Dhaka Ahsania Mission

Health Sector

House: 152, Block: Ka, Road: 06, PC Culture Housing Society, Shyamoli, Dhaka

Report on COVID-19 responses of DAM-Health Sector (July to Sep-2020)

Dhaka Ahsania Mission is a non-government development organization founded by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah.

The founding motto of DAM is 'Divine and humanitarian service’. Focusing the motto DAM Health Sector

always tries to humanitarian service by health support like communicable, non communicable diseases and

mental health. The pandemic situation of COVID-19 DAM Health Sector has been at the forefront in fighting

the physical, economic, psychological and social burdens that COVID-19 has brought upon us.

Activities in COVID-19 Pandemic are below:

Through the project of COVID-19 Integrated Emergency Humanitarian Response to the Rohingya & Host

Community Population ((IEHRRHP) in Cox’s Bazar takes different types of initiative to prevent the Pandemic

situation of COVID-19.

Number of essential personal protective equipment (i.e. PPE, masks, hand gloves, and disinfectants)

distributed on COVID-19.

As a health care provider in a health post & community level

the staffs have the responsibility to prepare themselves

before given health service in COVID-19 response. Every

day they wash their hands with soap and water in proper

way, examine the temperature by the thermal scanner in

every staff. Our staff wears & uses proper PPE according to

rational use of PPE with strictly maintaining IPC policy in 01

static health post& 02 Popups health post. 2226 set basic

PPE, 1576 pairs of Gloves, 2562 PCs mask & 171 Bottles

hand sanitizer /disinfectants are distributed during the period

of July -September 2020 as the part of essential personal

protective equipment of COVID-19.

Covid-19 Prevention and Hand Hygiene

Number of staff, CHWs and volunteers received training on

COVID-19 preparedness and response.

In COVID-19 situation, all health service providers to serve

health services as a frontline by taking some precautions such as

wearing PPE & maintain personal hygiene. The Medical staff &

CHWs of DAM received 05 training session on Health

Awareness and Community

Mobilization with the Community Leaders, Training on Basic Emergency care, Training on Safe Delivery and

Essential Newborn Care, Training on Home-based care on COVID-19 and

Field Worker’s Training on COVID-19

IPC and Training on Community Based Surveillance

and Home-Based care on COVID-19 almost 153 staffs

were got those training. After getting 01 training,

CHWs were doing their field work by wearing

PPE (Face Mask, gloves) according to the WHO

protocol’s & maintain social distance during their field

visit. 03 Midwives on COMPASS for Kobo Collect from

CAID (Accountability Department) to collect

Complaint/Feedback and Rumor/Myth on COVID-19.

Field Worker’s Training on COVID-19

Number of people receiving awareness raising and

capacity building messages on COVID-19.

Doctors, paramedics, midwives, & CHWs were raised

the awareness to develop the capacity among the

Rohingya & host community people on COVID19

through discussion, orientation, motivational

speech, collection of feedback & rumor and practical

session on physical /social distance maintaining,

cough etiquettes, hygiene maintaining, hand washing &

wearing the mask. Conduct 1006 session against target

COVID-19 patient to MSF hospital

of 468 which cover 3139 people (54 % were female participants) on door to door training on hand hygiene,

respiratory hygiene & Social distance in response to

COVID-19 and awareness session on key messages for

Rohingya & host community. Out of 3139, 13 PwDs &

260 ( 8.28%) participants was from host community

people. In COVID-19, as the part of awareness raising

and capacity building, CHWs are distributed soap during

the orientation of Rohingya & host community people on

hand washing/hygiene maintaining. CHWs are Doctor

Conduct to Patient with PPE

informed aware & developed knowledge on COVID-

19 among the people in Rohingya community

by door to door awareness activities. There are

02 camps where our CHWs were playing

audio message in patients waiting areas at the

health post which is made by Rohingya language

about COVID-19. It is mentionable that the audio

player was provided by the CAID. Total numbers of

2123 waiting patients at health post were aware by

the Audio message where there were 1330

females. Out of the total Audio message listener,

over 98%

Audio Session at Camp

was Rohingya community and 63% of them were female. CHWs disseminated this message through their

mobile phone to aware the Rohingy as on COVID-19 during their door to door visit at Rohingya community

also.

The IRSOP project has been given online training on COVID 19 preparedness including Stress Management for

medical and non-medical staff in Prisons

All over the world Prisons are overcrowded, Bangladesh also one of them. In this COVID 19 pandemic

situation, a number of prison personnel and prisoners are already infected with COVID-19 and the rest are also

at risk of infection. This pandemic is not only affecting our health and economy, but also seriously harming our mental

health and social systems. World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations (UN) have already declared to

emphasize mental healthcare for all during the pandemic situation, especially for the frontline workers.

