Health Concerns

HEALTH CARE CONCERNS TASK FORCE

THE FOLLOWING WERE THE MAJOR HEALTH CARE CONCERNS MENTIONED AT A HEALTH CARE WORK SHOP IN OSAKA AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.

HIV AND AIDS AWARENESS
MALARIA
BLINDNESS PREVENTION / EYE CARE
MALNUTRITION
DIABETES
POPULATION DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
OBESITY
SMOKING
TUBERCULOSIS
PRE-NATAL AND CHILDCARE
IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN
PARENTING

HEALTH INFORMATION

•      WHILE GLOBAL INFANT MORTALITY RATES HAVE FALLEN BY TWO-THIRDS SINCE 1950, IN SOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE ARE MORE THAN 50 TIMES HIGHER THAN IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.

•      CLUBS NEED TO ASSESS THE NEEDS IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OVERSEAS.

•      THE HEALTH CARE TASK FORCE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR ROTARY CLUBS IN THE DISTRICT.

•      SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON ENCOURAGING   AND ASSISTING ROTARIANS TO DEVELOP PROJECTS.

OUR DISTRICT IS ALREADY INVOLVED IN MANY HEALTH CARE PROJECTS SUCH AS:

•      PROJECT HOPE

•      SEEDS OF HOPE

•      ROTAPLAST

•      MEDICAL CLINICS

•      EYE CARE CLINICS

•      AMBULANCE DELIVERY (SUPPLIES)

IF YOUR CLUB WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL GET YOU TOGETHER WITH THE CLUBS THAT ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS.

A CLUB CAN DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO HEALTHY LIVING IN MANY WAYS
•    AIDS WALK
•    DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROGRAMS
•    HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMS
•    DRIVE BY VACCINATION CLINICS (CONTACT MADERA CLUB FOR INFORMATION

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Rotary District 5220 - Serving California's Central Valley and Mother Lode

HEALTH CARE CONCERNS TASK FORCE

THE FOLLOWING WERE THE MAJOR HEALTH CARE CONCERNS MENTIONED AT A HEALTH CARE WORK SHOP IN OSAKA AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.

HIV AND AIDS AWARENESS MALARIA BLINDNESS PREVENTION / EYE CARE MALNUTRITION DIABETES POPULATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION OBESITY SMOKING TUBERCULOSIS PRE-NATAL AND CHILDCARE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN PARENTING

HEALTH INFORMATION

• WHILE GLOBAL INFANT MORTALITY RATES HAVE FALLEN BY TWO-THIRDS SINCE 1950, IN SOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE ARE MORE THAN 50 TIMES HIGHER THAN IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.

• CLUBS NEED TO ASSESS THE NEEDS IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OVERSEAS.

• THE HEALTH CARE TASK FORCE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR ROTARY CLUBS IN THE DISTRICT.

• SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING ROTARIANS TO DEVELOP PROJECTS.

OUR DISTRICT IS ALREADY INVOLVED IN MANY HEALTH CARE PROJECTS SUCH AS:

• PROJECT HOPE

• SEEDS OF HOPE

• ROTAPLAST

• MEDICAL CLINICS

• EYE CARE CLINICS

• AMBULANCE DELIVERY (SUPPLIES)

IF YOUR CLUB WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL GET YOU TOGETHER WITH THE CLUBS THAT ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS.

A CLUB CAN DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO HEALTHY LIVING IN MANY WAYS

HIV AND AIDS AWARENESS
MALARIA
BLINDNESS PREVENTION / EYE CARE
MALNUTRITION
DIABETES
POPULATION DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
OBESITY
SMOKING
TUBERCULOSIS
PRE-NATAL AND CHILDCARE
IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN
PARENTING