sustainable health education projects and community health fairs
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2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Successful and Effective Strategies and Resources for Health Education
Projects and Community Health FairsMonday, 30 May, 2016
2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Moderator: PDG Karl Diekman, D 5160Panelists:
PDG Jane Little, D 5010PADG Sheila Hurst, D 5160Past RI Director Yash Pal Das, D 3080Ambassador Sally Cowal, ACS
PDG Karl Diekman, D 5160
HEWRAG Health Education and Wellness Rotarian Action Group
RAGs function independently of Rotary International.
RAGs must operate in accordance with Rotary policy.
What is a Rotarian Action Group?
An autonomous group of Rotarians, family members, program participants, and alumni who are experts in a particular field.
Group members share their expertise by collaborating with clubs and districts on service projects.
RAG for Population and Development
Examples of Rotarian Action Groups
Blood Donations Peace
MalariaLiteracy
WASHRAG
Humanitarian ServiceClubs must achieve 3 of 7 goals:
One choice is:Ensure that at least one club member
belongs to a Board-recognized Rotarian Action Group
John F. Germ
RI President-Elect
PRESIDENTIAL CITATION 2016-2017
Current Rotarian Action Groups
As of April 2016, there are 26 Rotarian Action Groups addressing the following areas of service:
• Addiction Prevention• AIDS & Family Health• Alzheimer’s/Dementia• Blindness Prevention
• Blood Donation• Child Slavery
• Clubfoot• Dental Volunteers
• Diabetes• Disaster Assistance• Endangered Species
• Environmental Sustainability
• Health Education and Wellness• Hearing
• Food Plant Solutions• Hunger and Malnutrition
• Literacy• Malaria
• Mental Health• Microcredit & Community Development
• Multiple Sclerosis• Peace
• Polio Survivors • Population and Development
• Water and Sanitation
WHFRAG + Kenya Smiles Became HEWRAG
The World Health Fairs Rotarian Action Group Has combined with Kenya Smiles
To form HEWRAGHealth Education & Wellness
Rotarian Action Group
What’s unique about HEWRAG?
Its 3 areas of emphasis
1. Health Fairs and Medical Missions2. Oral Health and Nutrition3. Cervical Cancer Prevention
PDG Jane Little
PADG SHEILA HURST
A Model for Improving Children’s Oral Health in
Kenya, East Africa, & Beyond
A Program of Districts 5160, 9212 (Kenya), and
6150 (Central & NE Arkansas)
KENYA SMILES
The Rotarian, February 2014
The Rotarian, August 2013
The Rotary Foundation Celebrating the First 100
years
Page 257
Featuredin the ROTAMarch 2016Newsletter
REACH OUT TO AFRICA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2016
Featured 3 times in Breakout Sessions
How did this happen?
It all started with 2 Incredible District Governors
PDG Geeta Manek, District 9200 (9212)
And her classmate
PDG Laura Day, District 5160
Team Leaders Sheila Hurst & Jeff Bamford
Joined by PDG Karl Diekman and PP Protus Lumiti
~45 million people~1000 dentists ~39 million people
~30,000 dentists
~99 million people~500 dentists
First we identified a problem worth solving.
Kenya has widely available healthy foods and drinks
And heavily marketed, inexpensive, sugar-based, highly processed foods and drinks
We identified some ways to address the problems
Building AWARENESSProviding INFORMATIONPromoting EDUCATION
Prevention is the goal.
$200,000+ Rotary Global Grant projectRC Karen-Nairobi and District 5160
$53,000 raised $10 at a time from Rotary Clubs and individuals
Contributions from D 5160, 9212, & 6150 The Rotary Foundation Matching Funds Additional gifts and donations bring the current
funding total to $450,000+
Then together we found funding to help solve it.
Dental Kits for 5000 children
Rotarians donated $10 to sponsor a dental care kit with for dental care.
$53,000 raised 5000 children received
dental kits and oral health lessons.
Healthy Snacks Magnetic Game
Puppets from FolkmanisFolkmanis Puppets
Oral Health & Nutrition Tool KitEnglish Curriculum
English Curriculum
Oral Health & Nutrition Tool Kit Swahili Curriculum
Swahili Curriculum
Implementation! 2 Vocational Training Teams
6 top Kenya Dentists to UC San Francisco School of Dentistry
Visits to leading American dental schools
Training on an Aseptico Mobile Operatory
Honored by the California State Assembly
Vocational Training Teams worked together in Nairobi
Instruction and training for faculty & students
University of Nairobi School of Dental Sciences
Kenya Dental Association Continuing Education Classes
Nutrition Education for 300 women
for Mothers & Caregivers
Training the Trainers in villages near Meru
35 hour nutrition education course for local women
Growing and preparing healthy foods in healthy ways
600 women in Meru now own and uselocally manufactured jiko energy efficient stoves.
