The mobile health team affiliated with the Tartous Health District continues to provide primary healthcare services to citizens in the town of Doueir Sheikh Saad, through weekly visits aimed at facilitating parents' access to medical services and free medicines, and enhancing early detection of child malnutrition cases, especially among children under the age of five.
The Director of the Tartous Health District, Dr. Issa Hussein, clarified in a statement to SANA correspondent today, Thursday, that the deployment of the mobile team comes within the framework of the Health Directorate's commitment to delivering health services to towns and villages that lack health centers. He pointed out that the town of Doueir Sheikh Saad houses a large number of residents, while parents are forced to travel to the health center in the neighboring town of Sheikh Saad, which poses difficulties in transportation and obtaining necessary care.
Weekly visit every Tuesday
Hussein explained that the team conducts a weekly visit to the town every Tuesday according to a monthly plan set by the Health District, during which it provides patient examination services, blood pressure measurement, and sugar analysis, in addition to reproductive health and family planning services, and distributing free medicines to eligible patients.
He noted that the services also include enhancing nutritional surveillance for children through measuring weight, height, and mid-upper arm circumference, with the aim of early detection of malnutrition cases among children under five, determining their nutritional needs, and distributing appropriate therapeutic nutrients according to age group and health status.
Enhancing surveillance and early intervention
Hussein indicated that nutritional surveillance constitutes an important tool for monitoring children's growth and detecting nutritional problems at early stages, which helps in appropriate intervention and reducing health complications. He clarified that peanut butter, used within therapeutic nutrition programs, is provided to targeted groups according to health assessment and the approved program.
Reaching deprived areas
Hussein emphasized that mobile health teams play a fundamental role in reaching remote and deprived areas from health services, by providing a range of health center services within mobile clinics, and alleviating financial burdens and transportation difficulties for citizens, thereby enhancing their chances of accessing healthcare.
Regarding case follow-up, Hussein clarified that the Health District sets monthly plans to visit villages and towns that lack health centers, in addition to poor neighborhoods, while following up on disease cases detected during visits or reported through surveillance programs, and responding to health needs, especially among chronic disease patients, and working to secure the necessary medicines and medical supplies for them.
The services of mobile health teams fall within the efforts of the Tartous Health Directorate to expand the scope of primary healthcare and reach it to population settlements lacking health centers, with a focus on prevention, early detection, and follow-up of disease cases, and enhancing maternal and child health programs and nutritional surveillance, thereby contributing to improving health indicators and alleviating burdens on citizens.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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