Community Health Intervention Project; Songsak

Bakdil has been implementing Community Health Intervention Project focusing on women and children in Songsak.

Focusing on the reduction of anemia in women and children the main activity of the project is to conduct anemia tests and to provide proper nutrition guidelines to the people of the area.

It has been observed that most women and children in the villages of Garo Hills are anemic. This is one of the main reasons for maternal death.

During the implementation last month, Bakdil organized at least 6 health camps in different villages combined with an anemia identification program.

A total of 267 participants received a free medical check-up from Samin Sembukol, Samin Rongmerang, Samin Waksogre, Koksi Songgital, Koksi Songama, and Koksi Nengsat villages.

In all the Health Camps, the most common illness identified were scabies, a stomach infection, fever, body weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, and such. It was also observed that most of these are due to a lack of clean drinking water facilities, and a lack of nutritious dietary habits.

Along with medicines and tonics, nutritious bars made of groundnut and jaggery were also distributed to all to improve the Hb level of anemic women and children.