SEHAT Project Health Care Interventions in Flood Affected Areas

Donor: British Pak Foundation (BPF)
Partner: Rural Support Program Network (RSPN)
District/s: (Shahdadkot) and (Shikarpur).
Duration: February – June 2011
Major Activities:
- Implementation in District Shahdadkot and Shikarpur.
- Social Mobilization
- Training of Staff on Delivery of Sessions & use of IEC material,
- Identification and orientation of Men & Women Community Facilitators /Activists;
- Established Union Council level Health Networks and village level Village Health Committees (VHCs)for advocacy with UC level and district level government officials for the delivery of services in un-served rural areas
- Conducted awareness and sensitization sessions with rural communities on Maternal & Newborn care and birth spacing to protect the lives of women and infants.
- Conducted Sessions with men and Women and disseminated messages on the importance of hygiene, prevention from diarrhea, waterborne diseases, the use of Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS), and immunization.
- VHCs and UC level Health Networks, with the support from the Department Of Health, People’s Primary Health Care Initiatives (PPHI), and local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), organized medical camps in un-served rural areas.
