The Three Pillars of I.F.M.C.H
To improve Maternity & Neonatal health in the developing world especially Pakistan
To train Doctors, Midwives nurses, Lady Health Workers & Healthcare Provider to provide safe and good quality care to the population
Education of the Masses: Addressing and rectifying problems at the Grass root level is what we aim for, and for this we want to educate the masses about healthy living.
- Knowledge only comes from Education |
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I.F.M.C.H AWARENESS PROGRAMS
Proposed to commence the program The aim of our awareness programme is to educate and empower women to make right choices regarding their health. The Awareness programme is for women of all classes, for all reces, all culture and all religion. It aims for the women of the 21st Century to be educated and take control. The Awareness programme includes Topical issues relating to Prenatal / Antenatal period, Labour and Post Natal period, Gynaecological issues, Female Cancers, Cervical and Breast Cancers, Menopause and its' effects.
Further to it, we aim to target the mothers to be, and we shall focus on three target groups, they are:
- Girls in their 16/18 doing A level/ intermediate exams
- Girls 18/21 years doing Bachelor degrees
- Young parents
The first two ( 1 & 2 ) groups will be targeted through their respective educational institutions. A qualified obstetrician / gynaecologist will undertake 6 monthly visits to various institutions and each girl will have a unique card with her details so that I.F.M.C.H can monitor her health on a very regular basis. Topics that would be covered for 16/18 year young ladies: - Basic healthy life style and its effects
- Need of physical exercise and it's effect on health / cardiovascular system
- Obesity and its effect on female health (menstrual problems, infertility etc)
- Big checks - Teach self breast examination, importance for regular breast examination Rubella vaccination
Topic that would be covered for 18/21 year young ladies: - All of the above that are mentioned in for the 16/18 years of age.
- Importance of optimising prenatal health condition.
- Rubella vaccination
- Check Haemoglobin and to treat anemia if needed
- Importance of healthy life style
- Importance of breast feeding
- Breast feeding techniques
- Control weight gain during pregnancy to avoid excessive weight gain
- Disadvantage of excessive weight gain during pregnancy and its health hazards
- Prenatal /antenatal exercise
- Importance of spacing between pregnancies
- Importance and methods of contraception
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Fund raising event - Awareness programme
Thanks to my team Dr M.Iqbal, Mr Javed Iqbal, Dr M Azhar, Dr Raashid Shahbazi, Ms Mariha Mohd and DR Faeza Khan, 16th March event was a success. The funds raised from the event will be used to run the Awareness program for women. The purpose of program is to make woman aware how to improve the quality of life and empower them to make the right choices regarding health issues. We are in the process of organising Awareness Programme for the Women's Health in different part of England.
God Bless.
Dr. Saleem Khan |
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| Charity Iftar Dinner Fund Raiser - IDP Children of Swat
First charity dinner for the women and children of Swat region.Aprox 550 people attended the event | |
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