Awareness on Corona Virus Disease [COVID-19]
Many people are unaware of the simple preventive measures they can carry out in their daily life to keep them away from minor diseases and their consequences. To encourage people in adopting healthy behaviours that provide resistance to serious health threats, we conduct health awareness programs on various topics.
On 14th February 2020 an awareness program was organized by NELUMBO, NEPAL in collaboration with Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality, Dhital-06 focusing on spreading endemic disease: Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) also known as the novel Corona Virus along with other topics like Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Social Responsibilities. It was necessary to aware people of the current endemic disease COVID-19 as people didn’t have much information on how it spreads and how it can be prevented even with minimum effort. Along with this, sensitizing people on the benefits of drinking purified and safe water, living in a sanitized environment and following personal hygiene like hand-washing (decreases 50% of waterborne and 23% of respiratory diseases) was also important. Similarly, awareness of nutrition was given focusing on Maternal and Child Health with the aim of reducing Infant Mortality Rate as well as undernourishment (one of the poorest)
In the days that followed, the severity and uncertainty of the disease increased day by day. Along with the distribution of personal protective equipment, it was also necessary for general people to make aware about the nature of the disease, and the ways to deal with it in daily basis. Thus, various awareness programs were rolled out related to general etiology of COVID-19 at various place and institutions through different methods and media to aware people about this newly discovered virus which has been affecting almost all countries around the world. Along with this, different other aspect related to impacts of COVID-19 were covered in various awareness programs.
Various local newspaper, national daily, FM, and television printed and broadcasted preventive measures and other various materials of COVID-19. Also, use of printed materials like flyer, brochures, and flex were distributed in community level to ensure the reach of the program.
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