Health

Health is intrinsically related to rural development. Economic and social inequality and overwork are causes of ill health. Children and women are specially susceptible to illness due to poor nourishment and overwork in the looms. CREDA has been slowly focussing on raising health as an important issue amongst the villagers to support its programmes. This is done through a combination of education in schools and organising health melas where free check ups are offered.

Midday Meals
Midday meals are provided to all school children as part of their all round development. Mothers are requested to contribute vegetables and other food items. Children are also made aware of the importance safe drinking water and personal hygiene.

Immunisation
Pulse Polio Campaign: In 2002 CREDA staff and volunteers facilitated Pulse Polio eradication campaign. A total of 23476 children were administered Pulse Polio drops in the project area.

Health Training
Rural women health workers are trained on First Aid and Reproductive Health. They also provide support to the people as per requirements. They help impart knowledge on motherhood and childcare to the women of the villages.

Old Age
CREDA received support from Help Age India to set up a health centre and a medical outreach programme for the aged. Under this programme a medical centre was set up in Sukhra village in Hallia Block. As part of this programme para medics were trained. CREDA also purchased an ambulance to facilitate the programme.

Village level campaigns for "Clean Village"
Trained health workers and Members of SHGs persuade the community in project villages to keep themselves, their children, and their surroundings neat and tidy in a drive against killer diseases.

Health Camps and Health Melas
Health check-up programmes are organised through village health camps with participation of doctor, health workers and project staff.
These health fairs help in reaching out to the villagers with basic health care from which they can benefit.
- Medicine like vitamins, iron and calcium pills are distributed to patients free of cost.
- Exhibitions are organised to educate the community of the benefits of traditional herbs and medicinal plants.
- Pamphlets, posters, role-plays and songs are used as medium to educate people about safe drinking water, personal health and hygiene.
- Mothers' groups are informed on women's health issues, nutrition, contraceptives and traditional remedies.
- Patients with chronic diseases are referred to District Hospital, Mirzapur and BHU hospital, Varanasi.


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