Organization: Pioneers of Ear and Hearing Health
Title: Community to Classroom for Serenje(C2CS)
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Community to Classroom for Serenje (C2CS)
Description:
The C2CS event focuses on raising ear and hearing health in Serenje a rural district of Zambia that has no health facility that provides hearing health services, it will be implemanted by visiting schools in the district where more tha 400 pupils will be screened for hearing and taught abot hearing health. Policy makers, teachers and local heath workers will be involved in every activity
Primary site: AFR – Zambia
Region: AFR
Impactful Story:
A story of the Deputy headteacher of Mukando primary school who has been living with Hearing loss for the past 2 years according to her she thought there was something that ocluded her ears thats why she was having difficulties of hearing in meetings and commmunicating with the learners. After her ears screened , Otoscopic findings where normal, she was then referred to Kapiri Urban Clinic for hearing testing, which showed moderate hearing loss, the patient was fitted with hearing aids and feedback was given to us how she so happy with the use of Hearing Aids.
General Photos
Giving hearing health awareness to pupils at Mukando Primary
Doing Otoscopy on a Grade 3 pupil
Giving Hearing Health information to Teacher Namonje
Ear Screening grade 1 at Mukando Primary School
Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), children and adolescents, older adults, rural or remote population
Met with individual policymaker: Yes
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: Yes
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: No