school health scheme

The school health programme is the only public sector programme specially focused on school age children.

It's main focus is to address the health needs of children, both physical and mental, and in addition, it provides for nutrition interventions and counselling strictly during school hours.

It response to an increased need, increases the efficacy of other investments in child development, ensures good current and future health, better educational outcomes and improves social equity. All the services are provided for a cost effective manner.

BENEFITS

To The School

It is  community-centered and personalized. Representatives from the school, NGO and Hospital shall oversee the smooth running of the scheme. They are expected to meet quarterly to review the scheme.

Health Bay shall be staffed, stocked with the essential medication and manned by the scheme through the healthcare provider.

The nurses will cover the sick bay by rotation to enable them come to clinic forreal exposure and training on BLS, and PALS. Staff of the school shall be covered throughout the year issued

During school major activities an ambulance and emergency team will be made available without additional cost. E.g. inter house sports competition.

The burden of pre-employment and pre admission medical examination bills will be bore by the scheme. 

To The Pupils

Pupils are attended to at the sick bay and possibly at the hospital on referral without hospital charges as long as it falls within the scope of this scheme.

Health education of public health relevance brief in-patient care for cases reffered from sickbay

Behavioral health services

Immunization [ NPI ] BCG, PENTA,HBV etc.

Laboratory

• stool microscopy
• urinalysis
• malaria
• PCV
• blood group
• FBS

Medication

• Basically emergency medications

Minor Procedures

• Suturing of lacerations
• wound dressing
• foreign body removal from the ear/nose
• nebulization

To The School Staff 

• General out-patient care
• health education
• birth control-IUCD, Barrier method, injectable
• In-patient care - max 7 days cumulative/annum
• Behavioral health services

Laboratory

•  Packed Cell volume (PCV)
•  Haemoglobin (HB)
•  White Cell Count (WBC)
•  Differential White Cell Count (WBC-Diff)
•  Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
•  Blood Film for Malaria Parasite
•  Widal Test
•   VDRL
•  Blood Grouping
•  Blood Microfilaria
•  Urine Microscopy and Urinalysis
• Stool Analysis (R/E Only)

Medications

•  Oxygen maximum of 2hrs
•  Diazepam
•  Promethazine
•  Pentazocine
•  Tramadol
•  Paracetamol
•  Ibuprofen
•  Dexamethasone
•  Hydrocortisone
•  Metronidazole
•  Albendazole
•  Fansider
•  Artemerther + lumefantrine
•  Quinine
•  Amoxicillin
•  Amoxicillin + clavulanic
•  Ampicillin +cloxacillin
•  Ciprofloxacin
•  Cotrimoxazole
•  Doxycycline
•  Erythromycin
•  Metronidazole
•  Tetracycline
•  Nystatin
•  Cyanocobalamin
•  Ferrous sulphate
•  Folic acid
•  Isosorbide dinitrate
•  Clotrimazole
•  Chloramphenicol
•  Gentamycin
•  Metoclopramide
•  Cimetidine
•  Omeprazole
•  Ranitidine
•  Hepatitis B vaccine
•  Nitrazepam
•  Aminophylline
•  Salbutamol8i
•  Ascorbic acid
•  Multivitamin
•  Artesunate + amodaquine
•  Proquamil
•  Artesunate
•  camoquine

surgeries/ procedures

• foreign body removal from the ear
• foreign body removal from the nose
• release of tongue tie
• MVA of retained products of conception
• excision of vaginal septum
• labial cyst
• nebulisation
• urethral catheterization of the urinary bladder
• debridement and toilet of wounds
• dermoid cyst excision
• excision of neurofibroma
• lumpectomy
• suturing of wounds

CO-PAYMENT:

Any services outside the above listed items, the patient pays 70% while the NGO pays 30% of the bill to the clinic except the exclusion list below

General Exclusion

• Eye glasses
• Tertiary radiological investigation
• Renal dialysis
• Comprehensive health assessment
• Limb and dental prosthesis feeding
• Self inflicted injuries/ fight