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UK registered charity no 1122823
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Training of 2 professional health workers-Nigeria Photo Gallery
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Mrs. Justin Nwadum
Mrs. Justin Nwadum worked after her secondary school for some years in a hospital. She vworked in the children ward, maternity and two years in the operation theatre. She will be trained in the "School of Health Technology" of the Ebonyi State (Nigeria).
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Mr. Chinedu Awo
Mr. Chinedu Awo was trained by Dr. Tagapulot in a one-year certifcate course in community health. He received in this course the theoretical background and the practical application of the basic principles of primary health care in a rural area. Afterwards he worked some years as a Junior Health Extension Worker in the PHC-Project of IIRD. He is trained now for Nursing Science in the Ebonyi State University.
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Infection of Guinea Worm
Before PHC started in Igbeagu-Izzi many people were infected by Guinea Worm. This infestation was quickly reduced where the "Water Purification Project" was concentrated.
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A boy with an umbilical hernia
Medical doctors say that the cause of an umbilical hernia is lack of protein. Therefore the PHC-Project introduced a mixture of soya and maize, in powder form, for children and mothers as an alternate and supplementary source of protein at a reasonable price.
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Child Welfare Clinic
The PHC-Project cooperates with UNICEF, the Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria and the local health office for the Expanded Program of Immunisation against the six common childhood diseases: tuberculosis, polio, pertussis, diphteria, tetanus and measles.
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A health worker takes blood pressure
"Primary health care is essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community ...." (WHO, Alma-Ata 1978).
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One of the five health care posts
Primary Health Care "is the first level of contact of individuals and families in the community with the national health system bringing health care as close as possible to where the people live and work ..." (WHO, Alma-Ata 1978). The five primary health care posts serve also as Antenatal Clinics.
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Dr. Albin Tagapulot initiated the PHC-Project
Dr. Albin Tagapulot, a gynaecologist of the Philippines, is a specialist for the introduction of Primary Health Care in rural areas.
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Dr. Mama continued the PHC-Project
In the past years it became clear that to keep PHC sustainable in the area of Igbeagu-Izzi it is necessary to train professional community health workers who are resident in Igbeagu-Izzi. Once they have finished their training they have to revitalize PHC in Igbeagu-Izzi with all the five primary health care posts.
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Essential drugs at lower prices
In the price of the drugs are also included all the expenses for PHC. Self-reliance of the community can become reality if through a high participation of the people in PHC, like in a supermarket, makes the treatment cheaper and affordable because the more people participate in PHC, the smaller becomes the expenditures for it. This makes PHC financially independent and sustainable as long the people are interested in PHC and the services are attractive.
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