1. PREVIOUS ACTIVITY

Due to the Covid epidemic in the village from the month of April, pregnant and lactating women come to the anganwadi center on VHND day only for vaccination and other checks etc. Women are not able to attend the centre.

Maternal Health –

The health facilities available to women from disadvantaged community were stopped due to migration of women to other places during the time of Covid, which was later helped by the leader women of deprived community to provide them health facilities. During this, pregnant and lactating women had to face many problems-

Home delivery-

1. Due to lack of awareness about corona infection, many women gave birth at home.

2. In the Anganwadi center, pregnant and lactating women themselves had to go and take services, whereas in the last lock down, the service provider himself was providing door-to-door services.

3. Problem in distribution of nutritious food- Pregnant and lactating women as well as children could not get nutritious food distribution.

Difficulty in vaccination –

Due to Covid, women and children were not even vaccinated.

Education- Schools remained completely closed due to the lock down due to the Covid epidemic. In the private schools of urban areas, children are being educated through online education, but in the hilly and inaccessible area like Patalkot has neither internet network nor the people of poor Bharia community have expensive Android phones, due to which their children were also deprived of online education.

2. NEXT ACTIVITY

Adolescent Girl Child Health-

Adolescent girls also had to face many types of health problems. Due to lack of nutritious food, their health has also been affected badly. Sanitary pads were not available due to non-functioning of Anganwadi Center.

Trouble in getting ration –

Under the Covid-19 relief scheme in the lock down last year, there was a provision to increase the ration to BPL families by increasing the regular quantity, but this time the ration has not been increased anywhere.

Perception of Vaccine –

In the villages of Patal Kot, some people had got the Covid vaccine, but the people who got the vaccine died, due to which there was a misconception about the vaccine among the community.

Herbs instead of medicines –

Like the vaccine, there is no trust for taking medicines, in the people of Bharia community, so they do not take medicines, they give recognition and priority to treatment with herbs. Neem and Mahua were boiled and used in place of sanitizer by the people of Bharia community.