KAILALI, Dec 22: Tikapur Municipality in Kailai district has mobilized a large number of women health volunteers (WHVs) to spread the message against non-communicable diseases. The municipality took this decision concluding that non-communicable diseases have been witnessed as one of the key health threats.
The WHVs are sensitizing the issues by making people aware of healthy lifestyle, food habits, and other aspects to do away with the non-communicable diseases.
The Health Section of the municipality stated that altogether 120 women volunteers have been mobilized to the community by providing them with the three-day-long training.
Noncommunicable disease prevention program starts from Kailali
They were trained about the types of non-communicable diseases, their symptoms, prevention measures and mental health issues.
The coordinator of the Public Health Promotion Section, Bal Bahadur Rawal, said the number of patients taking recommendations for the treatment of heart attack, brain hemorrhage, diabetes, asthma and cancer diseases has been on the rise lately.
Likewise, the number of such people with cardiac and respiratory-related illnesses is high, it is said. "We started working for awareness raising as the number of patients is increasing daily. We are giving counseling services, running health camps and awareness-raising programs at the ward level," Rawal shared.
We have asked the local people to improve their living style and food habits to prevent the spread of non-communicable diseases.
Chandra Chaudhary, a health volunteer, said it has become easier for them to be aware of the local people’s health problems as the community people put their trust in us.
Likewise, another health volunteer Maya Ghartimagar stated that she is sharing ideas and health education to the local people to practice healthy habits.
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