Project Location
Location of the service center: Mouja-Borni, 11 Mile, Debipur Union, Thakurgaon Sadar, Thakurgaon
Project coverage: Total 9 unions, 1 pourosova, and 3 branches of MSS (10km from the service center)
Union under Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila: Debipur, Borogaon, Balia, Chandonbari Union
Union under Boda Upazilla: Boda Pouroshova, Naser Mondol Hut, Jholoi Shalshiri, Pachpir Union
Atwari Upazilla: Bolorampur Union
Background
MSS started health and population services in 1982; an integrated savings and credit program for the urban poor in 1984 which has become sustainable. MSS emphasizes social services programs to complement its credit program for the holistic development of underserved people. MSS believes that if the consciousness and capability of the poor people can be raised through education and training then it will be easier to provide them with suitable economic and social programs.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3) aspires ‘to ensure health and well-being for all’, MSS is planning to take various steps to reduce infant and maternal mortality through the social services program. The four objectives of MSS include, provide health care services; family planning; child immunization; and clinical backup.
MSS has experienced running a Mother & Child Health (MCH-FP) clinic with its fund since 1997 at Kalabagan, Dhaka to provide health services to the underserved segment of the society. Antenatal care, postnatal care, general healthcare, family planning service, EPI, vaccination, blood sugar test, and pregnancy test services were provided at the MCH-FP clinic.
In 2023, MSS started mother and child health care services in rural areas of the Thakurgaon district where quality and accessible service is required for underserved community people.
Objectives
1. To improve the health status of women and children through improved access and quality reproductive and child health services.
2. To improve the status of Antenatal Check-ups, Postnatal Check-ups, basic and comprehensive essential obstetric care and promote or referral institutional deliveries amongst the target group.
3. To improve community health education through health, nutrition, IYCF, and hygiene counseling.
Target Group
Maternal care for ANC and PNC mother; Adolescent (10-19) and infant (0-1 year).
For one year, the project will serve at least 500 community people.
- Pregnant women – 100
- Lactate mother – 200
- Infant – 100
- Adolescent (10-19 years) – 100
Activities
- School-based, Community-based & Center based awareness program for adolescent girls.
- Necessary diagnosis & treatment of focused beneficiaries’-women 15- 49 and infants age of 0-1 year.
- Ante-natal checkup/care.
- Post-natal care of mother and newborn baby.
- Counseling services on MCH, family planning (along with temporary product), and nutrition & hygiene.
- Referral service for cesarean patients.
- Outpatient department treatment (OPD) service (Treatment done by a doctor when the patient visits a clinic or a consultation room)