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 Rickets
Education and Prevention—Over 70% of Tibetan children
surveyed showed clinical signs of rickets. Read how the Terma
Foundation is fighting rickets by encouraging the traditional
Tibetan "chugkpa"—or sunbath. |
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Child Feeding and Indigenous Food Development—Despite
adequate food supplies on the Tibetan Plateau, "cash poor"
communities remain hungry. The Terma Foundation is working to
increase the availability of droma, a highly esteemed
root food that when mixed with barley creates a complete protein.
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Traditional Tibetan Medicine—Under Terma Foundation sponsorship,
two traditional Tibetan doctors are studying 600 Tibetan children
to test the efficacy of traditional herbal supplements in preventing
the two major causes of childhood death: respiratory illness
and diarrhea. |
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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies:
Prenatal and Postnatal Care—Anecdotal accounts indicate
that maternal mortality is rising. The Terma Foundation has
a pilot program to train birth attendants in several villages,
and provide at-risk women with prenatal vitamins and nutrition
education. |
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Health Education and Primary Care
Delivery—The Terma Foundation helps train and equip
village doctors (distributing more that $2,000,000 in donated
medical supplies so far). To increase health awareness in a
culturally appropriate way for a largely illiterate population,
the Foundation is also in the process of developing posters,
and even popular songs, to reinforce basic health messages regarding
sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition. |
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Tuberculosis Prevention and Control—Tuberculosis—including
cases of fatal, multidrug-resistant varieties—is on the
rise in Tibet, far outstripping the capabilities of the local
health care systems. The Terma Foundation is running a five-year
pilot program in Chamdo Prefecture to provide training and supplies
needed to support a successful TB eradication program.
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