Summary of project status/future activities:
The RHS employee reports that the residents of Block G are excited that RHS has the capacity to test them for malaria. At the same time, they have expressed frustration with the lack of medicine available to them.
Gerardine reports that because of the rain it was difficult to get people to attend her workshops and teaching lessons. She believes that many of the men in ‘G’ understand the importance and need of condom use, but the women are still hesitant.
Progress towards Coordinator’s goals/Trends from indicators:
Future activities and projections:
We are still in the process of working with FHS to arrange a Voluntary Counseling and Testing day in Zone G. This is taking longer than hoped due to the lack of materials from CRS, but as soon as we have materials within FHS to arrange this, the two projects will work together to organize this service in Zone G.
Wishes or requests:
None at this time.
Substantial problems or issues:
None at this time
By Jessica ZetzmanThe main aim of Block G Refugee Health Services is: Consultation, referral of patients, distribution of condoms, teaching of people about different diseases.
About February 2010: We received 79 patients, the big number of which, 31, had fever and suspected malaria. 12 patients had lower respiratory tract infections, eight patients had parasites. Because of the lack of a laboratory and medicines we referred 51 people to another clinic for more care.
We continue to teach people about different kinds of diseases. In February we taught them about Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRTI). In LRTIs we find different diseases, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Bronchiolitus and Pneumonia. We taught about pneumonia, about management of a child with a cough or difficulty breathing and severe signs requiring admission to hospital such as in severe pneumonia or very severe disease: chest in-drawing, child not able to drink or who does not suck well, convulsions, child abnormally sleepy or difficult to wake, stridor in calm child, severe malnutrition, fever in infants less than two months.
We distributed 300 condoms at the RHS centre but some people failed to get them because they will be expiring in the coming months, so new condoms will be needed. The number of people who received our lessons is: at Road 83, 30 people, at Road 77, 16 people, at Road 99, 28 people.
By Gerardine M.This month we taught about the disease malaria. We are in the rainy season in which we receive many people for malaria. By consultation this month we received 130 patients and the largest number is for malaria. Because the drug of Coartem has been finished in our zone, many patients have been referred to other clinics.
About consultation of field patients we saw eight patients and four were referred to other clinics.
About teaching people, we taught about malaria clinical features like: Simple Malaria Attack - shivering, fever, sweating, headaches, body-aches. Serious Malaria Attack - cerebral signs: convulsions and others.
We taught them about prophylactics, to use mosquito nets for protecting them from being bit. The number of people who have received lessons is 111. Some of them don’t have mosquito nets and some of them have sold their nets due to economic problems.
By Gerardine M.Block G Refugee Health Services has the main aim to teach people about the differences of diseases and also to consult and refer patients to the other clinics.
We taught about HIV/AIds, sexual transmitted diseases, and amoebas. For the month of November we taught about cholera. The main complication being dehydration and all types of diarrhea can lead to dehydration and malnutrition. The people are informed about the clinical features of dehydration.
The people are informed about what to do in case of dehydration: to advise people to give much water and oral re-hydration salts, salty soups, and avoid sweet drinks and drinks with stimulating effects.
About consultation, the number of people we received is 23. Of these, 11 had suspected malaria, 7 intestinal parasites, and five for other diseases. We referred 15 to the clinics.
By Gerardine M.Refugee Health Services in Zone G has the main aim to teach people about differences of diseases and also make consultations and refer patients to the other clinics. This month we started to teach about diarrhea and which diseases can produce diarrhea. We taught about the two main clinical groups that can be identified: Simple diarrhea and Dysentery. All types of diarrhea can lead to dehydration and malnutrition. We taught about causes and preventions an individual can take. We taught 80 people in the community. As well, we consulted with 29 patients and referred 18 to the clinics. 1600 condoms were distributed this month.
By Gerardine M.The main aim of Block G Health Services is to teach people for them to be sure about their health. We teach them the following different diseases: dehydration, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, respiratory diseases.
We always try to teach them about HIV/AIDS and its symptoms. Therefore they always raise the question about sexual intercourse, both men and women and we also talked about sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhea, and syphilis.
We had to find that it is hood to teach them and also for them to share. So in September we where just discussing on this kind of infections (sexually transmitted infections). Therefore we taught how patients who are suffering from STIs are at higher risk of HIV infection. We teach them and teach the differences between HIV/AIDS and its symptoms for them to know. Before teaching we ask them questions to know if they have understood the lesson. The number of people who received lessons effectively are 39. We distributed 800 condoms and for that people are happy for our lessons.
About the patients we received 29. The big number is malaria and second is intestinal parasites. We referred 15 patients to the the other clinics. This month the number of patients was low due to attending the workshop for malaria and HIV/AIDS.
We were told to advertise to people to go for VCT on 1/11/2009. There will be VCT AIDS counseling to all people who wish to do so in this camp and it will take place at road 36.
By Gerardine M.
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