Bwaise is one of the slum areas of Kampala; it has a total population of approximately 1500 adults. A team of Health workers including the Area Health Educator (AHE) visited Bwaise community to identify the leading health problem of the people so as to design a suitable health promotion project. They first introduced themselves to the Area Local Council Chairperson (LCI) and informed him that they would spend three days in the community. On the first day, they systematically moved around the slum observing the availability of social services like schools, hospitals or clinics among others. On the second day, some members of the health team observed and participated in various activities including fetching water as they noted water quality, waiting time and the cost of a 20litre Jerrycan. On the third day, they moved around the slum interviewing approximately 8 people per group in the slum without the LCI. Most respondents (70%) complained of poor drainage systems in the area and that most drainage channels were blocked leading to persistent flooding. Some group of people (10%) reported alarming bites from mosquitoes and they have no Mosquito nets. They (community members) reported that at least 30 mosquitoes can feast on one person every night! A relative proportion (20%) of respondents who majority was women reported that their latrines are in sorry state. Many lamented that that their children are suffering from diarrheal diseases as a result of scattered faeces in the community. One tenant reported that her house does is in a sorry state and does not meet the standards set by the village Health Committee. She wanted the Health workers to arrest the Landlord because the Landlord refused to renovate the house. Another tenant complained of water, she wanted the Health workers to give the village a borehole reasoning that her people of the neighboring Kavule village have a borehole. The Village Secretary for Health also reported that in the past one week, Cholera broke out in the community and took lives of young children to an early grave. 1)Identify two leading health problems of the people in Bwaise using evidence from the passage 2) Suggest a suitable PHC intervention project to address one major health problem in above

Bwaise is one of the slum areas of Kampala; it has a total population of approximately 1500 adults. A team of Health workers including the Area Health Educator (AHE) visited Bwaise community to identify the leading health problem of the people so as to design a suitable health promotion project. They first introduced themselves to the Area Local Council Chairperson (LCI) and informed him that they would spend three days in the community. On the first day, they systematically moved around the slum observing the availability of social services like schools, hospitals or clinics among others. On the second day, some members of the health team observed and participated in various activities including fetching water as they noted water quality, waiting time and the cost of a 20litre Jerrycan. On the third day, they moved around the slum interviewing approximately 8 people per group in the slum without the LCI. Most respondents (70%) complained of poor drainage systems in the area and that most drainage channels were blocked leading to persistent flooding. Some group of people (10%) reported alarming bites from mosquitoes and they have no Mosquito nets. They (community members) reported that at least 30 mosquitoes can feast on one person every night! A relative proportion (20%) of respondents who majority was women reported that their latrines are in sorry state. Many lamented that that their children are suffering from diarrheal diseases as a result of scattered faeces in the community. One tenant reported that her house does is in a sorry state and does not meet the standards set by the village Health Committee. She wanted the Health workers to arrest the Landlord because the Landlord refused to renovate the house. Another tenant complained of water, she wanted the Health workers to give the village a borehole reasoning that her people of the neighboring Kavule village have a borehole. The Village Secretary for Health also reported that in the past one week, Cholera broke out in the community and took lives of young children to an early grave. 1)Identify two leading health problems of the people in Bwaise using evidence from the passage 2) Suggest a suitable PHC intervention project to address one major health problem in above

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