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- Category: Chronic Non Communicable Diseases
- Published: 19 July 2016
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Work Plan
Below is the overview of the scope of the work that the Chronic Disease Unit is looking forward to complete by the 31st December, 2016.
- Advertisement and hiring of communications agency to support the implementation of the communication plan for chronic non communicable diseases.
- TV, Radio, social media and billboard ads, promotional materials, IEC materials to support major campaign such as life style changes to prevent NCDs, screening for NCDs, sickle cell and Thalassemia.
- Sign MOUs with Ministry of Education, Social Security and the Ministry of the Communities to promote work place programmes and community involvement in NCDs awareness.
- Establish guidelines for recruitment and Terms of Reference for NCDs peer educators, review curriculum and provide refreshers training for atleast 50 NCD peer educators.
- Train Community Health Educators from FBO, NGOS and schools in the Community Leaders in Health Training Programme.
- Observance of Caribbean Wellness Week, Cancer Observance Month and World Diabetes Days
- Training session for Private sector companies NCD focal points to establish health promotional activities supporting healthy life styles-Guyana Business Coalition
- Training of New Providers in cervical cancer screening- VIA
- Completion of phase 2 training in diabetic foot care
- Establishing NCD relations with atleast 3 business enterprises for NCD screening programmes
- Annual Diabetic Youth Camp
- Steps Survey
- Launching of the Chronic Disease Medical Record with integrated risk screening
- Feasibility assessment for chronic disease medical records and healthy lifestyles passports
- Implement the use of the NCD register in Region 4 facilities
- Training of doctors in the staging of Cancers
- Printing of the cancer profile and standard treatment guidelines
- Stock inventory for chronic diseases
- Initiation of the national cancer control plan
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey Final Report
- Evaluation of the Indian Diabetes Risk Score
- Tobacco cessation program terms of reference and guidelines
- Procurement of HbA1C analyzer and Hb electrophoresis machines for STEPS survey
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