Considering this alarming issue, DAM-GIZ-IRSOP project is

conducting an online training “Orientation Training

(Online) On COVID19 preparedness including Stress

Management for medical and non-medical staff in Prisons”. The training supported by GIZ Bangladesh and Prison

Directorate and Implementing by Dhaka Ahsania Mission. As a

part of technical

support

International

Committee of

the Red Cross

(ICRC) also has

involved this

training and

shared their

module. On 1st

July 2020 training was

started through a formal opening ceremony through a virtual system where chief guest was Brigadier General

A KM Mustafa Kamal Pasha, Inspector General of Bangladesh Prisons. As aspecial guest was attended

Tahera Yasmin Director (Operation) RoL, GIZ and Simon Cervi, Detention Team Leader, International

Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Welcome speech and Objectives of the course shared by Iqbal Masud,

Director, Health and WASH Sector, Dhaka Ahsania Mission. As an implementing partner Dhaka Ahsania

Mission has formed an expert technical team by health professionals, clinical psychologist and experts in

development sectors. Training was conducted 2 hours basis in 4 days. In Reporting quarter July-September,

2020 total 13 batches training has been completed

where 261 participants were attended from 56 prison where (male-227 and female-34). Among the

participants technical staffs were 85 (Medical officer, Pharmacist, Diploma Nurses etc.) and non-technical

Participants attending the session

Staffs were 175 (senior jail super, Jailor, Deputy Jailor, Warder, Assistants warder etc.). This training will

cover all 68 prisons all over the country. During the training program participants were attentive and facilitation

process was excellent. Facilitators deliver their speech in easy and used examples which are helped participant

to achieve training objectives. Training was designed considering the participants technological use knowledge.

A structured training module was developed considering the prison context. Training module has 5 section

which covered by the following content-

COVID-19 Primary prevention inside the prison’s

Basic of SARS-CoV-2

Preparedness for preventing COVID-19

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use

Preparing household and institutional disinfectant

Stress in pandemic situation and Techniques of Stress management

Social Stigma Related to COVID19

Ethical considerations during COVID-19

Awareness Raising Activities on COVID19 for Released prisoners

As part of the prevention the current epidemic Covid-19 initiative has taken named awareness raising activities

on COVID-19 disease for released prisoners. It is very

important to know about the correct information about

COVID-19 for prevent self anong with family. In reporting

period July-2020 total 276 (male-188, female- 88) released

prisoners has got the information on COVID-19 issues from

the over telephone and physically in jail gate by the

Rehabilitation Supervisors cum Counselors (RSCC) of

DAM-GIZ-IRSOP thorugh respective prison authorities.

An information materials has developed for provide

information where covered the about the corona virus, how its

speared, its sign and symptoms, treatment, how its prevent,

true

Information is providing to released prisoner in

Prison gate information about COVID-19 disease, national helpline

numbers and the list of hospitals. This will help them to aware about this disease and protect their family

members. It is a ongoing activities.

PEPSEP project

The experience of COVID-19 is a clarion call

for action, therefore in the month of August

2020, Dhaka Ahsania Mission take an

initiative of supplying & distributing food

and Nutrition support to insecure PEPSEP

project beneficiaries who are further affected

due to COVID-19 Pandemic. As this a

crucial emergency response of COVID-19

epidemic, the responsible employee and

beneficiaries will maintain WHO’s suggested

guidelines and procedures.The food items

distributed among the beneficiaries included

30 kg of rice, 1 kg of pulses, 1 liter of oil, 2

kg of potatoes, 1 kg of salt, 1 kg of sugar, 1

kg of onions and hygiene packages included

bath and hand washing soap – 3 pcs (each

125 g), sanitary napkins (1 packet), reusable

mask (4 pieces) and 500 g of detergent

powder to each household among 900

cardholders or households in 9 wards of

Satkhira Municipality.

Supply of supplementary (Food & hygiene packages) to beneficiaries (COVID -19) at Satkhira

Municipality, PEPSEP

From July to September 2020, a total of 126

yard meetings were organized in the Savar &

Satkhira Municipality area under the Health

and Nutrition (PEPSEP) project with the

technical assistance of Christian Aid with the

financial assistance of the European Union for

the implementation of Dhaka Ahsania

Mission. These court yard meetings are

attended by family members holding project

cards. In the yard meeting discusses corona

virus, personal hygiene and healthy habits,

adolescent nutrition and neonatal

immunization.

