Internship in Medecine

Humanitarian

Permanent need

Project Title: Support rural development with health services.

Location: Badja and Adzahoun two villages located 48 and 50 km from Lomé in the prefecture of Avé.

Domain: Health

Domain of ??Knowledge and Skills: Medicine and Health Care.

Language skills: French / otherwise English.

Duration: 1-3 months

Project description :

Are you interested in providing quality health services? For this project we are looking for participants who want to support health services in rural areas. In addition, they must have French skills. The purpose of the project is to promote the quality of rural health services through capacity building and support of local health staff. Provide educational information to patients on issues such as safe motherhood, healthy eating and nutrition.

Tasks supported by trainees during the traineeship phase:

1 - Pre-natal consultation

2 - Childbirth assistance

3 - Postnatal consultation

4 - CPC / Nutrition

5 - Family planning

MINIMUM PACKAGE OF ACTIVITIES

1 - Pre-natal consultation (CPN)
- Regular reception of pregnant women and registration
- Examination
- Clinical examination (diagnosis of pregnancy, screening for risk pregnancies)
- Supplementary Examination: Protein and Sugar Research in Urine
- Prevention / correction of anemia
- Prophylaxis of malaria etc ... ..

2 - Childbirth assistance -

Specific IEC (Information / awareness of FP ...) - Examination - Clinical examination of the pregnant woman - Installation and monitoring of the partogram - Screening for high-risk deliveries and evacuation - Conducting normal childbirth - Care of the mother etc ... ..

3 - Postnatal Consultation (Mother and Newborn)
- Specific IEC
- Welcome mothers and newborns
- Examination
- Clinical examination of the mother
• General condition (Temperature, Blood pressure, Conjunctives)
• State of the uterus
• State of lochia
- Clinical examination of the newborn
- Dietary advice to the mother etc ... ..

4 - CPC / Nutrition (Consultation of the healthy infant from 0 to 3 years)
- specific IEC
- Weighing children
- Measurement
- Establishment of curve Weight / Size
- Psychomotor development monitoring etc ... ..
5 - Family planning
- IEC specific to FP in fixed position and in advanced strategy
- Examination
- Clinical examination of candidates etc ......
This internship will allow participants to experience the realities and know the real problems related to health systems in Africa for a positive awareness.