Interests

The D.R Congo being among the poorest countries in the world where the majority of the population lives with a threshold of around $ 2 / person/day; This program will provide:

The privilege of a free consultation of pupils in certain schools in Bukavu in South Kivu.

Schoolchildren will be seen by a doctor and a nurse at school, then followed up twice in the same year.

Teachers will receive a life education course from a doctor.

School departments will receive guidance on the current state and importance of cleanliness and hygiene in their establishments.

Parents will be made aware of the hygiene of their children and the environment.

CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES

The teams hold a kick-off meeting at the start of each school year under the supervision of the Supervising Doctor to develop general and individual team plans for the targeted schools:

• The general team plan is done by trimester, the details of which are as follows
• Description of the tasks to be performed at the start of the school year and review of the instructions to be given in schools for compliance with hygiene measures
• Establishment of contact in the targeted schools according to the axes of the teams
• Visits to the Central Offices of the Health Zones concerned by our activities or the Central Offices of the Health Zones to make contact with the Chief Doctors of the Zones
• Visits to the health centers surrounding the schools for an interview
• Progress of activities in the different schools: student consultations, hygiene lessons in classrooms, awareness of common diseases, interviews with teachers, etc.
• Closing work for the school year and filing of various reports in the structures concerned
• Monthly meetings with all teams at the end of the month.
• Team planning according to the targeted schools
• Interview with the heads of establishments and the teams in charge of hygiene
• Enrollment (students targeted for the 1st exams or consultations)
• Organize a parents’ meeting before the first exams
• Inspect the room or room assigned to the team for student consultations
• Interview the teachers of the life education course and give a lecture to the students at the school’s request
• Start activities: consultation and monitoring of targeted students, give a hygiene course to all students
• Target the hospitals closest to the schools and interview those in charge for a possible transfer
• Announce the start of activities in the Health Zone concerned and participate in monthly reviews.
• Team activities in the school for the 1st exams or consultation; about twenty students are examined per day, we will explain the progress of our activities
• Installation of the room provided for the consultations of the pupils separate the room of the nurse from that of the doctor
• The nurse’s activities: calling students to classes, preparing a medical file, weight and height gain, audiometry, E test
• The activities of the Doctor: to consolidate the medical file, visual acuity, examination of the mouth, otoscopy, rhinoscopy, taking of blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate, examination of the skin, orchidometry in boys, neurological examinations
• Hygiene lessons for students in each class with posters for hygiene
• Health card for the establishment

CONCLUSIONS

The school health services program is a fundamental health program for schools. The effective installation of this program in all schools in the DR Congo can boost the development of the Congolese health system in general. We all need to educate ourselves and, if each of us put our will and knowledge into it, it may be possible. We invite goodwill partners to support this process so that our students study in the right conditions while protecting each other from disease.