Sudan
Health
Updates from the Field - BRAC health care for 30,000 people in S. Sudan
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Recent Updates from the Field
Community Health Promoters have been trained!
By Michelle Chaplin - Program Manager, BRAC USA, May 23, 2009 07:53 AM
Thanks to your continued support, all 30 community health promoters have been trained! Each woman visits 150 households a month, providing 1,000 people with health education and basic health services.
Each woman also sells health-related products like soap, condoms and mosquito nets in order to supplement her income and provide her community with access to health products they may not otherwise have access to.
Now we need support for refresher training for the 30 community health promoters so they can continue to provide important health information to 30,000 people in Southern Sudan. Additionally, we need to keep supplying them with health-related products that they can sell on their home visits.
In a country where conflict and devastation have been the norm, things are starting to look a little brighter. Thanks again for all your support!
Best,
Michelle Chaplin
Each woman also sells health-related products like soap, condoms and mosquito nets in order to supplement her income and provide her community with access to health products they may not otherwise have access to.
Now we need support for refresher training for the 30 community health promoters so they can continue to provide important health information to 30,000 people in Southern Sudan. Additionally, we need to keep supplying them with health-related products that they can sell on their home visits.
In a country where conflict and devastation have been the norm, things are starting to look a little brighter. Thanks again for all your support!
Best,
Michelle Chaplin
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We're on our way!
By Michelle Chaplin - Program Manager, BRAC USA, December 11, 2008 01:51 PM
Thanks to your generous support, BRAC's health program has gotten its grounding in Southern Sudan. So far, we have:
* trained 3 community organizers, who will each oversee the work of 10 community health promoters
* recruited all 30 community health promoters and had them trained by our community organizers
* started a baseline study to determine the health needs of the community
Once the study is done, the community health promoters will visit 12 households per day, reaching 1,000 people every month with health education, basic health services, and health related products, which the health promoters will sell to supplement their income.
When this project is fully implemented, it will reach 30,000 Southern Sudanese with the basic health services that they so desperately need.
Thank you again for all your support!
* trained 3 community organizers, who will each oversee the work of 10 community health promoters
* recruited all 30 community health promoters and had them trained by our community organizers
* started a baseline study to determine the health needs of the community
Once the study is done, the community health promoters will visit 12 households per day, reaching 1,000 people every month with health education, basic health services, and health related products, which the health promoters will sell to supplement their income.
When this project is fully implemented, it will reach 30,000 Southern Sudanese with the basic health services that they so desperately need.
Thank you again for all your support!
