Mobile Health Services
GCDWS’s mobile healthcare delivery is supported by the state government under its National Rural health Mission interventions, since 2009.GCDWS’s ‘Sachal Chikitsa Vahan’ or‘Mobile Health Van’ is a van equipped with laboratory facilities, X-ray machine, 1 doctor, 1 nurse, 1 lab technician, and 1 X-ray technician. The mobile clinic supplements existing primary health care services for communities living in far-flung, difficult areas.
Achievements so far:
Achievements so far:
- Covered a population of 224067,
- Treated 14025 patients (general patients for breathing problems, TB, skin diseases, body pains),
- Carried out 2664 investigations, 229 X-rays,
- Provided ante natal care to 526 women,
- Completed 197 primary immunizations and
- Distributed 1590 condoms and 135 packets of oral pills.
Community Health Programmes
As District ASHA (accredited social health activist) Resource Centre for Tehri Garhwalorganization is also the DARC (District ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Resource Centre) for strengthening 1024 ASHA in the district with their capacity building, monitoring, supportive supervision and mentoring of ASHAs and mentoring of ASHAs at Field level.
OBJECTIVE
Capacity building of all 1024 ASHA has been accomplished on the following:-
OBJECTIVE
- To establish ARC in District Tehri Garhwal
- To capacitate all ASHA's in Distt Tehri Garhwal
- To monitor and supervise the function of ASHA's
- To build up networking/linkage and support with Distt RCH Society, Block PHC's, ASHA's/ANM's, and aganwadi workers
Capacity building of all 1024 ASHA has been accomplished on the following:-
- Module 1-7 (Main topics covered under Module 1-7)
- Introduction of NRHM, aims and objectives, Role and responsibility of ASHA, How to live healthy life, Body parts, women health, family life education, home remedies, unwanted pregnancy, family planning methods, immunization, comprehensive care during pregnancy, delivery and after delivery for 42 days, malaria, TB, Prevention of RTI/STI
- New born care, Menstruation, AYUSH, diarrhea, ARI,
- Wound care, dog and other animal bites Burn, First Aid management
- HIV/AIDS, Adolescence- the period of growing Helping Adolescent girls to take care of themselves during menstruation
- Self identity, Role & responsibilities of ASHA as a health worker, Fundamental & human rights , Health rights, Effective communication
- Decision making power, Leprosy, Total incentives of ASHA
- Village health planning, Community mobilization and motivation
- Inter personnel communication, Environmental , Disability, Information collection, VHSC
- Homeopathy kit, diseases during pregnancy, child diseases, Precaution and treatment
- Introduction of NRHM, aims and objectives, Role and responsibility of ASHA, How to live healthy life, Body parts, women health, family life education, home remedies, unwanted pregnancy, family planning methods, immunization, comprehensive care during pregnancy, delivery and after delivery for 42 days, malaria, TB, Prevention of RTI/STI
- Village Health and Sanitation Committee(main topics covered)
- Role and responsibility of Village health and sanitation committee
- Record maintaining, keeping and utilizing of funds given to VHSC
- RCH, 108, VHND, RSBY and AIDS
- Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (topics covered)
- What is RSBY, Objectives under RSBY, Beneficiaries under RSBY , Amount under RSBY to ASHA, Smart card procedure. Etc.
- Adolescent Reproductive and sexual health (ARSH) Topics covered
- Concept of ARSH, Introduction to Adolescent, Changes in adulthood, Nutrition and problem, RTI/STI and HIV/AIDS.
- Home Based Neonatal Care (topics covered)
- New born care- (immediate after birth, first one hour, 0-2 days and during first month)
- Post natal care- post natal visits of mother 0-2 days, third day, 7th day, 15th day and 42 day
- Voucher Scheme (topics covered)
- Benefits of BPL families for maternal & child health care in selected private hospitals
- Menstrual Hygiene (topics covered)
- menstrual hygiene & social marketing of Free days sanitary napkins to adolescent girls
- Maternal death audit
Who We Are |
Garhwal Community Development and Welfare Society (GCDWS) is a national NGO that seeks to improve the health status of rural and indigenous populations through research, training and service delivery programmes.
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GCDWS was founded in 1993 by Dr. Rajesh Singh, a trained physician and general surgeon from the Christian Medical College Ludhiana. Dr. Singh worked as a surgeon in different Mission Hospitals in India, but he was not satisfied with the kind of work he was doing. He had a vision set in his mind from childhood to render medical services to poor and needy people in the remote Garhwal Himalayas. His wife, Rajkumari, a nursing professional, shared his vision. Together, they set up the Christian Hospital in 1991 in Chamba, in rural Tehri Garhwal. The ‘Masihi Aspatal’ as the locals called it, is now a 25-bedded rural hospital and a critical care centre for emergencies and surgical care for the surrounding remote and hilly region.
GCDWS grew as a natural corollary to the Christian Hospital and its underlying vision of improving community health. The State Government of Uttarakhand has recognized GCDWS as a ‘mother NGO’, or a nodal organization to mentor several other field NGOs in the state. Since its inception, GCDWS has gathered extensive experience of health outreach work with local communities and village based healthcare providers.
GCDWS grew as a natural corollary to the Christian Hospital and its underlying vision of improving community health. The State Government of Uttarakhand has recognized GCDWS as a ‘mother NGO’, or a nodal organization to mentor several other field NGOs in the state. Since its inception, GCDWS has gathered extensive experience of health outreach work with local communities and village based healthcare providers.