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Rural Women's Health

Advance # 203000

Providing health access and education to rural Chinese women by training healthcare workers

Partner : Global Health Action  
Location : Asia and Pacific, China
Annual Goal : $40,000.00

Background / History

It is estimated that more than one million people are HIV positive in China. If unchecked, this number is expected to explode to 10 million by 2010. To date, limited effort has been expended on community education and on training the millions of primary health care providers serving and practicing within the rural periphery of China. At this time GHA's Women's Health and Reproductive Health Initiative encompasses programs that focus on China: Training Primary Health Care Workers and Rural Women in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Women's Health, and Domestic Violence Prevention. GHA and its programs under the Women's Health and Reproductive Health Initiative work to improve the health conditions of rural Chinese women. On July 1, 2001, GHA formally absorbed all programs and assets of the Institute for Development Training (IDT) at its dissolution. We have worked closely with former IDT Executive Director Dr. Charles Ausherman and former IDT Program Officer Dr. Huanguang Jia to advance the programs initiated by the organization. With the dissolution of IDT and its absorption into GHA, the Women's Health and Reproductive Health Initiative was created. By choosing to carry on the mission of IDT's women's health and reproductive health training programs, health training materials and self-instructional training modules, GHA's programs expanded to China and have the potential to expand to other Asian countries in the near future.
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Mission

GHA's Women's Health Initiative programs in China encompass training Primary Health Care Workers and Rural Women in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Women's Health, and Domestic Violence Prevention. GHA and its programs under the Women's Health Initiative work to improve the health conditions of rural Chinese women.

Goals & Objectives

a) Training of 5,250 primary health care workers and educating 1.6 million rural women.
b) Capacity building of local community health agencies through training 35 county-level health managers.
c) Develop and distribute women's health education booklets to reach 1.6 million rural women with in four years.

Activities Plan

a) Train 35 county-level health managers per province in women's health, HIV/AIDS prevention, domestic violence prevention, and support and participatory methodology.
b) Provide culturally adapted health education materials to 5,250 primary health care workers.
c) 5,250 trained primary health care workers will then implement education sessions for rural women in their communities.
d) Program follow up, support and monitoring by Provincial Public Health Bureau and The Women's Federation.
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Project Outcomes

Global Health Action will continue to work with local partners like the Women's Federation, the provincial, county, and local health bureaus to sustain health programs and outreach in the communities as we train primary health workers.
The lessons learned from twenty-five years of experience in community-based health care in India and Haiti has enhanced GHA's ability to develop and implement practical, community-based health training programs and educational materials (in Mandarin) to educate millions of rural women in a remote province in China.
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Project Indicators

a) Train 35 county-level heath managers per province.
b) Each county-level health manager trains a total of 150 primary health care workers in her/his county (5,250 primary health workers in total).
c) Preparation and distribution of self-study books for primary health care workers and rural women.
d) Creation of data collection management and collection of a survey of 1,500 rural women by Provincial Public Health Bureau health managers.
(e) 10 Provincial Public Health Bureau health managers attend a course in data analysis software with GHA's senior program manager.
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Budget & Financial Information

INCOME  
Advance Financial Goal $40,000.00
Individual & Foundation Contributions $54,000.00
Local Church donations $6,000.00
  $100,000.00
EXPENSES  
"Equipment, Utilities, Maintenance and Insurance F $8,549.00
"Phone, FAX, Postage, and Internet" $1,410.00
Contingency Reserve $2,455.00
Overseas Staff and Short-term Trainers $3,750.00
Personnel Costs $35,609.00
Professional and Audit Fees $1,599.00
"Participant and Trainer Transportation, Food, Lod $10,485.00
"Project and Educational Supplies, Printing (inclu $36,143.00
  $100,000.00

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