Court Yard meeting in Satkhira Municipality, PEPSEP

In the month of September 2020, Virtual Training

was organized on COVID-19 for Health Professionals of

Private Health Service Providers;attending 20 health

professionals of our PEPSEP Project empanelled

hospitals for a 4 days. The training was conducted

through Google Meet. Topics covered like:

COVID-19 Primary prevention; Corona Virus and

SARS-COV-2; Preparedness for preventing

COVID19; Wearing and removing PPE; Stress in

pandemic situation and Techniques of Stress

management; Social Stigma Related to COVID19;

Ethical considerations during COVID-19.

20 participants are from Savar & Satkhira health

professionals. Facilitators are Dr. Fatema Khan, Dr.

Naila Parvin, Md Amir Hussain & Iqbal Masud.

Virtual Training on COVID-19 for Health Professionals, PEPSEP

From July to September 2020, a total of 41

video shows were shown in the Savar

Municipality area under the Health and

Nutrition (PEPSEP) project with the technical

assistance of Christian Aid with the financial

support of the European Union for the

implementation of the Dhaka Ahsania Mission.

These video shows are attended by family

members holding project cards. The video

show features videos and dramas about corona

virus, personal hygiene and healthy habits,

breast feeding etc.

Video shown to project beneficiaries in Savar Municipality, PEPSEP

TB control project DAM TB Control program operates two DOTS center and lab at Ward 1(Uttara) & Ward 17 (Khilkhet).In this pandemic

situation due to COVID 19 we continued our activities with proper protection, personal hygiene and maintaining social

distance. If patient come for health services or collect medicine then we first maintaining proper distance and sanitize their

hands and ensuring to wear a mask and giving them proper health education about COVID 19.

Our staffs wearing PPE Which is provided by our

own organization .We distributed leaflet, which is

supplied by DAM, health sector regarding COVID

19.In the month of July, August & September 2020

we organized Orientation of GPP, Orientation of

Factory workers and orientation of Cured TB

Patient with proper safety and precautions. Daily

we contacted our patient about their health,

medicine and contact tracing over telephone and

physically visit their house by maintaining a daily

plan. If any patient come with sign symptoms of

corona then we advised them communicate with

IEDCR or any Government hospital.

We also ensure staff orientation training on infection control and awareness buildup about COVID19 by our own

organization, and new guidelines of NTP and BRAC.

UPHCSDP project DSCC, PA-03, Hazaribagh

Prevention of COVID 19 a hand-wash station set up

Dhaka Ahsania Mission through the Urban

Primary Health Care Services Delivery

Project-Phase II has been set up three-chamber

hand wash sink at the CRHCC, DSCC, PA-03,

Hazaribagh for the prevention of COVID 19.

The project has funded by World Vision. As if

those beneficiaries can maintain their hygiene

before taking services. Continuing the services

World Vision provided hygiene products like

soup, liquid hand-wash, hand sanitizer, fenail,

and dustbin.

Leaflet distribution and message announced on COVID 19

From 24-30 July and 4-6 August 2020

awareness information has been announced

and leaflet has been distributed about COVID

19. Covered area were PHCC-1: Kalu Nagar

Bazar, Hazaribagh Bazar, City Colony,

Bhagalpur, Khalil Sardar Market, Enayetganj

Water Tank, Maneshwar Road; PHCC-2 -

Nawabganj Park, Section Slope, Nawabganj

Clubbari, Abdul Azizlen, Madnakhor Lane;

PHCC-3 - Kellermore, Keller Bazar,

Tempstand, 5th Street; PHCC-4 - Shahid

Nagar, Shashman Ghat, Beribadh, 2 Nangli,

Armitola; PHCC-5 - Boxibazar, Hosne Dalan, Nazimuddin Road, Khajadeyan 1st and 2nd Lane; PHCC-6 -

Chadni Ghatbazar, Kalunagar, Clubghat, Alighat, Eidgamat, and Hazaribagh of CRHCC.

UPHCSDP, project Cumilla City Corporation, PA-1.

Activities:

All of our centers including CRHCC & PHCC are providing health care services in this corona situation. In this

situation we arrange hand washing facilities in front of our all centers, measuring body temperature, spraying

bleaching water for everyone in shoe surface. We also arrange PPE, Hand Gloves, Hexisol, Face Mask, and

Eye/Face Shield for all

doctors, nurses and

health workers in Corona

situation.

