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Health personnel will be accountable and responsible for maintenance of
their clinic.

Trained personnel will

be utilized

in a supervisory

Capacity for on site visits and specialized repairs.
b.

Equipment
The equipment and supplies at present are negligible to non-existent at

the clinics.

Those that will be upgraded to health centers will need the

following:
Equipment (medical assistant level):

3-5 holding beds (with heavily protected mattresses)
1 delivery/examining table (aluminum frame)
*] small refrigerator (kerosene or solar)
smal] desk and file for health worker
2 sterilizers (one back-up)
medical records box (with extra records, forms)

portable emergency med/equipment kit (to take with him at all times)
plastic adult scales (with height measurement device)
generator and/or solar panels with storage batteries
*kradio + "beeper" system
plastic baby scales - salter (sling) type (2)

fiberglass cabinets for medicine storage (built specially to accommodate
the required inventory and to make resupply and reordering easy)
solar powered light in clinic plus back-up gas lantern
for night emergency work
field microscope kit (comes in own box with needed reagents)
vision chart (2)
obstetrical delivery kit
otoscope (2)

ophthalmoscope (2)
reflex hammer (2)
blood pressure cuff (2)
stethoscopes (2)

fetoscope (2)
tape measures (2)
small blackboard on tripod
flip charts
slide/filmstrips (2)

models i.e. for prenatal classes
gardening tools (kitchen garden)
work tables (2)

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