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The
growing population in the distributed ecological conditions still exist in a vulnerable
condition and no welfare state or govt. is well equipped with adequate finance and
technologies for ensuring desired public health sanitation at one hand at the traditional
practices of medicine is open the face of rapid depletion leaving behind the common people
in hazardous situation so far as health and sanitation is |
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initiative that has been taken by PECUC as
prioritise maintenance of public health and community and effective combination of
traditional and modern health practices being operated by the people themselves. |
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PECUC’s effort in
ensuring community health by organising camps for varied purpose:-
Reproductive
Child Health (RCH)
Despite of many
constitutional provisions, huge investment, the women folk are not only struggling for
basic amenities of life but their access to health compliance, education, counselling,
timely referral etc. is also limited. All these factors cumulated to make the scenario of
women and child health more dismal. Infant mortality rate in Orissa stands to be 113/1000
which is higher than the national indicator, where as MMR is 337/1000. To improve the
quality of life in these areas and to exhilarate the use of family planning methods, a
strong services supported by the active involvement of PECUC, in collaboration some Government agencies
were initiated to accentuate the RCH status in 10 villages of Khurda district of
Orissa and managed to undertake RCH projects in Keonjhar and Bolangir districts of
Orissa.
Reproductive child health program
in the villages nearby in the capital city, which comes under Bhubaneswar Municipality.
This is with the collaboration with Ministry of health & Family Welfare, AKSS (NGO).
Objective defined for this task was
- To promote sustainable comity action
for improving reproductive health choices & women health status.
- Reduction in infant Mortality rate(
IMR)/MMR by increased immunization, Ante natal & post natal services
- Improve RCH status of women &
children.
Activities undertaken:
- Training of the staffs and
volunteers
- Immunization & health check- ups
camps
- Counseling & referral services
- Young women information center
- Formation of village level RCH
committees
- Village level awareness meetings
- Eligible couple status study.
E arranges training programs for
the working group, which at the end tried to outline the approaches and strategy adopted
for the process. Adolescent girls were also made award of the entire concept by conducting
a training program for them in few villages like Johala, Banguary & Jaypur.
Objectives of RCH
more.....
Awareness on AIDS/HIV/Sexual health
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Social taboos and
structure has made sexual health as a ‘ Black Box" in the Indian scenario.
Limited knowledge and our cultural attitude regarding this has worsened the case by
increasing rate genital and other sexual diseases. PECUC with its
awareness on Aids and HIV programmes are regularly organising campaigns to sensitise
people regarding symptoms, causes and referral for AIDS/ HIV and sexual |
| health. PECUC gives special attention to materials and communication tools,
which can hold the interest of participants as well as designed booklets in local dialects
for easy percolation and acceptance of the message. Over 10000 people were made aware
through extensive campaign by media like street theater, meetings, audio and video shows. |
Lethal effect of
drug addiction destroys the mental, physical balances of human beings and overall create
havoc in the social life. PECUC did a survey and made a master plan to combat the increasing threat of
drug addiction and alcoholism. Regular orientations, training, seminars & workshop was
organized with its frequent follow-ups. In the campaign against drug house awareness and
counselling PECUC
involved all of them, like college
students, NSS officers/ Volunteers, community elders and many more which helped in
broadening the horizon of knowledge of all. PECUC
also constituted a communication team,
consisting Street plays, songs, elocution & placards, brochures were made as an effort
for the groundwork. Some Government departments like Panchayati Raj department of Orissa
& some local business communities financially assisted some of these programmes in the
initial phase.
ASHRA
"ASHRA"
– a ray of hope, set up by PECUC in order to help and rehabilitate all the drug victims is a very big
success. It functions in collaboration with Government of India and Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment at present. PECUC has trained professionals to help in these rehabilitation programmes.
ASHRA: Through
its guiding & counseling & awareness activities strives to achieve following
objectives:
- To provide services such as
identification, treatment, counselling, follow up & rehabilitation, awareness,
education for prevention & prohibition of drug abuses and alcoholism.
- Advocacy for prohibition and
prevention of drug abuses
- Mass awareness through mass media
activities
- Survey for collection of data about
endemic areas / places Survey on availability of kinds of drugs
- Enrolling victims for counseling &
outdoor treatment & referral services.
- Search for and understand the reasons
of addiction if any.
- Provide scope and Coordinate with the
agencies for diversion of mind & rehabilitation of addicted persons
- To watch and arrange constant touch
with de-addicts for counseling an follow ups
- To involve community particularly
parents, employers, teachers, youths & concerned citizen to fight against drug abuse
in cities towns, villages, mostly in school colleges, youth clubs & community centres.
Nishamukti
Bahini:
To encourage and
increase the community participation ASHRA formed 18 numbers of Nishamukti
Bahini in different areas. The members of Nishamukti Bahini are taking oath not
to take drugs in their life & mobilize the community towards drug free society. The
members of Nishamukti Bahini both males & females are performing vital role in
holding campaigns and also identifying the addicts and counsel them to avail the services
and visit the centers.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
over 3000 cases are identified out of
which over 1900 cases are provided with treatment. 200 serious cases are referred to
hospital, de-addiction centers, clinics, yoga therapy centers etc.
Emphasis on counseling as moral boast
is essential for the rehabilitation. Over 2500 no. of cases counseled through Group
counseling, Individual counseling, Family counseling and Behavioral therapy .
- Mass awareness campaign is being
organized, through distribution of IEC materials , street plays, group meetings and
through other mass media activities.
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