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    NEW RURAL HEALTH POST OPENS IN FERIK VILLAGE

    armradio.am
    23.10.2009 12:33

    On October 23, 2009, USAID/Armenia Social Reform Office Director
    Sangita Patel and the Governor of Armavir Marz Ashot Ghahramanyan
    marked the opening of a new rural health post in the Ferik village.

    The health post emerged as the result of a four-month collaboration
    between the community, USAID's NOVA and Primary Healthcare Reform
    (PHCR) projects.

    Project NOVA started its Community Partnership for Health activities
    in Ferik with the identification of existing problems and the creation
    of an action plan with community members. As a result, premises were
    assigned for the new health post, which Project NOVA and active members
    of the village community renovated together. Ferik provided about
    one third of the total renovation costs through financial and in-kind
    contributions, while Project NOVA covered the remaining expenses. As
    a result, Ferik's health post now has two newly renovated rooms with
    a separate entrance, tiled floors, running water, electricity, and is
    ready to greet its patients. In addition, health education materials
    are available at the health post, and the facility nurse will conduct
    health talks to community members.

    As part of the joint efforts to improve healthcare services offered
    in the Ferik community, USAID's PHCR Project provided a standard
    set of furniture, equipment and supplies to the health post. To
    compliment the improved physical conditions of the facility with
    enhanced performance of rural healthcare workers, PHCR ensured that
    the nurse serving the Ferik community was enrolled in the unified
    family nursing training program provided by the National Institute
    of Health through USAID support.

    With a new health post, a skilled and knowledgeable nurse, basic
    furniture, equipment and supplies, and a more educated and mobilized
    community, the utilization of primary healthcare services at the
    community level will increase. These enhancements will lead to the
    overall improvement of health in Armenian rural communities like Ferik.
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