Child Writes_Volume 6, Issue 2
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Quarterly newsletter<br />
CHAON GIVES LHWs IDENTITY CARDS<br />
THE FIRST TIME IN<br />
SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD DISTRICT<br />
Farman Khan<br />
FOR<br />
LHWs and LHSs receiving their card in the District Health Department<br />
Shaheed Benazirabad: Field staff / Save the <strong>Child</strong>ren<br />
The LHWs program authority raised this issue in a District<br />
Health Management Team (DHMT) meeting. The CHAON<br />
project team suggested that all LHWs and LHSs should be<br />
provided identity cards to enable quick and authentic<br />
identification by the community. The District Health Officer<br />
(DHO) assigned this task to CHAON project team and<br />
requested them to print cards with logos of the District Health<br />
Department, Save the <strong>Child</strong>ren, DevCon and CHAON. Save the<br />
<strong>Child</strong>ren printed a total of 1300 cards for LHWs and LHSs of<br />
District Shaheed Benazirabad and handed these over to the<br />
District Health Department for distribution.<br />
A sample LHW card – Picture by member field staff, Shaheed Benazirabad District, Sindh<br />
Now, all LHWs and LHSs use their identity cards during<br />
field visits and are more easily trusted and identified by<br />
the local community.<br />
Lady Health Workers (LHWs) and Lady Health Supervisors<br />
(LHSs) in Sindh's Shaheed Benazirabad District were facing<br />
issues in performing their duties as the community did not allow<br />
them to enter their houses and vaccinate the children as they<br />
were unsure of who the LHWs were or which organisation they<br />
represented.<br />
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