Improving the RH&R in Dera Ghazi Khan
Improving the Reproductive Health and Rights of Marginalised and Underserved Communities: Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan is an example of a small pocket of deprivation, neglected largely because wider country and area statistics hide its severe poverty statistics.
- Interact Worldwide works with Community Support Concern (CSC), particularly to promote reproductive health services and build understanding and awareness about SRH&R throughout the community.
- Marginalised, poor women and girls are the primary target.
This project, funded by the European Commission aims to increase access to high-quality reproductive health services by providing services directly, while also empowering women to access them and increasing community support for reproductive health services. Its activities include:
- Providing reproductive and primary health care services through 4 community clinics
- 3 in rural areas
- 1 in the district health hospital
- and 2 mobile service units.
- Establishing a referral system and linkages between CSC and government secondary and tertiary health facilities.
- Developing and distributing of specific behaviour-change communication materials.
- Establishing a religious committee at district level to rectify myths and misconceptions of SRH&R and Islam.
- Working with the community:
- training and supporting community organisers,
- establishing and supporting groups for women and young people,
- Carrying out an empowerment programme and a behaviour-change communication programme. Supporting skills training, income generating activities, awareness of rights, skills and confidence to lobby local government
Community Support Concern (CSC) CSC is a non-political NGO, established in 1989, working on community development.
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