RoseCharities is helping in Pakistan through its Liz and Don Hillman Health Education Fund. Assistance is to the Frontier Primary Health Care project (see above). Assistance is to address local Pakistan needs and those of Afghan refugees. The FPHC have written...
"We would like to inform you that Health Department of Government of Pakistan and UNICEF jointly organised a campaign to observe "Child Health and Sanitation" week ( 21 to 26 April 2008) in Mardan district. The purpose of this campaign was to:
(1) Assess the EPI status of children aged 0 - 23 months
(2) De-worming of children aged 2 - 5 years by giving them de-worming tablets
(3) Sharing of information with pregnant ladies on importance of antenatal care and vaccination
(4) Sharing of information with mothers on nutrition and care of baby
(5) Demonstration of ORS preparation and administration to the families where there were cases of Diarrhoea and Dysentery
The campaign was actually planned for local Pakistani population in Mardan district.
You might be aware that FPHC is providing health, education and other community development services to both local Pakistani population and Afghan refugees. For its Pakistani programmes, FPHC is maintaining close relationship with Health Department of Government of Pakistan at union council, district, province and federal levels. Therefore, FPHC was fully involved in the said campaign.
As FPHC is partner of UNHCR in provision of primary health care services to Afghan refugees, the beneficiaries of FPHC's services include Afghan refugees living in Kagan and Jalala refugee camps in Mardan district. FPHC negotiated with the district health authorities of Government of Pakistan and UNICEF to include the two camps in the campaign so that refugees can also benefit the activities carried out in this campaign. The district health authorities and UNICEF were kind enough to include the two camps in the campaign. So FPHC, apart from local Pakistani population, carried out the campaign in the two Afghan refugee camps at Jalala and Kagan areas in Mardan district.
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