BUILDING HEALTH POSTS PROGRAM

THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE MEDICAL PROJECT WHICH BELONG TO

ACRIS-IRM-MISSAU- MILANGE, ZAMBEZIA, MOZAMBIQUE, DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER 2002.

MAIN OBJECTIVE: BUILD NEW HEALTH POSTS IN LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO STATE HEALTH POSTS.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE:

1.      BUILD NEW HEALTH POSTS.

2.      INCORPORATE THESE HEALTH POSTS TO THE HEALTH CENTRE NET OF THE DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE IN MILANGE.

     STRATEGIES:

1.      CHOOSING AN AREA TO BUILD A HEALTH POST ACCORDING TO

THE NEEDS AND CRITERIA OF THE REFORMED CHURCH OF MOZAMBIQUE  IN COORDINATION WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE MEDICAL ADVISOR OF ACRIS, AND THE DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE  IN MILANGE.

2.      BUILDING PLANNING: BRICK MANUFACTURING, SUPPLY OF

STONES, SAND, IRON, CEMENT, IRON BARS, SILVER PLATES, ETC.

HUMAN RESOURCES AND CONSTRUCTION.

3.      PRESENTATION OF THE BUILDING PROJECT BEFORE THE DDS

FOR ITS APPROVAL.( PLANS, LOCATION, DISTANCE FROM THE NEXT HEALTH UNIT, NUMBER OF INHABITANTS)

4.      ESTABLISHING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE IRM AND THE

LOCAL COMMUNITY  ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSABILITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW HEALTH POST.

5.      ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS TO SUPPORT OR SUPPLY MATERIALS AND SKILLED LABOUR WHICH

THE COMMUNITY MAY LACK.

6.      BUILDING A HEALTH POST, A WELL, A HOUSE FOR THE

EMPLOYEES, AND A LATRINE.

7.      INAUGURATION OF THE HEALTH POST WITH PARTICIPATION OF

IRM AND D.D.S AUTHORITIES IN MILANGE.

8.      INCORPORATE THE HEALTH POST TO THE SANITARY UNIT NET

OF THE D.D.S IN MILANGE.

ESTABLISHING A WORK CONTRACT WITH  IRM EMPLOYEES TRAINED BY THE MISSAU AND APPROVED BY THE IRM AND THE

DDS IN MILANGE  FOR MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS IN THESE HEALTH UNITS WHICH BELONG TO THE IRM.

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Dr. Daniel Martin