Assenting Action for Changing of Livelihoods (Aachol) Trust
41/13 A, Zikatola, Dhaka Phone: 02-9140296
Web: www.aachol.org Email: [email protected]
Monthly Report on
Aachol Mobile Health Clinic Project on April, 2015
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Date of Submission: May 06, 2015
Submitted to:
Atom Rahman
Chairman &
Board of Trustees
Aachol Trust
Submitted By:
R & DO
Research Department
Aachol Trust
Executive Summary
Aachol’s Mobile Health Clinic arranged 21 health camps in April, 2015 including
Blood Grouping Camp at Matrychya Model School and the others were being
arranged in pre-scheduled places that always been vulnerable and remote areas
in order to render primary health care to the poor and lackluster inhabitant of
those areas.
These camps were organized at 3 primary schools i.e. Progati Govt. Primary
School and Basila Govt. Primary School and Matrychya Model School . Camps
were also organized at Basila, Looter Char, Kamrangirchar, Dhaka Uddan,
Balurmath, and
Samlasi. In this month a total 2454 patients were treated,
medicated and counseled where we provided medicine to the 2144 patients and
143 patients being referred to specialists.
The residents were also checked for different ailments and given full/partial
dosage of the right medications. Those who needed further specialist attention
were referred to bigger and renowned hospitals through our reference.
Strategies:
The Aachol Mobile Health Clinic is designed to be implemented by bringing
together essential services: counsel, detection, medication and treatment and
referral of multiple chronic diseases, diarrhoea and other common illnesses
through community outreach and local health facilities. A central aspect of this
strategic planning is the adaptation and implementation of us so that the
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interventions through individual programs can be gradually merged into
Comprehensive Health programs.

Regular reviews of performance and progress reflect approaches to issues that span
several areas and issues. These: promote accountability, and strengthen communication,
enabling people to articulate their demands, and change behavior to improve
participation of all stakeholders,

involve Ourselves in mobilizing communities and providing services based on need;
Synopsis of Aachol Mobile Health Clinic
Venue
No of
Camp
Only Counseling
Patients
Both Medicated &
Counseled Patients
Total Patients
Health Camp at Balurmath
4
23
375
398
Health Camp at Basila Govt.
Primary School
4
42
349
391
Health Camp at Kamrangirchar
2
65
298
363
Health Camp at Looterchar
2
34
167
201
Health Camp at Samlashi
3
22
213
235
Health at Alif Ideal School
1
27
71
98
Health and Blood Grouping Camp
at Jhauchar
2
48
301
349
Health Camp at Dhaka Uddan
2
35
277
312
Health Camp at Progati Govt.
Primary School
1
14
93
107
Total
21
310
2144
2454
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Our Achievements:
Aachol Mobile Health Clinic programs have been arranged at multiple places and
on basis of the places and diseases our achievements are different in most of the
times.
Common Health Problems Bangladesh- Rural : Common Health Problems
Bangladesh- Rural Malnutrition, Worm infestation, Skin infections, Diarrhea,
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs), Anemia, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Kala-zar,
Leprosy, etc and the above diseases are causing for
Lack of health care
services, Poor housing, Poor sanitation.
Common Health Problems Bangladesh- Urban : Common Health Problems
Bangladesh- Urban Hypertension, Air pollution, Sound pollution, Heart diseases,
Diabetes, Cancer, Dengue fever, Drug addiction, STD (sexually transmitted
diseases, etc.)
Measures For Maintaining Good Health : Our Counsels are always therefore to
take Measures For Maintaining Good Health Personal hygiene, Daily bath, Use
clean dresses, Taking balanced diet, Regular exercise & rest, Avoiding smoking,
Avoiding alcohol, Avoiding drugs, Good housing, Proper sanitation, Seek
treatment if any ailment.
Multi- Sectoral Responsibility of Health: Multi-sectoral Responsibility of Health is
multi-factorial. Various factors in the environment are directly or indirectly related
to health. Thereby, health sector & other health-related sectors such as
agriculture, education, animal husbandry, nutrition, communication, housing,
sanitation, water supply, etc. together have the responsibility to maintain health
of a community and in the above means Aachol Team plays a vital role in sense
of raising public awareness through our diversified Health related programs.
