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Health

Health Centre Kerala

Kerala. India. Assisted mothers and children in the Order’s Medical Centre during their meals.

1. Project Country
India Archdiocese/Diocese/ S: Diocese Marthandom Kanyakumari District/ Tamil Nadu / South India The Project "Health for One Million"
2. Local Contact for the Project
Address: Bishop’s House, Msgr Maria Arputham, Chisturajapuran, Marthadam - 629165, Kanyakumari District, South India. Tel/Fax: 04651-70180
3. Beneficiaries
Total Number of Persons to be assisted by the Project: about 50,000
Target Groups: Women and children
4. Brief Description of Project
The living situation and the health status of women and children in rural areas of Kanyakumari district/South India need to be urgently improved. Therefore Bishop Lawrence Mar Ephraem (Archdiocese Trivandrum, Diocese Marthandom) has been implementing since 1993 in close co-operation with Malteser-Hilfsdienst, Germany, a community basic health programme, called HOM (Health for One Million) in Kanyakumari District/South India. The main objective of the programme is to evolve a self-sustained system of continuing education on topics of Health and Development benefiting all people and particularly the weaker sections. In more detail the objectives are: • to organise women in self-help groups; • to educate women on health and development; • to improve the quality of life for women through income-generating activities.
The following activities will be implemented during project period 1.1.1999 - 31.12.1999: • health and nutrition education; • medical treatment of mothers and children in mobile units (OPDs); • rehabilitation of disabled children and prevention; • natural family planning; • income generating activities.

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