PROJECT TOP/ プロジェクトトップ

Background / 背景
Timeline / タイムライン
Leadership / リーダーシップ
Water Systems / 深井戸建設
Credit and Income / 収入向上プログラム
Health Care / 保健衛生
Agroforestry / アグロフォレストリー

It is very important to disseminate knowledge on primary health care in rural areas. This is because HIV and other epidemics are increasing due to an expansion of unsanitary environment, mainly generated by population increase. We promote health care for rural people so that they may live longer, healthier lives despite the proliferation of unhygienic conditions.

We conducted lectures on primary health care in nine villages in the first year and 21 villages in the second year. The demonstrations in the lectures on family planning, first aid, maternity health care, nutrition, and HIV drew much attention from the participants.

Despite efforts to disseminate information about water sanitation among the villages, it is still an issue of great concern. Because the villagers have to buy the water taken by the deep well project, many villagers tend to use water from river and puddles.

In terms of primary health care, it is important to disseminate knowledge specific to the area. For this reason, we have been making efforts to foster leaders in the primary health care. It is usually observed that only powerful figures in the villages will attend when it comes to leadership training. Therefore, with careful consideration on the selection of the participants, we have limited the participation to midwives and those who enthusiastically worked in the field of primary health care.

As expected, there were many female participants selected for the leadership training on primary health care. There were five participants from each of the villages. As a result, 150 leaders on primary health care were born.

Studying in groups makes the participants more effective in their activities.