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Community ear care delivery by community ear assistants and volunteers: a pilot programme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Ramesh Shrestha ,
Kamal Baral  and
Neil Weir
Ramesh Shrestha
Affiliation:
Senior ENT Consultant, Bheri Zonal Hospital, Nepalgunj, Nepal
Kamal Baral
Affiliation:
Programme Manager, Deafness Control Programme, Swiss Red Cross, Nepalgunj, Nepal
Neil Weir
Affiliation:
Director, Britain Nepal Otology Service, UK
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Abstract

Hearing impairment is a major public health problem in Nepal. The present service delivery, however, is mainly hospital based and is limited to large towns. Those people residing in rural areas lack many basic needs including ear care services. The collaborative community volunteer-based ear care pilot programme implemented in Banke, Nepal aims to reach out to those rural areas by establishing sustainable primary ear care services, empowering and utilizing local resources. The focus of the programme is to promote multi-sector improvement in sanitation, nutrition, immunization, breast-feeding and timely care and support to ear patients to help prevent hearing impairment mainly from the sequelae of otitis media.

Keywords

Hearing DisordersEar DiseasePrimary Health Care
Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 11 , November 2001 , pp. 869 - 873
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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