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The Nestling Trust (TNT) is supporting medical staff at the Baiteshwor Health & Birthing Centre (built with help from the BigGive) in plans to provide an outreach program of Health Education (HE) - for staff from 4 remote village area clinics to provide school/women/community groups with HE sessions
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Situation
World Health Organisation 2020 estimates that in Nepal 66% of deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases, the highest being cardiovascular diseases. Two-thirds of all premature deaths can be linked to modifiable risk factors: unhealthy lifestyle & diet, poor hygiene, smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol/drugs etc. In the poor, marginalised communities of rural Nepal, villagers lack awareness of the risks, so suffer ill health/disability/job loss & have little knowledge of basic first aid.
Solution
Provide a Health Education Programme for approx. 24,000 population in 4 remote villages of Dolakha. Unicef says health education is the bedrock of healthy communities. It's a process of empowering people to increase control over their health. HE sessions will help raise awareness of simple choices/changes that can be made to improve health and well-being, plus basic first aid skills. The plan: train the Trainers then Trainers to run monthly outreach sessions for Schools/Women & Community groups.
