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Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

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Box 2.2.5 Indicators for assessing the community’s health<br />

1. Deaths/Births/ (Mortality/Fertility)<br />

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Number of infant deaths (age under 1year)<br />

Number of child deaths (age 1 - 5 years)<br />

Number of maternal deaths<br />

Any other deaths in the community<br />

Number of live births<br />

2. Illness (Morbidity)<br />

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<strong>Community</strong> Based Surveillance<br />

Number of cases of immunisable diseases (polio, pertussis, tuberculosis, whooping<br />

cough, yellow fever, measles, hepatitis B, influenza)<br />

Number of cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis (stiff neck)<br />

Number of cases of 2nd and 3rd degree malnutrition among children under 5 years<br />

Number of complicated pregnancies and deliveries<br />

Number of low birth weight babies<br />

Number of pregnancies with intervals of less than 2 years<br />

Number of people with guinea worm<br />

3. Preventive public health Measures<br />

a. Immunisations<br />

• Number of children under 1 year who have completed BCG, polio, Penta, measles<br />

and yellow fever immunisation<br />

• Number of children aged 6 months to 5 years who have completed Vitamin A<br />

Supplementation<br />

• Number of pregnant women immunised against tetanus<br />

• Number of pregnant women dosed with SP 1st, 2nd and 3rd<br />

• Number of women dosed with Vitamin A Supplementation within two weeks after<br />

delivery<br />

b. Growth monitoring/Nutrition<br />

• Number of mothers with children under 5 years who have up-to-date growth charts<br />

• Number of mothers with children less than six months practicing exclusive<br />

breastfeeding<br />

• Number of mothers breast-feeding infants for one year or more<br />

• Number of mothers giving infants complementary foods by age six months<br />

c. Prenatal /RCH care<br />

• Number of pregnant women receiving antenatal care<br />

• Number of pregnant delivered by trained TBA/midwife or other health provider<br />

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Number of mothers who receive postnatal care.<br />

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