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What we do
The Health and HIV/AIDS
department has three distinct areas of work:
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Clinics
and Micronutrients (MICAH)
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Medical
Ambassadors International (MAI)
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HIV/AIDS
Prevention & Control
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PMTCT
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Church
and HIV/AIDS
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Head
of Department,
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Dr
Estifanos Birru |
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CLINICS
and MICronutrients And Health
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The
MICAH
program, supported by CIDA and World Vision, consists of
about 20 projects. The aim is to reduce micronutrient
malnutrition in children and mothers, by encouraging
dietary modification and diversification. A particular
focus is Iron and Vitamin A deficiency. This is addressed
by providing Iron and Vitamin A supplements to those who
most need them, encouraging people to grow their own fresh
vegetables in backyard gardens, de-worming of children,
and a campaign of Information, Education and
Communication.
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The EKHC runs six
clinics, serving communities in the Southern region and Oromia.
These clinics provide primary health care, including Health
Education, Nutrition, Sanitation, Immunization, Mother and Child
care and treatment of patients. |
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AMBASSADORS
The Medical
Ambassadors program combines development and spiritual ministry
in a holistic way which is completely in harmony with the
mission statement of the KHC. The key strategy of the Medical
Ambassadors scheme is Community Health Evangelism. Three
qualities make this strategy unique:
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-Integration of Physical and Spiritual ministry
-Multiplication through the training of people who will transform
others, multiplying the results from community to community
-Community ownership of the programme, which is directed by the
villagers themselves with a minimum of resources from the outside |
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HIV/AIDS and
Reproductive Health |
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Ethiopia is 3rd in the world in
terms of the number of people living with HIV/AIDS. The number
of orphans increases daily, and is now thought to be more than
1Million children. AIDS is destroying the country's ability to
tackle the problem of poverty. This is a major priority for the
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The
EKHC started its first HIV/AIDS
prevention project in Jimma, in 1999. In the second phase,
projects were set up in Awassa and Dilla, and there are now firm
plans to start projects in Addis Ababa and Nazret. |
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Our
major activities in these projects are
Information/Education/Communication (IEC)
- Counseling, Home-based
care Psycho-social support, Prevention of
-Mother-to-Child
transmission, Reproductive health & family planning Advocacy
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