7/29/2019 Report CONCHA English

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Name of the project: CONCHA

NMOs involved: CIMSA

Standing Committee / General project (lokal / nasional): SCOME, SCORA, SCOPH, SCORE (Lokal UNS)

Project summary:

CONCHA (Cancer, Osteoporosis, Nutrition Campaign for Maternal Health) is an activity held by CIMSA UNS as a concrete

manifestation to succeed MDGs program, especially related to maternal health. These activities include explanation about

breast and cervical cancer also osteoporosis that frequently found in women, research on maternal nutrition, healthcounseling, free healthy feeding, as well as a healthy walking, which aim to improve maternal health.

Project info:

CONCHA is in collaboration with Darudz Dzikri Islamic Boarding School, Joyontakan, Gading, Surakarta which has been

also used as a venue for the clinic of CIMSA UNS. As one of success indicator, SCORE CIMSA UNS do a little research by

giving some questionnaires after explanation about breast and cervical cancer also osteoporosis. And the results are quite

satisfying, many participants answered correctly. Although our MDGs goal to improve maternal health cannot be directly

observed, but with increasing knowledge of mothers about diseases that often attack or even cause of death for women, we

hope it can be the first step to achieving that goal points 5 MDGs. In addition to the external purposes about MDGs,

CONCHA also held in commemoration of the world osteoporosis day which nearly coincided with the convening of

CONCHA and as a form of participation to Breast Cancer Awareness. Whereas for internal purposes, as trans-sco project

CONCHA is a project that unites 4 SCOs of CIMSA UNS in order to work together.

Project report:

Dear good readers, CIMSA UNS is back with our MDGs project.As a representation to our concern in MDGs point 5,

Improving maternal health, we had a project called CONCHA (Cancer, Osteoporosis, and Nutrition Campaign for Maternal

Health) which is a trans-sco project from SCOME, SCORA, SCOPH, and SCORE CIMSA UNS.

CONCHA has been held on Sunday, October 14th 2012 at Pondok Pesantren Darudz Dzikri Joyontakan, Gading,

Surakarta. Started at 7 a.m. with fun walking from SCOME, more than 60 people -mother mostly- and some of CIMSA UNS

members walked for about 30 minutes to prevent osteoporosis. While we gathered around in the hall of Pondok Pesantren

Darudz Dzikri and the mothers wait for the next session of this event, SCORE members gave them a questionnaire to know

family nutrition status, observed from mothers nutrition knowledge. The quick count result will be used in nutrition

consultation from SCOPH.

CONCHA was officially started at 8 a.m. by the speech of LOCO CIMSA UNS, Rizqi Ahmad. Then the lecture began

from SCOME which presented about Osteoporosis, SCORA presented about Cervix Cancer and Breast Cancer, and

closed with demonstration of SADARI or Self Breast Examination using water balloons. The mothers seemed so interested

with these topics through actively ask and give feedback to the presenter. Knowledge of the mothers was tested by second

questionnaire by SCORE which asked about Cervix Cancer from previous lecture. The result of this questionnaire reported

and published online.

Last session from SCOPH was a closing of CONCHA. SCOPH presented a nutrition consultation with 2 doctors from

Dr. Moewardi Hospital which made the mothers so enthusiast and quickly register to have a chance to ask not only about

nutrition but also about their general health. For the very last, SCOPH gave a free soybean milk to each of them as an

example of a good nutrition.Through CONCHA we hope that we have a contribution to increase maternal health and succeed Indonesia MDGs. See

you at CIMSA UNS next cool projects.

Be Active with CIMSA

Regards

Anindya Nur Qurani

Project Officer Cancer, Osteoporosis, and Nutrition Campaign for Maternal Health (CONCHA)

Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE)

Center for Indonesian Medical Students Activities (CIMSA)

Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta (FMUNS)