Project - CCHCP
Childhood Cataract Health Communication Project (CCHCP)
- Activities:
- Health Communication materials development and dissemination, training and advocacy
- Partners:
- ICEH, Christoffel- Blinden Mission (CBM),
Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI), Muslim Aid, UK - Duration:
- January 06- January 2007
Aim:
To develop a health communication strategy, and to design, pilot, produce and disseminate health education materials to reduce cataract blindness in children in Bangladesh.
Activities
- Development, piloting and dissemination of health communication materials (production of video/TV documentary, radio spots, posters, newspaper articles and training materials for primary health workers, community members and medical students) related to cataract blindness in children.
- Training of primary health care trainers (TOT), community members and medical students on how to identify a blind child from the local community and where to refer them for treatment.
- Partnership workshop of local service providers (both NGO and government) to facilitate sustained use of childhood cataract health communication materials in their outreach programmes.
