Nangarhar Women's Community Health Seminar

The new ILC International Learning Center at Nangarhar University offers a classroom learning environment where students can gather to hear lectures and presentations. On this day we invited women from the villages and communities near Farm Hadda, Surkh Rud and Hesarak to come to Jalalabad for a one day Women's Community Health Seminar entitled: 'Health Families in Nangarhar Province,' conducted by Judy Hutcherson, R.N., a Rotarian and past president from Fredericksburg, Texas.

Judy spent the day with the 65 women, who arrived in vans and taxis from the various areas of the province, to learn about health, hygiene, nutrition, childbirth labor and delivery and other topics. The Deputy Director from the Ministry of Health for Nangarhar Province welcomed the women and encouraged their participation in future similar gatherings. Two Nurse Midwives from Surkh Rud area, a Field Health Worker and Trainer from Hesarak and several women who represented large numbers of women from their communities, were in attendance and spoke to the group.

At one point the question was asked: 'How many of the women in the room have delivered your babies at home without the assistance of a doctor, nurse or midwife?' The photo above showing about 20 women standing demonstrates the number of women in the room that day who had no professional medical support available to them at the time they delivered their children.