Awareness, Empowerment, and Engagement |
Introduction In some communities, inappropriate antenatal and neonatal care increases infant mortality rates. Improper care often stems from ill-informed cultural beliefs and traditions or a lack of knowledge about proper infant care. For example in some communities, people apply ghee (clarified butter) to the umbilical cord, discard colostrum, breastfeed late, skip immunizations, do not wash their hands prior to contact with newborns, and do not maintain proper diets. To combat these issues, Ekam works in the community to conduct behavioral change workshops. Rural healthcare workers also continue to follow up with communities after workshops to see how they are implementing learnings. Given the current circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Ekam has also conducted virtual workshops and created educational videos with an emoji cartoon called Lakshmi who provides helpful information about pediatric and maternal health. |
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| Solution Ekam empowers local communities with knowledge and encourages them to take ownership of local health issues. Ekam’s team of social workers work at the district level to:
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