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Health
Internship Program in Nepal |
VOLUNTEER
SOCIETY NEPAL offers a MEDICAL/ HEALTH INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM in
Nepal for premedical and medical students, junior
doctors, nurses, paramedic and public health
students to take part in our health/ medical
internship program within the country who are
really eager to serve the many unprivileged
Nepali people and take a great working experience
in health sector in Nepal.
Volunteers will
be involved in one or more of the following
programs:
Working in the Health
Post/ Clinic/ Hospital in Nepal
Health
students will be assigned to clinic, health
post, community hospital, hospital and other
health institutions in Nepal. These are run
by the government, local community and VSN in
both rural and urban settings. VSN health internship
program provides health students to get hands
on clinical work experience with experienced
health assistants, doctors, nurses or some combination
within. Your daily work will include helping
to perform the health staffs’ job. It
will also involve researches of common diseases
and health issues. Students will get the opportunity
to learn about the basic medication system in
Nepal. The work will be daily, 3 to 5 hours,
6 days a week.
The Health institutions provide health services
to the poor and marginalized people in the community
and students will observe and practice following
activities:
Health
Post Based Activities
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1General
daily clinic
2.MCH
Family
planning (Temporary devices)
Immunization
Ante-natal
and post –natal clinics
Health
education
Health
post based normal deliveries
Immunization
3.Pharmacy
4.Simple
surgeries
5.Community
oral health Clinic
6.Nutritional
Rehabilitation center
7.Health
Post based nutrition follow up
8.TB
Clinic |
Maternal
And Child Health Care
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- Immunization
- Under
5 health post based delivery
- Antenantal
care
- Normal
home and health post based delivery
- Identification
and referal of high risk preganancy
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| Family
Planning Services |
- DMPA
- COC
- Norplant
- Condom
distribution
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General
OPD Services |
- General
clinic
- Pharmacy
- Dressing
and injection
- Minor
surgery
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| TB
dots clinic |
- Identification
- Counseling
- Treatment
- Follow
up
- Defaulter
Tracing
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Health
Camp
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VSN
conducts regular health camps in different places
regularly, Part
of medical / health internship program will
be deployment to work in health camps for a
predetermined amount of time: 1 day to 3 days.
(students will work with their Nepali experience
medical personnel. The students’ responsibilities
are to distribute medicine, taking patients'
history, general physical checking and consult
with citizens about health-care.
Through this Health camp, poor and marginalized
people in the community will be provided general
health services and students will observe and
practice following activities: |
- Examining
patients
- Providing
genearal medicines
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Identification and referal if needed
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Immunization
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Education on oral hygiene
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DMPA, COC Pills, condom distribution
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Health
and Sanitation Awareness program in Nepal
In
our medical internship program in Nepal, interested
medical students may also get involved in our
health awareness program.They will conduct health
education on proper health-care and sanitation
with women groups, youth clubs, other local
organizations and school children. In addition,
they will provide HIV/Aids awareness, First-Aid
information to the local people in rural villages
and thereby providing them with a practical
life-skill. Similar awarenss education will
be given to children, by Groups, in government
schools, lasting from several days to a week
in duration. Again, the Groups’ major
focus will be to educate and mobilize community
groups who can then pass the information onto
the community at large |
Community and School based health awareness program
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- HIV/Aids
awareness
- Community
heath education activities
- School
health education activities
- Anti
smoking program
- Oral
heath program
- Reproduction
health and sexual education
- First
aid training and FA box distribution
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