Lessons in a pre-school in Kibera Slum
The children were all curious
Grateful and Joyous
And thrilled with the dental care kits.
But has Kenya Smiles really made a difference?
Oral health lessons and dental kits for 5000 children
Support for dental programs in rural villages
Oral health lessons and supplies in Loitokitok District
Oral Health Lessons for Families by Local Dentists
Families in Mukuru Slum learning about good nutrition,
oral health, and dental care.
Professinal preventive care for children
Mobile operatories and portable dental chairs for clinics
New Scholarships for Dental Students
Women’s baking program with energy efficient oven .
Nutrition for Life Bakery open for business!
16,500 Direct Beneficiaries to dateMany strategies can be used in
other locations and other projects.
3000 children in Myanmar, January 2015
3500 children and educators Kenya, October 2015
Now there is Local Program Leadership
Adults want to learn about good dental health, too
Kenya Smiles is Simple
Kenya Smiles is Sustainable
Kenya Smiles is Scalable
Kenya Smiles
Would you like to learn more?
We’d like to talk with you!
Thank you.
YASH PAL DASPast Rotary InternationalDirector
1905- 2005 ROTARY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
Inspiration for the Project
1997: Mrs. Sneh Bansal was detected with Cancer
2000: Rtn. Subhash Bansal decided to provide care for cancer patients in Ambala as no such facility was available in there
Cancer Awareness and Counseling Program
100 awareness camps 2500 women examined for Breast Cancer.Decision in 2005 to set up a full time Rotary Hospital
OUR DREAM
OUR MOTIVATOR
Dr. Jai Dev
Chairman
Contributed over US$ 1 million
January 2010
Hospital begins to function
RECEPTION AREA
WARD CHARGES US$4 PER DAY
• Initiated by the Rotary Club of Ambala in 2005 • to commemorate 100 years of Rotary
• US $2 million donated by Rotary Members & Community
• A No Profit - No Loss Hospital
• Built up area: 40,000 sq. ft.
• 100 Beds General Hospital
ROTARY’S GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY
109
OUR OBJECTIVE
Motto: Low Cost but Quality Healthcare for allModel: Infrastructure, including Land, Building, Equipment, etc. to be provided through donations by Rotarians and the CommunityFunding: Running expenses to be borne by patients
CONSTRUCTION TEAM
MODERN EQUIPMENT
Surgery with C-Arm in Progress
ANGIOGRAPHY–ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURES
ADVANCED LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS
• Cath Lab for Angioplasty and Pace Maker implant• Advanced Pathology Lab• 2 Operation Theatres – with Laminar Airflow –
Bacteria free system• Separate Male and Female Wards• 10 Private Rooms• Semi-private wards• 24 hour Emergency with critical are MD doctor
OUR FACILITIES
• General Medicine• General Surgery• Orthopedics• Ear Nose Throat• Radiology• Physiotherapy• Critical Care
• Urology & Kidney• Oncology• Neuro Surgery• Dermatology• Interventional
Cardiology
OUR DEPARTMENTS
OUR DREAM FOR THE FUTURE• 250 Bed Multi-specialty hospital
• Advanced Cardiac Care Center
• Radiotherapy Equipment
• Develop into a full-fledged Medical College• and Cancer Research Center
Rotarians are doing good in the community.
THANK YOU
Ambassador Sally CowalSenior Vice President, Global Cancer ControlAmerican Cancer Society, Inc.
Cervical cancer prevention programs…
Save women’s lives, keeping families and communities intact
Can be successfully integrated into existinghealth services for women and girls
Are in demand, viable, and affordable inall countries
Cervical cancer prevention programs…(continued)
Are a highly cost-effective "best-buy" inglobal health (WHO)
Contribute to achieving current and emerging global development targets on
1. the health of girls and women and2. the reduction of noncommunicable
diseases (NCDs) worldwide.
Vaccination Examination
self-testingVIAPAP Smears
TreatmentCryo therapyLEEP
Referral
Preventing, Evaluating, and Treating HPV
Ladyganga.org
HEWRAG can help you…
o Design your project o Find your project partner(s)o Connect you with the right resources almost
anywhere in the worldo Provide guidance during implementationo And much more
You’re invited to join HEWRAG today!Become part of our team working
to eliminate cervical cancer.Hewrag.org [email protected]
Health Education and Wellness
Rotarian Action Group
• To promote good health and wellness through healthy lifestyle choices and disease prevention.
• To achieve and maintain good health and to utilize effective preventions in an integrated way.
• To build awareness, promote education, and provide information about good health and wellness
HEWRAG’S GOALS
Visit Rotary.org/actiongroups Visit www.hewrag.orgAttend the Annual MeetingWrite to [email protected] up for the HEWRAG newsletter Like us on Facebook.com/hewragConsider joining HEWRAG
For more information about HEWRAG
Stop by Booth #3236. Let’s talk…
This presentation will be posted on
Hewrag.org.You can also see the
newsletter there.
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