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Ntoroko: over 400 hundred village health team (VHTS) have been
trained and passed out after a two months training by health professionals
under the supervision of save the children in partnership with the Korea
international cooperation (KOICA) aimed at fighting maternal child death in the
district.
At the official pass out held under the theme “ VHTS reaching
every child in every house hold in Ntoroko” at Ntoroko district headquarters
kibuku village the chief guest who is the director health services Dr. Anthony
Mbonye held the VHTS for committing themselves to save mothers and children in
the community without pay which he said it’s not common in the country.
“if one advertised and asked people to apply to work for free frew
would turn up but am impressed with you for having turned up to work for your
community” Anthony said.
While handing over 200 bicycles, medicine tools, ICCM register and
respiratory timers Anthony observed that ever since the district started
engaging the VHTS in public health matters it’s doing well compared to other
districts which does not involve such people in fighting for child maternal
death in the country.
“health is made at house to house, when things go wrong it means
samething is wrong at home so learn the value of VHTS” Anthony added
He further said HIV/AIDS is lowering down due to education done by
VHTS which improves living standard which influenced him to continue lobbing
for a health centre four since the district has only health centre three.
He advised those who believe in witchcraft to stop the doctrine as
it was in early days of attributing every disease on certain things.
The district health officer
Dr. Maxwell Okelo said Ntoroko District has only six established
government Health facilities and 1 PNFP making them 7 facilities. Only 3 of the
facilities are located in town councils and the rest are located in the rural
sub counties. Even still, 3 out of 6 sub counties have HCIIs, 3 out of the 4
town councils have facilities, leaving Kibuuku town council without. Because
most sub counties lack health facilities, where most of our populations live,
it means people have to move long distances to access services.
Okelo said with support
from Save the children, they now have 400 VHTs trained in Integrated Community
Case Management (ICCM).children under 5 years are mostly disturbed with
diarrhea, cough and fever.
He added that the
trained VHTS can diagnosed and treated at community level with ideas taught to
them.
Before save the children
offered a Sicilian machine no mother had been operated at any of
the health centres but currently over 170 mothers have undergone Sicilian process
without being referred to any health facility of another district.
The deputy chairperson
five Musoke Justus hailed the VHTS with interest that they are going to end
fails information of witch crafting in most villages because accurate
information will be delivered.
Among those who attended
the pass out was the Ntoroko RDC, Wilson, Dr. steven Twenomuzuni pastors, among
others.
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