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Great Achievement
Human Development Foundation has aligned with Millennium Development Goals to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Pakistan.
HDF’s health program is based on both preventive and curative health facilities, including Primary immunization of all children, a service that is necessary for the goal of reducing the IMR and the MMR in Pakistan to be achieved. Primary immunization of all children is an essential part of disease prevention as these immunizations protect against preventable diseases that cause large numbers of fatalities in developing countries all over the world, including Pakistan. Immunization from these diseases not only protects children from the disease, but also leads to better health for these children for the rest of their lives, because some of these diseases leave lasting effects on the health of their victims, if they are able to survive the disease at all. Polio, for example, is a disease that can leave a survivor of the disease crippled for life.
The communities with whom we are working always remain suspicious of advances in any field, especially the people of Mardan and Zhob. They think of immunizations and vaccinations that are given to children and women are a means of making their women infertile. One of the biggest challenges that HDF must face is the unwillingness to adopt new ideas in areas where the organization is attempting to make an impact. But they never lose hope and continue to explain the benefits of immunization through as many varied mediums as possible, such as meetings, seminars, school visits, and street theatres. These efforts have been well rewarded, and now HDF is proud to announce that and estimated 87% of the children and about 87% of the women of reproductive age in HDF’s Mardan region are fully immunized. In order to educate as many people as possible of the importance of immunization, the HDF health team goes door to door to ensure that all children are immunized. Although there are still straight refusals from certain quarters, the consolation is that now the majority of parents and husbands come to HDF Community Health Center to ask about immunization schedules and their importance.
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