormycosis
d) Menstrual hygiene
The details of the training are as under:
a) COVID – 19 – in the year 2020, WHO declared COVID-19, pandemic. The virus spread with leaps and bounds and lockdown brought disaster for daily wage migrant worker and small business. Numerous people lost their life. In such a condition health care workers became the frontline warriors and worked day and night to spread awareness about the pandemic. In order to make our healthcare workers fight the battle, a training session was organized by Ashray. It started with a preliminary discussion to assess the knowledge of health workers on COVID. Based on their knowledge as well as gaps observed, we formulated the module. Sessions were conducted on Corona prevention and precautions, its diagnosis (at preliminary level), referrals and on training sessions for community members. At the end we conducted an assessment test to assess their understanding.
b) Vaccination – it is critical that healthcare professionals and personnel are familiar with the specific COVID – 19 vaccine product(s) in their facility’s inventory. To enhance their knowledge on vaccination, we imparted a training which involved guidance for vaccine handling, mechanism of action and administration that may differ for each vaccine product.
c) Mucormycosis – the outbreak of black and white fungus has caused another disaster. We trained our health workers on following topics – diagnosis of mucormycosis, its causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. The training started with a pre-liminary examination to assess the level of awareness among the health workers. At the end of the training session another examination was conducted to assess their understanding.
d) Menstrual hygiene - it is one of the least discussed topics and has numerous taboos associated with it. Due to lack of awareness young girls and women suffer from health issues which sometimes becomes fatal. To spread awareness about menstrual hygiene, we trained our health workers about women anatomy, reproductive health and menstrual cycle. Along with that they were also informed about various myths around menstruation. A group discussion was held to know their ideas and myths they have heard about it. During the sessions those myths and their questions were also cleared.
During all our training sessions we abided by the COVID prevention norms. Most of our sessions were held online. During the sessions health workers were shown videos and materials related to training were shared online with them.
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