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VILLAGE BUILDING PROGRAM

Health Center

MEDICAL INTERNSHIP - Ongoing program

Volunteer Service & Support Nepal (VSSN) and Community Health Centers jointly offer On-the-Job and field Placement Training (A Medical Internship Program ) for international academic groups, pre-med and individuals. We provide more than one placements during your stay. The placements will be in different areas of the country including Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Parbat and Lamjung districts and most of our health centers are located in villages.

Primary health care program located in a Village Development Committee of Lalitpur district has come across to the current level by successfully passing through many shapes and structures.

Guiding Principles: " Health is not merely an issue of doctors, social services and hospitals. It is an issue of social justice"

Access to Primary Health Care: We provide an universally accessible primary health services to all the people irrespective of their ability to pay.

Community Participation and Partnership: We have model of community participation of individuals, families, and communities in strengthening the organization for their own heath and welfare.

Inter-sectional Coordination: We interconnect other related sectors and aspect of national and community development issues with health care interventions.

Appropriate Technology: We use the technology that is scientifically sound to deliver health services and we are sensitive to the positive cultural practices and ethics, adaptable to local needs and acceptable to those who apply it with the principle of self reliance with the resources the community can afford.

The Dream: To be an international model of self-reliant Comprehensive Health Care and Resource Center with full community participation.

The Services

Clinical Services: It consists of a team of clinicians, paramedics and midwives that provide general health and MCH and RH services to the families.
Family Health Services Under Community Health Micro- Insurance Scheme

General Health Services:

1. General OPD
2. Clinical Laboratory
3. Pharmacy
4. Minor Surgical Procedures
5. In-patient Care
6. Community Oral Health Services
7. Community Mental Health Services
8. 24 hour Emergency Services
9. Ambulance Service

Community TB DOTS Service
MCH and RH Services

1. Birthing Center and Postnatal Observation
2. Antenatal and Postnatal Services
3. Family Planning Services

Well Baby Clinic

1. Immunization Services
2. Growth monitoring

Nutrition Education, Promotion and Rehabilitation Service

1. Home based Nutrition Follow-up
2. PHCRC Based Nutrition Follow-up
3. Super Flour Production and Promotion
4. Community Nutrition Rehabilitation Center

Referral Service
Community Health Services: It consists of a team of community health workers and community volunteers that provide community empowerment, education and social marketing services.

1. School Health Program
2. Environmental Health Program
3. Community Mobilization through Trained Birth Attendants (TBA), Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHV), Ward Health Promoters (WHP) and local CBOs
4. Awareness Raising Activities, and Social Marketing of the Service and Products.

Training and Resource Services
It consists of a team of professionals and associate consultants that provide community based training and meeting in order to empower the community groups, and professional training, facilitation and consultancy.
Community Training

1. TBA Training
2. FCHV Training
3. Traditional Healers Training
4. Ward Health Promoters Training
5. Nutrition Training
6. First Aid, and Reproductive Health Training to School Students and Teachers

Professional Training

1. On-the-Job and field Placement Training to Academic Groups and Individuals
2. Tailor-made Training Interventions.
3. Health Care Management Interventions
4. Research and Study
5. Training Hall and Resource Library

If you want to extend your helping hands in strengthening any of the services by providing physical or financial support, please contact us.

Volunteers may participate in following health center activities:

Our health center is based on the universal principles of Primary Health Care. It means the health center provides integrated approach of essential health care. For example,

If you want to do public health survey, it is also possible. You may involve yourself in learning:

a) Management of health care delivery system of Nepal.
b) Operational approach of cost effective rural health care system.
c) Approach of community mobilization for sustainability of rural health care.
d) You may also visit to some of government health care provider institutions, and Leprosy hospital.

Health/ Medical Program Contact person in Hungary
Mr. Zavori Laszlo
(Mr. Zavori is our previous medical volunteer)
zavori.laszlo@gmail.com
Phone:+3670-605-8470
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