Easy access to health services for the population of Ciorasti Commune and its neighbouring areas

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Overall objective of the project is:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- To improve the access of the population of Ciorasti Commune and its neighbouring villages to preventive medical services by investing in medical infrastructure, providing medical services, training medical staff and conducting information and awareness campaigns on disease prevention. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">This main objective translates into real and visible long-term benefits for the 1000 people who constitute the project's target group, who will be assisted by the project through the provision of medical services designed to help them improve their quality of life.&nbsp; Thus:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 1000 people in a state of vulnerability, in rural areas, will benefit from medical services aimed at preventing the onset or worsening of chronic diseases.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 1000 people (the same as those who will benefit from medical services) will be involved in information and awareness raising sessions on health issues in order to instil good practices in terms of personal hygiene and nutrition as well as prevention of chronic diseases </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 5 health specialists working in the locality will benefit from specialist training courses/programmes in order to improve their skills and be able to provide quality services.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 6 information and awareness raising campaigns, 4 of them organised in the form of caravans and 2 organised in the form of health fairs, on health issues will be carried out during the 20 months in order to stimulate the development of a culture of prevention and early treatment of diseases.</span></span></p>

Project partners

• Volunteering for Life Association Project partner· Romania