Organization: Helping Hands BMC, Balochistan
Title: Promote safe listening practice from communities to classrooms and equitable cochlear implant services to underprivileged population of Balochistan
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Promote safe listening practice from communities to classrooms and equitable cochlear implant services to underprivileged population of Balochistan
Description:
This event will highlights and promote the safe listening practice to avoid irreversible hearing loss in underprivileged population and also promote the cochlear implant surgery for those who are living in remote ares of Balochistan, Pakistan. Cochlear implant surgery with the help of government of Balochistan only for deaf and mute child under the age of 5 years to restore their hearing and develop speech for the betterment the future of that children’s .
In that cause the Helping Hands BMC Balochistan promoting the awareness of hearing loss and also doing hearing screening in healthy population to detect the hearing loss.
Primary site: EMR – Pakistan
Region: EMR
Secondary sites:Pakistan
Impactful Story:
This will be highly impactful in the privileged population and that population will also further promote ear and hearing care in their own communities
General Photos
Group photo of parents and patient with team cochlear implan
Prof Dr sheerzaman mandokhail with CI patient
Prof sheerzaman,Prof Maqbool Baloch and audiologist jamali
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, 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