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Sing Song CHCs

August 2010. J. Waterkeyn

CHCs are spreading rapidly in Africa, but the question remains, ‘Can they appeal to more sophisticated rural communities in Asia?’ How can we adapt the CHC methodology to suit this very different scenario.

Since November 2009, when Ministry of Health (MoH) in Vietnam first decided to use the [...]

The Johanna Road Project: 6-Month Report

March 2010

After 6 months of health promotion modules, impressive improvements have occurred at the Johanna Road Informal Settlement in the eThekwini Municipality, as measured by our Household Observations Survey, and as observed through communal changes and activities.

Research

From the baseline surveys, it was identified that the most problematic areas were low practice of [...]

South Africa, KZN Poster

This poster is a visual summary of the Danida funded IWRM project in South Africa, where 10 CHCs achieved high levels of behaviour change within an 8 month period.

2009.KZN poster.pdf

Zimbabwe Case Study

A short summary of hygiene behaviour change in Zimbabwe, updating from the ground breaking early projects in 2001 in Tsholtsho, to recent projects in Chipinge where similat levels of change are being recorded. It points a way forward as to how the MDGs can be achieved by scaling up the CHC approach as is being [...]

South Africa:KZN Case Study

This is a summary of the achievements of a pilot project which was using Community Health Clubs to promote hygiene behaviour change in Kwa Zulu Natal, and shows that this is an effective methodology for sound development in rural South Africa

South Africa KZN Rural Case Study

South Africa

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PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Development of generic CHC Training manual and extensive PHAST Tool Kit for Informal Settlements (City Health Department- Danida)

Training for City Health Department of facilitators to start CHCs in Informal Settlements near Cape Town

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E.I.

Effective Interventions (E.I) is a UK based Foundation formed to provide case studies of how to lower Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in developing countries. Currently, two major research programmes are being conducted in India and Guinea Bissau. The latter was chosen as it is one of the poorest countries in Africa with an estimated 300 [...]