Basant Shrestha
Nepal Red Cross Society, Nepal
Title: Community Based Health & First Aid (CBHFA) Project as a success model of Nepal Red Cross Public Awareness and Responsibilities regarding Health & Safety issues
Biography
Biography: Basant Shrestha
Abstract
Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and established on 4th September 1963, It is Working to reduce human suffering through providing humanitarian services from district chapters, Sub Chapters and junior /Youth Circles, volunteer mobilization overall country at remote and most vulnerable communities. Nepal has a difficult geo-physical structure, limited health facilities and difficult transport and limited means of communication. Availability of health services are confined to district headquarters only as well as mode of transportation. Due to insufficient availability of health services and transportation facilities in remote community, people have faced so difficulties during the accidents, injuries and health problem. Women are high risk for accidents, injured and health problem because they are directly involved in daily work in home, farming, forest for wood. In the context of Nepal, health problems have been acute because of serious accidents and of the apparently wrong attitudes towards on hygiene, Sanitation and health. In Nepal, while thousands people died annually due to injuries or accidents and a large number of people die from inappropriate health practices .Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births), the proportion of women who deliver with the help of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has 50%. Approximately 80% of the communicable diseases in Nepal are due to contaminated water and poor sanitation, 16 million Nepali people (57 per cent) openly defecate every day due to the lack of latrines in their homes (Source: Nepal MDG Progress Report 2010, DWSS 2010, Gov. and UNDP and CBS. According to a report, over half of Nepal’s population lacks basic knowledge of good hygiene practice. Only 37 per cent of people in Nepal wash their hands with water at critical times and just 12% use Soap. Due to big problem and improve the health and sanitation status of remote community people CHFA program activities has played vital role and worked exemplary in Nepal.