POST 00751E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS
Follow-up on Posts 00740E and 00747E
5 February 2005
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This message below comes from Eva Kabwongera
(mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/Uganda, and gives more details
on the Child Health Days.
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Dear all,
I would like to provide additional information on child health days in
Uganda. Child Days or CHD, concept was first discussed and agreed upon in
2001, as a means of reaching children < 5 years with biannual Vitamin A
capsule supplementation. The months of May and November were agreed upon.
The main delivery points were the routine EPI delivery points both static
units and outreaches. The main impetus was on planning for the outreaches
and making sure that these outreaches actually take place. In the routine
EPI outreaches, the majority of children turning up for vaccination are
usually up to 2 years of age. Children older than 2 years are not that
many. So the additional effort required during the May and November CHD is
to mobilise parents/care takers to take all children up to five years of
age to the nearest static or outreach delivery point during the child
health days. The main source of funding is from the PHC funds sent to the
districts.
In 2004, additional resources were mobilized to boost the IEC/Community
Social Mobilization, CHD were re-lauched and support supervision carried
out. IEC were mainly on promotion of the health and development of a child.
Provision of an intergrated package to the well being of children is being
promoted.
Districts are encouraged to plan and provide as many interventions as
possible. The interventions include immunization (all antigens as
appropriate), Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, growth monitoring,
hygiene promotion and health education. Some districts have organised SOS
type of outreach package where curative services of common ailments are
offered. ITN retreatment is being considered in May 2005.
So CHD are not a campaign. The 2 months have been designated to promote
child survival interventions.
Dr. Eva Kabwongera,
Health Project Officer/ChildHealth/EPI,
UNICEF Kampala
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