In 1991 and 1992 approximately 250,000 Muslims fled from townships in the northern part of Rakhine State in Myanmar to Bangladesh. Since 1996, a repatriation program has been underway to re-integrate these people back into Myanmar society. Approximately 6,900 households in 120 villages will benefit from the project. To improve the health status of Kale Township villagers, particularly women and children, by increasing access to health care services and health education. This three year project is delivering primary health care services and health education to communities in remote Kale Township villages by providing a local organisation, the Wesley Clinic, with the training, materials and equipment necessary to operate village outreach clinics and a mobile health team to service them.
Emphasis is placed on diagnosis and the treatment of malnutrition, diarrhoea, and malaria.
CARE is also training doctors, nurses and village health workers in record keeping, accounting and inventory skills to ensure the proper functioning of the mobile team, the medicine revolving fund and water and sanitation funds. Village outreach clinics will be constructed from low cost local materials. The clinics will be constructed on a cost- sharing basis with villagers contributing land, labour and local materials. Will Be Helped 9,750 villagers in Kale Township and 14 health workers. For previous news stories, use our search facilities below.