During July 2020 –

September 2020, a total of

38,745 people received

services from this project,

among which30348 were women, 1677 were men and 6720 were children.

The total number of services in each category is presented below –

Name of Services Total Number of Services

Antenatal Care 3,489

Total Delivery Care (NVD & CS) 301

Normal Delivery (NVD) 202

Caesarean Delivery (CS) 99

Postnatal Care 960

Menstrual Regulation (MR) Service 53

Post Abortion Care 3

Family Planning Services 4,209

Services for Violence Against Women (VAW) 63

Adolescent Health Care 1932

RTI/STI Care 959

Other Reproductive Health care Services 1343

Child Health Care (EPI/Diarrhea/ARI) 6720

Nutritional Services 306

Limited Curative Care 7799

Diagnostic Services 9131

Behaviour Change Communication 21482

• Observing Significant Days

On 15th

August, 2020 National Mourning Day DAM,

UPHCSDP-II, CoCC, PA-1 organized free health

check-up facilities in all Six PHCCs and CRHCC. On 15th

August 2020a total of 210clients received free check- up

and 2 NVD deliveries received free services.

Also on this day we arranged essay writing contest for

school student about autobiography of Father of the nation

at all PHCC’s. After finishing this contest, we are

providing a gift to the first position, second position & third

position.

BCC Activities: CoCC, PA-1, DAM received financial support, leaflet and audio clip for miking regarding

awareness campaign for COVID-19 from UPHCSDP-II, PMU,

Nagar Bhaban, Dhaka.We have started campaign on 27/07/2020.

During this time, we have been miking the audio message at

important road, commercial area, and residential area of Cumilla

City Corporation. Covered area is ward no

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27 of

Cumilla City Corporation.

During this campaign period, we have distributed those leaflets,

which we got from PMU. We also distributed leaflets to increase

the awareness among the community about our services.

BNA, DAM- COVID-19 related activity summary report on July-Sep 2020:

SL Name of Activity Measuring

unit Qty Where How

Population Coverage

Remarks

01 Established hand washing station in the Growth Centers

# Hand washing station

18 09 Growth Centers

By the help of Market management committee, Business association, Latrine produce and caretaker

250 peoples are being benefited

per day (Average)

02 PPE distribution among (Food, Wash & AIR) Registered Vendors

# PPE 377 09 Growth Centers among (Food, Wash & AIR) Registered Vendors

Direct distributed by BNA staff

377 Vendors 372 Male and 5 Female (02 Wash vendors, 03 Food vendors)

03 Cleaning materials distribution at Mosques

# Mosque 168 168 Mosques among imam

Direct distributed by BNA staff

168 Imam Two times distributed

04 Initiatives Miking for # GC 09 09 Growth By the help of 09 Growth Continued

awareness rising in the Growth Center’s catchment area

Centers surrounding two km catchment area

Market management committee, Business association (rental miking)

Centers- surrounding two km catchment area population

by every week on hat day

05 Leaflet distributed in the Growth Center’s catchment area

# Leaflet 16000 09 Growth Centers among community people

By the help of Market management committee, Business association

Among 16000 Community people

Leaflet distributed every week during the miking

06 To ensure social distance sign marking at Growth Centers

#GC 09 In front of important shop/ market in the 09 Growth Centers

By the help of rental labor

Community people whose are shopping here regularly

* GC-Growth Center, AIR- Agro Input Retailer, PPE-Personal Protection Equipment.

Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity (BNA) Project

DAM- COVID-19 related activity report on July-Sep 2020 Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is implementing a project named Feed the Future Bangladesh

Nutrition Activity at Patuakhali District. This project has been designed to empower and

support market and community actors to address underlying causes of malnutrition in the ZOI.

By the end of BNA, children under 5, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescents (girls and

boys) in the ZOI will be better able to meet their nutritional needs and practice healthier

behaviors. Mainly, optimal nutrition is fundamental to achieving USAID’s wider mission to end

extreme poverty and to promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our national

security and prosperity.

The BNA will contribute to improvements in nutrition outcomes for children under 5, pregnant

and lactating women, and adolescents (girls and boys) in the country’s Feed the Future (FTF)

zone of influence (ZOI), which comprises 21 districts in Barisal, Dhaka, and Khulna Divisions.

Three results underwrite this goal: 1) consumption of nutritious, diverse, and safe diets by rural

households; 2) social and economic empowerment of women and adolescents; and 3) adoption

of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Achievement of improvements in all three

result areas is required to ultimately positively affect nutritional outcomes.