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New Philosophy of Health: New Philosophy of Health is a fundamental human
right, Health is essence of productive life, Health is intersectoral, Health is an
integral part of development, central to the concept of quality life, Health involves
individual, state & international responsibility, Health & its maintenance is a major
investment, Health is a world-wide goal and we always emphasized these
Philosophy of Health whenever we organized our Heath solution programs.
Our Mission, Vision and Values:
 To deliver free medical service directly to underserved destitute children,
youth and also adult in their own areas.

To provide the ultimate in mobile medical care to underserved children,
youth and adult throughout the dilapidated areas...

Every poor and destitute child, youth and adult is respected and deserves
attentive, compassionate and nonjudgmental health care in where we
organized our mobile health camp. And it also refers Assenting Action for
Changing of Livelihoods.
The report is divided into multiples sections. i.e.
•
Introduction
•
Medical Supporting Areas;
 Findings
 Achievements
 Medical and Aachol Team details.
•
Appendices.
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Introduction:
Health status and related health behaviors are determined by influences at
multiple levels: personal, organizational/institutional, environmental, and policy.
Because significant and dynamic interrelationships exist among these different
levels of health determinants, educational and community-based programs are
most likely to succeed in improving health and wellness when they address
influences at all levels and in a variety of environments/settings.
Aachol Mobile Health Clinic is
one
the
radical
project
of
Aachol Trust. Our objective is
based
to
render
service
towards
medical
poor
and
destitute people who are not
able to engage themselves into
medical facilities even in case
of primary level and by period
of time they suffer most severely of that little cause of ailment. Our goals settings
of increasing the quality, availability, and effectiveness of educational and
community-based programs designed to prevent disease and injury, improve
health, and enhance quality of life. Considering the above moral scenarios,
Aachol Mobile Health Clinic has been arranged with the motto that leads to
provide health solution towards those people who are not capable of attach
themselves into medical facilities. In medium of our health camp we provide
medicine towards the checked up patients and counsel the general ones. In April,
2015 following areas are the subject matter of our ongoing Mobile Health Clinic
Programs and these are scrupulously focused with details in below;
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1.1Health Camp at Jhauchar and Dhaka Uddan:
Health checkups are not available for primary and higher primary school students
in the suburban of Jhauchar Area and Dhaka Uddan. It is not feasible for parents
who themselves are suffering from acute poverty and starvation to make a long
journey/manage
to
a
health center or solution
to ensure that their child
gets
treatment.
Often
children are suffering from
common ailments which
can be prevented and
cured by health education
and
regular
Considering
monitoring.
the
above
social costs and sufferings Aachol Trust arranged a Mobile Health Camp at here.
A countable number of patients got medical treatment from us and few patients
were being to refer those who are suffering by serious/acute diseases.
Through this Camp a few numbers of high risk pregnant mothers had been
identified and our Medical
team
counseled
and
medicated them properly.
In general health checkedup session, people had
advised for hypertension,
diabetes and blood sugar.
The blood pressure and
weight were being also
measured. Based on their metabolic status, they had been taught life style
modification, given counseling for diet.
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We also organized Blood Grouping Camp at here and distributed 500 Oral
Saline towards the local people at here.
In this month, at Jhauchar, a total of
349 patients were medically treated
including Blood Grouping which
included men women and children
on that locality. Among them 301
patients were medicated while 48
patients were given general advice.
Health Camp Overview at Jhauchar
Number of patients Number of patients both
medicated&counseled
treated and
counseled
349
301
Number of
patients only
counseled
48
Percentage (%)
medication
Percentage (%)
counseling
86%
14%
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In this month, at Dhaka Uddan, a
total of 312 patients were medically
treated which included orphan, men
women and children on that locality.
Among them 277 patients were
medicated while 35 patients were
given general advice.
At here we also observed that the medically treated people are suffering by lack
of nutritional status, presence of upper respiratory tract infection, worm
infestation, anemia, diarrhea, malaria, typhoid and so on.
