Community Health Needs To Become The Main Focus Of Organizations In Africa
Africa needs support to ameliorate its poor community health. Community health programs can be conducted by NGOs and government bodies for communities residing in villages who have virtually no access to free tests to find out whether they are suffering from any deadly medical condition or not. Underlying heart diseases, diabetes, HIV, etc. can be detected by simple screen tests, conducted in various poor villages. Such health initiatives can help in making critical diagnosis. For a person who is on the starting stages of a serious medical condition, free screening tests can help him/her avoid that condition from further developing into a serious issue. Appropriate medications can be provided on the spot and lifestyle changes can be suggested to get rid of the condition. Not only for making diagnosis, such health campaigns can be used to educate villagers about health and sanitation. HIV is another big problem which needs to be tackled. Professionals can organize counselling session