Dhaka Ahsania Mission works as an implantation Partner of Feed the Future Bangladesh

Nutrition Activity (BNA) project and during the COVID-19 pandemic situation, different

initiatives have been taken in different level. During the pandemic situation of COVID-19 related

activities are:

Established hand washing station at Growth Centers level

PPE distribution among (Food, Wash & AIR) Registered Vendors

Cleaning materials distribution at Mosques

Initiatives Miking and Leaflet distributed for awareness rising about COVID-19 in the

Growth Center’s catchment area.

To ensure social distance sign marking at Growth Centers

Established hand washing station at Growth Centers level: In Patuakhali District (Patuakhali

Sadar Upazila, Mirzagonj Upazila and Kalapara Upazila), DAM-BNA is working at 9 growth

centers. During the COVID-19 situation, there has been established total 18 Hand washing

Stations (3 Permanent and 15 Temporary) among the 9 growth centers. These Hand washing

stations were set up with the instruction of Market Management Committee (MMC) and

Business Associations (BAs) of the growth centers and those hand washing stations are

regularly maintained from the project and Monitored by the MMC and project staffs. The

Community people- Customers, vendors, Different Stake holders, Adolescents and other market

related stakeholders are benefited from the initiatives by Dhaka Ahsania Mission and can wash

their hands when they come in the growth center. In each hand washing stations, there is

arranged 2 basins and per day more than 300-500 people can clean their hands properly in each

hand washing station. Such initiatives have been appreciated by the different level of people of

the growth center and community.

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) distribution among (Food, Wash & AIR) registered

Vendors:

Dhaka Ahsania Mission has taken some steps in vendor’s level of the growth centers through

the support at patuakhali. For the social safety and reduction of the effect of corona virus in the

community level, about 377 PPE have been distributed among (Food, Wash & AIR) registered

Vendors. Implemented areas in Patuakhali Sadar, Mirzagonj and Kalapara Upazila at the

catchment areas of the 9 growth centers to maintain proper hygiene and safe safety from

communicable disease of COVID-19 and

mentioned to aware the community people

regarding the corona virus issues.

Cleaning Materials distribution at Mosques:

Corona Virus has spread out in all over world

and due to the pandemic situation; people are

facing a critical moment. BNA project has

taken some steps in root level of the society through the support of implementation partner

Dhaka Ahsania Mission at patuakhali. For the social safety and reduction of the effect of corona

virus in the community level, some cleaning materials have been distributed in the mosques of

the implemented areas in Patuakhali Sadar upazila, Mirzagonj Upazila and Kalapara Upazila.

About 189 mosques are ensured to proper distribution of the cleaning materials (Lysol, Harpic,

Soaps) at the catchment areas of the 9 Growth centers and the Mosque authority or Imam has

been instructed to maintain proper hygiene in the mosques and mentioned to aware the

community people regarding the COVID-19 issues.

Initiatives Miking and Leaflet distribution for awareness rising about COVID-19 in the Growth

Center’s catchment area: Dhaka Ahsania Mission which designed to empower and support

market and community actors to address underlying causes of malnutrition in Patuakhali.

During the COVID-19 situation, DAM aims to work in focusing on awareness rising. For that

issue, DAM-BNA project has taken some initiatives just like Miking at community level, Leaflet

distribution, Text Message dissemination among the different stakeholders etc. To ensure

Nutrition food consumption and aware about Corona virus, miking in every 2-3 days gap has

been conducted in every implemented areas and along with that leaflet has been distributed

among the people of community, different stake holders of growth centers, customers and so

on. Moreover, different text message and voice messages has been disseminated from the BNA

project among the different vendors, Religious leaders, Market stake holders.

To ensure social distance sign marking at Growth Centers:

Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity, DAM has taken some initiatives to confront the COVID-19

situation in Bangladesh and Dhaka Ahsania Mission is working for implementation in the root

level of Patuakhali District. As, Growth center is the target area of BNA project and Corona virus

can be spread up easily in the mass gathering like growth center, so BNA may focus to ensure of

the safety in the Growth centers and it’s stake holders. Public transmission would be occurred if

the proper safety can’t be ensured. In consideration this issue, BNA has taken the initiative for

marking in front of the shops at 9 Growth centers which may ensure the social distance among

the customers, vendors and other people who come at market in different purposes. Minimum

3 feet distance had been ensured in the different parts of the growth centers and the vendors

are influenced to maintain and ensure the social distance for safety among the customers as

well. The Market Management committee as well as other stake holders appreciated such kind

of initiative from BNA project through Dhaka Ahsania Mission during the crucial situation of the

Bangladesh.