Micro Health Project

Micro Health Project is the implementation part of any community health diagnosis. It helps to mitigate the community health needs through community participation and maximum utilization of the community resources. The micro-health project is conducted on the prioritized real need(s).

Importance of MHP

-       To prevent and control health problem(s) of the community

-       To make the people aware about the community health problems

-       To mobilize the locally available community resources

-       To increase community participation

-       To reduce the dependency of the community towards the external donors

Micro-Health Project Process

Planning of Micro Health Project

Key elements of MHP Planning

- Overview(Short summary of the MHP)

- Objectives

- Schedules (Time, date, venue, duration, episodes.)

- Resources (Budget, Cost monitoring and control, Personnel requirements )

- Evaluation Methods (Be evaluated against the standard.)

- Potential Problems (Anticipate potential difficulties.)

MHP Planning framework

SN	Health needs/ objectives	Activities	Target group & Number	Venue, date, time & episodes	Methods & materials	Evaluation indicators

Implementation of Micro Health Project

Implementation is the process of putting the plan into action. It is the process of mobilizing the resources to accomplish the predetermined goal. For the program implementation, the commitment from the community leader or resource person is taken to conduct the micro health project. The responsible person is oriented and trained to accomplish the tasks. Supervision and monitoring are done and feedback is given. Capacity building of the community people is facilitated and sustainability is maintained by forming effective committees

Steps of MHP Implementation

1. Ensure necessary planning is completed

2. Division of work among the team members

3. Publicize the activities

4. Delivery

5. Monitoring and supervision

Evaluation of Micro Health Project

Evaluation is the process of determining whether the project has accomplished its goals and objectives or not. Evaluating is comparing what has been done and what had been planned to be done previously. The steps of evaluation are as follows:

1. Defining the objectives of micro health project

2. Determining the criteria for evaluation technique

3. Identifying the evaluation technique

4. Resource preparedness for evaluation

5. Collecting the information, analyzing and interpreting the information

6. Recording and reporting