Combating 19 – MSAI India

Name of the activity: Combating 19

Country/NMO: MSAI India

Program: Communicable Diseases

Contact information: contact [email protected] to get in touch with the Activity Coordinator

Type of the activity: First-time Activity

Category: Campaign

Focus area: Preventable Diseases, Work to increase rate of Vaccination

Sustainable Development Goals addressed: SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 17 (Partnerships)

Problem statement:

Studies have shown that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. The risk of severe COVID-19 increases as the number of underlying medical conditions increases in an individual. According to studies conducted in India, there is presence of comorbidity in 47.11% patients of Covid-19, with most common being hypertension and diabetes.

People with COPD or any respiratory illnesses are also at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

Target groups:

• General population
• Medical students
• Healthcare Students
• Doctors

Beneficiaries:

• General population
• Medical students
• Healthcare Students
• Doctors

Objectives:

All objectives target to at least 200 members of the general population with the help of a 60 minute powerpoint presentation as a part of the awareness session in a period of 3 months:

– To educate about the various comorbidities that significantly makes one vulnerable to develop severe COVID-19 illness

– To educateabout the common symptoms and how to identify the said underlying comorbidities with the help of a powerpoint presentation

– To educate about why the people with underlying diseases are affected severely by COVID-19 

– To educate about the modifiable risk factors and to highlight the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles for reducing and managing these risk factors

– To sensitize about the importance of COVID vaccination 

– To sensitize  about the importance of  COVID- appropriate behaviour and preventive measures

Indicators of Success:

GENERAL INDICATORS –

Target Population Reached = 200

Number of events- 30

SPECIFIC INDICATORS –

– At least 60% of the target population is aware of the comorbidities that significantly makes one vulnerable to contract COVID.

– At least 60% of the target population is aware of the common symptoms to know how to identify the said underlying conditions.

– At least 60% of the target population understands why the people with underlying disease are affected severely by COVID .

– At least 60% of the target population is aware of the  modifiable risk factors and evidence-based preventive measures as well as to highlight the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles for reducing and managing the risk factor and when to seek doctor for help.

– At least 60% of the target population understands the importance of regular check-ups and vaccination especially for old age and people with comorbidities to prevent COVID and how they are extremely effective.

– At least 60% of the participants are aware of the necessity to continue practicing preventive measures, such as wearing masks and social distancing, to avoid infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.

Methodology:

For Awareness Session:

Activity: Awareness and Interactive session on Google Meet/Zoom/equivalent online meeting platform

Before the Event-

Each event has the target audience as the general population.

Ensuring that the organiser/volunteer : audience ratio is 1:5 and the number of audience members don’t exceed 25 to ensure quality interaction in the online event.

Distributing the online Pre-event questionnaires to the audience and collecting responses

During the Event:.

45-60 minutes awareness and interactive session

After the Event-

Distributing the online Post-event questionnaires to the audience and collecting responses and feedback.

Plans for evaluation:

QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION: Obtaining the data of the responses of the pre and the post event questionnaires and statistically correlating the results with the success indicators and objectives to measure the impact ; number of posts on social media for the social media campaign

QUALITATIVE EVALUATION: Feedback by the target audience (through post event questionnaires) and volunteer satisfaction (through post event forms), photographic records

External collaborations:

none