A large-scale Awareness Programme on Women’s Health was successfully organised at the Tesenlui Council Hall in Tesen Village, Peren district of Nagaland, to address the significant disparity in healthcare facilities in remote villages. The campaign was strategically organised by the Tesen Students’ Union (TSU) and Primary Health Centre (PHC) Clinical Medical team at Mbaulwa in a grass-roots approach.
The joint venture was designed to tackle issues of rural health care in a broader sense, such as geographical isolation, the lack of local health care providers, and cultural taboos regarding timely health care by rural women. The Programme was successful in clearing up information hurdles, directly involving certified medical providers in the community and establishing a lively preventive healthcare and mother safety centre in the village council hall.
The Critical Objectives
The main principle of the Women’s Health Awareness program was to offer a focused medical literacy that is practical and meaningful. Technical sessions were led by clinical experts and front-line health workers from PHC Mbaulwa, and they used local communication to ensure that maximum understanding was achieved. The medical curriculum was specifically crafted to address urgent reproductive, physical, and psychological concerns that have a significant effect on the women’s population in rural pockets of the tribal community:
- Maternal and Child Safety: Reinforcement was given on the importance of national child and maternal immunisation programs and for effective implementation of the schedules to significantly reduce mortality rates in the region.
- Reproductive Hygiene Standards: The session was on Reproductive Health, and an open discussion was held on Menstrual Hygiene Management to prevent Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases and Chronic Infections.
- Legal and Clinical Safety: The medical team extensively sensitised the rural gathering on the physical, clinical, and legal aspects of the safe medical termination of pregnancy to alert them against the dire consequences of the use of uncertified methods.
- The Modern Health Threats: Detailed segments were dedicated to the early warning signs of chronic hypertension, cardiovascular strain, and the often-ignored, heavily stigmatised domain of maternal and adolescent mental health challenges.
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The Participant Turnout
The health campaign was delivered in a rather rough, hilly landscape with little infrastructure to link the dispersed areas of the Peren district, but it successfully reached an extremely wide and active rural population.
- The total number of registered attendees: About 70 people, adolescent girls, young mothers, and community elders.
- Geographical Outreach: Residents were covered from 4 different rural neighbouring villages successfully.
- Unified Engagement: The structured presentations became an open forum where the women in the villages actively participated in asking questions about chronic pain, nutrition deficiencies, and family planning solutions, and the medical panel was able to answer them with authority and accuracy.
The Community Impact
The camp has successfully created a highly replicable model for medical outreach in the rural areas of Nagaland. Towards the end of the day intensive session, the leadership of the Tesen Students’ Union, in a heartfelt and welcoming manner, thanked the visiting team of health care personnel from PHC Mbaulwa for bringing their medical skills to the doorsteps of the women of Tesen Village and enabling them to be better equipped to stand out for their own health.
