(Fwd) [Ict4ruralwomeninafrica] Re: Invitation to participate i

[Jennifer Radloff]

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My name is Zubair Faisal Abbasi. I work with APPNA SEHAT as 
Regional
Director. APPNA SEHAT is a primary healthcare project working in the
rural areas of Pakistan. We focus women and children in out target
population.

INTRODUCTION:

- APPNA: Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America,
established in Michigan USA in 1976 - SEHAT: Scientific Educational
Health and Administrative Training - Started as NGO in 1989 in Murree,
Mardan, Badin, and Sahiwal with Head Office in Islamabad

- APPNA: Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America,
established in Michigan USA in 1976 - SEHAT: Scientific Educational
Health and Administrative Training - Started as NGO in 1989 in Murree,
Mardan, Badin, and Sahiwal with Head Office in Islamabad

WHY APPNA SEHAT

Diagnosis:  Health system is inequitable, curative, non-participatory,
non-educative, not-pro-poor etc. Prognosis:  Positive - The system can
be improved with community involvement Treatment: SEHAT based on 
the
principles of participation, education, empowerment, equity, local
resource development-mobilization, and cost-effectiveness

Health Administrative Set-up:

500-550 Households for a Unit
All population registered
Households numbered
Local Staff
I Male Health Assistant; 2 Health Assistant, and 2 TBA


Our interventions are as following:

Immunization: Women & Children
ORS/ORT Training
Growth Monitoring & Promotion Of Children
Maternal Care: Antenatal, Natal & Postnatal
Child Spacing
Environmental Improvement
Water and Sanitation
Personal Hygiene Practices
First Aid Training
Prevention Of IDD
ARI Management
Hepatitis Prevention
Tuberculosis Prevention


Regards,
Zubair Faisal Abbasi
Regional Director,
APPNA SEHAT
Murree, Pakistan.
++92-593-412457
http://appnasehat.org.pk
http://appna.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Radloff" <jenny@apcwomen.org>
To: <zfa@comsats.net.pk>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Invitation to participate in an e-consultation


> Thank you, we have subscribed you. And below is the first message
> sent to the mailing list. Please do write in an introduce yourself
> and your work. Email to:
>
> ict4ruralwomeninafrica@lists.womensnet.org.za
>
> Warm Regards,
> Jenny
>
> > Please subscribe me.
> > Regards,
> > Zubair Faisal Abbasi
> > Regional Director,
> > APPNA SEHAT
> > Murree, Pakistan.
> > ++92-593-412457
> > http://appnasehat.org.pk
> > http://appna.org
>
> ---ooo----
> Greetings All,
>
> Apologies for the 1 day delay in starting. We had to sort out a
> technical mailing list problem! So let's begin.
>
> Welcome to the e-consultation on ICTs for the advancement of rural
> women's empowerment: Strategies, platforms, tools and training.
>
> In this email I will:
>
> * briefly outline the process of this e-consultation
> * invite people to send in a brief introduction of themselves and
> their work and/or interest in the topic.
>
> To give you some idea of how our e-consultation process will work.
> As facilitator I will begin discussions by posing the questions as
> outlined in the invitation to join the e-consultation. These are
> merely guides for our discussions. You are welcome throughout our
> e-consultation to contribute personal and organizational stories,
> resources, activities and events that would contribute to the
> discussion and to the workshop deliberations.
>
> My introduction: I am based in Cape Town, South Africa and I
> coordinate APC-Africa-Women which is a project of the Association
> for Progressive Communications. We are a membership-based network of
> organisations and individuals that work to empower African women's
> organisations to access and use ICTs for equality and development.
> http://www.apcafricawomen.org
>
> We do this through training, information facilitation, gender and
> ict policy and advocacy, networking, research.
>
> I believe that the appropriate use of technologies can contribute to
> social empowerment and a more just and equitable world. There are
> many creative and innovative examples particularly in the
> "developing" world. ICTs need to "speak to" and evolve from social
> needs rather than being imposed or applied. ICTs can be useful tools
> for positive social change but also as tools for deepening unequal
> power relations!
>
>
> I look forward to hearing more about your work and discussing the
> topic at hand.
>
> Again - a very warm welcome to you all!
>
> Jenny Radloff
>
>

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