Achieving health for all [2]

Having said all of these, the question arises,  What can I do to be a game changer?
How can I be a Carl Taylor or a Henry Perry  within my own sphere of influence?

Health Education:
According to the principles of primary health care, Health Education is key in the attainment of health for all.
Given my background in clinical medicine, I have seen that my knowledge as a medical doctor will be useful in providing Health Education for community health workers, care group leaders and the people within communities.

Creating awareness on the common causes of childhood mortality, newborn death, HIV and AIDS can go a long way in the attainment of health for all.
I plan to organize health campaigns, seminars and health education classes in local communities around me.
Drawing on the concept of the household production of health as seen in the Jamkhed rural health program in India, my team and I will focus on educating the families through the mothers with the help of community health workers.
Classes will also be organized for different groups of people;
Pregnant women, grand mothers, men, adolescents and single mothers. Female education and the importance of childhood immunization will also be taught.

Mobilization
Leveraging on my position as a key player in the health sector in Nigeria. I plan to mobilize other doctors, nurses, and health workers to join in primary health care projects that can help in attaining health for all. I will also push for more community health projects in my place of work as a medium to reach out to those communities in need. This will also serve as a medium to link the community efforts on health education with an established health center.
We will familiarize ourselves with the culture, the norms, and also the forms of health care already available to the people.
Secondly we will find out their needs and the leading causes of death in their area.
Thirdly we will join in educating the people on the need for hygiene and the elimination of unhelpful traditional practices.
We will then select enthusiastic and willing individuals from amongst the people, to be trained as community health workers, whom will serve as a bridge between the people and the government organized health care centers.
Home visitation by the community health workers and the care group leaders will be emphasized and monitored.

Advocacy:  can be said to be giving the voiceless a voice.
Having been armed with the knowledge of what is going on in my locality, I will approach the government with these facts to see what can be done to integrate the ongoing community efforts with the structured governmental health sector.
Also we will encourage the government to increase the budget allocated to health and show case the need for more support and funding in the remote areas.
We would also clamor for the support of other sectors which would help the communities function better, e.g. Agricultural programs, the provision of safe portable water, power ( solar or electric) ,schools and  well equipped health facilities to improve the quality of life of the people.
We will also seek the support of non governmental organizations (NGOs) that may be interested in what we are doing within the community and may be ready to partner with us and also fund some of our pending projects.
We would also advocate for better living and working conditions for the community health workers to encourage them to stay .....