Pictorials: Health Camp at Dhaka Uddan
Health Camp Overview at Dhaka Uddan
Number of patients Number of patients both
medicated&counseled
treated and
counseled
312
277
Number of
patients only
counseled
35
Percentage (%)
medication
Percentage (%)
counseling
88%
12%
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1.2.Health Camp at Kamrangirchar and Looterchar:
In the month of April,15 we had arranged mobile health camp at Kamrangir Char
Thoda and Looterchar. These two places are situated just beside the river of
Buriganga. The patients
were almost women here
and they came out from
home to see our Doctors
for
their
serious
helplessness. They are
suffering from particularly
skin diseases because;
there has no pure source
of water and also healthy
foods. They live under
non-development
life
style and they do not get proper education. The male members of that area are
almost boat men and
they also suffer from
various fatal diseases.
People
of
here
have
faced
malnutrition
because
of
inadequate
causing
earning.
of
taking
foods
insufficient
Our
experienced doctor counseled and medicated them. Aachol team also counseled
them and provided them the basic knowledge of health.
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In this month, at Kamrangirchar Thoda, a total of 363 patients were medically
treated which included , men women and children on that locality. Among them
298 patients were medicated while 65 patients were given general advice.
Health Camp Overview at Kamrangirchar
Number of patients Number of patients both
medicated&counseled
treated and
counseled
363
298
Number of
patients only
counseled
65
Percentage (%)
medication
Percentage (%)
counseling
82%
18%
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In this month, at Looterchar, a
total
of
201
medically
included
patients
treated
men
were
which
women
and
children on that locality. Among
them
167
patients
were
medicated while 34 patients
were given general advice.
Health Camp Overview at Looterchar
Number of patients Number of patients both
medicated&counseled
treated and
counseled
201
167
Number of
patients only
counseled
34
Percentage (%)
medication
Percentage (%)
counseling
83%
17%
1.3.Health Camp at Basila Govt. Primary School and Shamlasi:
People in rural areas face some different health issues than people who live in
towns and cities. Getting health
care can be a problem when one
live in a remote area. One might
not be able to get to a hospital
quickly in an emergency. You
also might not want to travel long
distances to get routine checkups
and screenings. Rural areas often
have fewer doctors and Medical
Representatives,
and
certain
specialists might not be available
at all.
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Because it can be hard to get care, health problems in rural residents may be
more serious by the time they are
diagnosed. People in rural areas of
the Bangladesh have higher rates of
chronic disease than people in urban
areas. They also have higher rates of
certain
exposure
types
to
of
cancer,
chemicals
from
used
in
farming. Besides that the people of
rural areas are mostly suffered by
malnutrition, diarrhea, high fever with cold, itching problems, pregnancy
complications, dengue, malaria, filaria, dysentery, pneumonia, old aged
complications and so on.
Basila is located on near the Dhaka City but its socio economic status is so poor
as like poverty stricken rural areas. We arrange our health camp at here in a
regular schedule basis and on following of this month, we arranged health camps
at this locality and 391 patients were both counseled and medicated and among
them 349 patients got medication.
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Health Camp Overview at Basila
Number of patients Number of patients both
medicated&counseled
treated and
counseled
391
349
Number of
patients only
counseled
42
Percentage (%)
medication
Percentage (%)
counseling
90%
10%
In medium of our Mobile Health
Clinic at Shalmasi we counseled
and medicated pregnant women,
malnutrition affected people; old
aged complications patients and
a notable number of child and
school going students. We also
distributed
around
500
Oral
Saline towards the local people
at here for both of their health solution and awareness.
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We arrange our health camp at
here in a regular schedule basis
and on following of this month, we
arranged health camps at this
locality and 235 patients were both
counseled
and
medicated
and
among them 213 patients got
medication.
Health Camp Overview at Shamlasi
Number of patients Number of patients both
medicated&counseled
treated and
counseled
235
213
Number of
patients only
counseled
22
Percentage (%)
medication
Percentage (%)
counseling
91%
09%
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1.4.Health Camp at Progati Govt. Primary School and Alif Ideal School:
Aachol Mobile Health Clinic has a School health programs that have been part of
ensuring health solution to the students, guardians and teachers. The health
promoting school is a developed concept which seeks to provide a multifaceted
approach to school health. It should provide a better framework to assist schools
address
the
health
issues of their students.
