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Njala – Six week course for Advanced Primary Teachers in Primary Health Care
 
Week 1
(a) Basic introduction to:
·        PHC via education – use Power Point Presentation (already provided)
·        Peer and community education
·        health maps, body maps, and calendars
 
(b) Introduction to major diseases to be covered
·        water borne
·        others
·        reactions and life style improvements
 
Week 2
Water Borne diseases (A)
  • clean save water
·        Malaria
·        Bilharzia
·        Guinea Worm
Water borne (B)
·        River Blindness
·        Denge
·        Others
 
Week 3
Others
·        Vitamin A deficiency
·        HIV/Aids
  • diabetes
  • leprosy
 
·        Others
 
 
Week 4
Caring for the young of the community
·        worms
·        diarrhoea
·        measles
  • coughs, colds and pneumonia
  • looking after your eyes
·        other childhood illnesses
 
Week 5
  • growing vegetables 

  • looking after our teeth
  • healthy food  how do we know if they are eating enough 
  • teenage girls have special food needs
 
 
Week 6
Concluding the content and discussing teaching styles
  • is there malnutrition in your community
  • immunisation
 

 

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