Bangladesh-Japan
Joint Primary Health Care and Nature Conservation in Bangladeshi Community
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Scouts as young and promising citizens contribute towards solving the health and nutritional issues. Scouts and Rovers of Bangladesh and Japan worked in creating awareness among the community people on different components of PHC and improve their knowledge and practice on health, sanitation, nutrition, environment and related issues in 30 Bangladeshi Villages.
The knowledge relating to infant feeding, health and nutrition of pregnant mother, diarrhea management, vitamin-A and iodine intake showed a significant improvement. The scout intervention registered significant progress in improving sanitation and hygienic practice, child feeding practice except exclusive breastfeeding and healthy practices and care for pregnant mother.
Knowledge Relating to Infants' Feeding:
| Breast feeding just after birth |
Exclusive breastfeeding up to 5 months |
Weaning food from five months |
knowledge about Health and Nutrition of Pregnant Mother
| More, frequent and nutritious food to pregnant mother |
Iodine enriched food taking for pregnant mother |
Sufficient Rest and sleeping time for pregnant mother |
Garbage disposal
Knowledge about Diarrhea, Vitamin-A and Iodine
| Current knowledge about home made saline preparation |
Disease due to Vitamin-A shortage |
Testing of iodized salt at home |
ORS Distribution
Healthy Sanitation Practices
| Sanitary/ low cost hygienic latrine |
Hand washing with soap and others before meal |
Hand washing with soap/ ash after defecation |
Communication and understanding
Hygienic Practices
Teeth brushing more than one time daily |
Use tooth powder/paste for cleaning teeth |
Tube well water for drinking |
Safe water for washing dish/utensils |
Child Feeding Practice
Colostrum feeding to new born |
Exclusive breast feeding |
Weaning food for babies after 05 months |
Breast feeding to children during diarrhea |
Booth Demonstration
Healthy Practices and Care for Pregnant Mother
Provide Pregnant and nutritious food for pregnant mother |
Provide special Care for Pregnant mother |
Take iodized salt |
Developed Kitchen garden |
Knowledge and Practice Relating to Nature Conservation
| Knowledge about deforestation for degrading environment and creating draught and flood |
Knowledge about economy wood stove / Bio gas for saving fuel wood |
Practice of plantation of medicinal plants |
Practice of economy wood stove / Bio gas for saving fuel |
Distribution of Vegetables seeds among the community people
Achievements and Learning:
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Proper knowledge about infant feeding has registered a significant increase except exclusive breast-feeding. Knowledge about exclusive breast-feeding has not increased significantly.
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Proper knowledge about health and nutrition of pregnant mother has increased to a significant level.
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Knowledge about diarrhea management and benefit of taking Vitamin-A and iodized salt among the respondents increased to a significant level.
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The project activities have registered significant progress in improving sanitation and hygiene practices.
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The child feeding practices in the project villages have made significant progress except exclusive breast-feeding. The practice of exclusive breast-feeding has remained unchanged.
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The healthy practices and care for pregnant mother in the project villages have made significant progress
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The knowledge and practice relating to tree plantation and nature conservation have increased. But knowledge and practice about economy wood stoves/ biogas plant for saving fuel wood have remained unchanged.
Distribution of teaching aids in school
Booth Demonstration
Lessons Learned:
- The Japanese rovers and Bangladeshi scouts, rovers and non-scout students have made a significant and real difference in promoting community health and environment in the project villages.
- The participant rovers and scouts have got the opportunity to understand the problem which the community people are facing and to work to solve the problems
- The scouts, rovers and non-scout students have developed their knowledge and skills and working with the community people they have improved their interpersonal skills.
Bangladesh, a land of beauty and bounty
21 February, International Mother Language day
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