Our
providing
health
service ensure on the
arena of development of
the
health
promoting
school and identifies its
structural
components.
Findings indicate health gains for primary school students are difficult to assess,
and will most likely occur if
a well-designed program is
implemented which links
the curriculum with other
health
promoting
actions,
substantial
school
contains
professional
development for teachers
and is underpinned by a theoretical model. School Health improvements can be
made in more accurately assessing the effectiveness of the health promoting
primary school in improving school health.
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In April,2015, we arranged Health Camp at Progoti Govt. Primary School. A total
of 107diseases attacked Students were treated medicated and counseled who
included parents and teachers. Among them 93 patients were medicated for their
different kind’s ailments.
Health Camp Overview at Progati Govt. Primary School
Number of patients Number of patients Number of patients Percentage (%) Percentage (%)
treated
and medicated
only counseled
medication
counseling
counseled
107
93
14
87%
13%
Our Health team also counseled them
to the parents of the student’s on
account of
keeping their child free from diseases
i.e. balanced diet, regular physical
exercise, taking seasonal fruits and
vegetables,
washing
hands
before
eating and after defecation and so on.
Today we medicated also a notable
number of malnutrition suffered child
and also their parents. Our treated
some child patients suffered
Coasichor
and
Marasmer
from
related
diseases also.
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Graphical : Mobile Health Clinic at Progati Govt. Primary School.
In April,2015, we arranged Health Camp at Alif Ideal School. A total of 98
diseases attacked Students were treated medicated and counseled who included
parents and teachers. Among them 71 patients were medicated for their different
kind’s ailments.
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Health Camp Overview at Alif Ideal School
Number of patients Number of patients Number of patients Percentage (%) Percentage (%)
treated
and medicated
only counseled
medication
counseling
counseled
98
71
27
72%
28%
Graphical : Mobile Health Clinic at Alif Ideal School.
1.5.Health Camp at Balurmath:
In the month of April,2015 we
had arranged a mobile health
camp in the remote area of
Balurmath. Like any other
remote places of Bangladesh,
this
locality
darkness
of
belongs
to
education
&
superstations as well. The
living people at here are passing their days in adhere with acute poverty . They
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do not get proper medical support so that, their trust increases quack methods.
Most of the people in this area always take tobacco. They suffer from infection
like oral problem, throat breakage &
ARI and it’s alike
also
suffer
Diarrhea,
because
from
Malaria,
of
diseases. They
living
malnutrition.
Typhoid
just
polluted
and
unhygienic means.
We have
regularly arranged Health Camps at
here
to
provide
health
solution
towards the affected people in supported with medication and counsel by our
doctor and Aachol Volunteers.
In this month, we had arranged a
multiple Health Camps at here and a
total of 398 diversified diseases attacked
local patients were treated medicated
and counseled who included male,
female and children . Amon g them 375
patients were medicated for their different kind’s ailments.
Health Camp Overview at Balurmath
Number of patients Number of patients Number of patients Percentage (%) Percentage (%)
treated
and medicated
only counseled
medication
counseling
counseled
398
375
23
95%
5%
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Conclusion
The neglect in even the simplest preventive medical treatment usually leads to a
more serious ailment and eventually into deaths. The need of the hour is thus a
two pronged approach – first to bring quality health care services to doorsteps of
the needy and second to promote healthcare awareness and contemporary
health care seeking behavior among the underprivileged. In such a scenario a
mobile health care services delivery system is the most practical mechanism. In
that humanitarian consideration, Aachol Trust has regularly arranged its Health
Camp at diversified remote, rural and dilapidated areas to mitigate the social and
economic cost of the poor and destitute people.
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Appendix
Health Camp at Kamrangirchar
Health Camp at Looterchar
Health Camp at Kamrangirchar
Health Camp at Basila
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Health Camp at Balurmath
Health Camp at Jhauchar
Health Camp at Progati Govt. Primary
School
Health Camp at Basila
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Blood Grouping Camp at Jhauchar
Health Camp at Samlasi
Health Camp at Dhaka Uddan
Health Camp at Marsh Model Academy in
Samlasi
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