SOCIAL AUDIT ON KALACHHIR TREATMENT ORGANIZED

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SOCIAL AUDIT ON KALACHHIR TREATMENT ORGANIZED

Sunday, 21 December 2014 | PNS | NUAPADA | in Bhubaneswar
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A one-day social audit programme on Kalachhir (black vein) was conducted here on Thursday by NGOs Asha-Odisha and Save the Children to discuss about the impact of Kalachhir treatment by quacks and to prepare a strategy to fight this inhuman method of treatment, which causes a large number of infant deaths in the district.
The participants were service providers of health and ICDS departments, NGO workers and mediapersons. The discussion was based on the findings of a study conducted by the Asha-Odisha with support of Save the Children in six gram panchayats of Boden block. The study was conducted by Ajit Panda, who has been writing on this issue continuously.
It was found that a majority of people in the study area believe that the veins in the bodies of infants become black and visible due to a disease that only can be treated through hot iron marks on the infant’s body. In spite of an awareness drive by the Health Department and the district administration, most people still are going to the quacks to treat their children with hot iron marks.
The presentation of the study was made by district programme officer of Save the Children Bidyadhar Meher. The study has revealed that 15 per cent of the total deaths in the study area have occurred after the hot mark treatment. The quacks in some areas have stopped the treatment in their houses due to fear of police action, but they are being taken to the houses of the children to provide hot marks.
The workshop was presided over by District Project Manager of National Rural Health Mission Biswambar Behera. Asha-Odisha president Saraswati Mishra spoke on maternal and child health.

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