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DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT 7. Preventing and controlling illnesses transmitted by mosquitoes and other vectors. High-priority

projects will include identifying environmental hazards specific to vector-borne diseases and
Rotary supports activities that reduce the causes and effects of disease. Projects strengthen the health care
system by improving access to and expanding medical services, providing medical equipment, or training remedial strategies.
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health care personnel. 8. Addressing environmental hazards related to infection and disease containment, such as disposal
of medical waste in health care facilities

Area of Focus Statement of Purpose and Goals

TRF enables Rotarians to prevent and treat disease and support health by: Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
1. Improving the capacity of local health care professionals 1. Offering prevention and treatment services for physical and mental illnesses and related
disabilities
2. Promoting disease prevention and treatment programs that limit the spread of communicable
diseases and reduce the incidence and effect of noncommunicable diseases 2. Developing community education and early screening and treatment programs designed to
reduce the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases
3. Strengthening health care systems
3. Providing equipment specifically to offer health care services to remote populations that lack
4. Providing clinical treatment and rehabilitation for physical disabilities
access to the local primary care system
5. Funding graduate scholarships for career-minded professionals related to disease prevention and 4. Supplying medical equipment to health care facilities. Equipment must meet current technology
treatment
standards and satisfy environmental criteria for power, water, and air quality. Grant sponsors
must provide proof of ownership and operational and maintenance plans, including
Parameters for Eligibility documentation showing that personnel received training on equipment operation and
maintenance, or a training plan that ensures compliance with these requirements.
TRF considers the following activities to be within the scope of the disease prevention and treatment area
of focus: 5. Providing lifesaving surgeries and surgeries to address congenital problems, provided they
include assessing the beneficiary and ensuring follow-up care
Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
6. Treating noncommunicable diseases, including mental illness, through an approach that also
1. Disease testing through projects such as health fairs, provided they include counseling and
referrals or help admit patients for treatment helps prevent disease, train health service professionals, or enhance public health education with
measurable outcomes to promote a community’s long-term well-being
2. Educating community members and health care professionals about intervention strategies for
preventing disease transmission 7. Preventing traffic- or vehicle-related injuries, provided these projects can demonstrate
measurable reductions in such injuries
3. Providing equipment specifically to offer health care services to remote populations that lack
access to the local primary care system 8. Supplying vehicles, personnel, and equipment to provide emergency medical services.
Ambulances must be new and purchased locally and include documentation of ownership,
4. Supplying medical equipment to health care facilities. Equipment must meet current technology operation, maintenance, repair, and security systems by the appropriate health care facility.
standards and satisfy environmental criteria for power, water, and air quality. Grant sponsors
must provide proof of ownership and operational and maintenance plans, including
documentation showing that personnel have received training on equipment operation and TRF considers the following activities to be outside the scope of the disease prevention and treatment area
maintenance, or a training plan that ensures compliance with these requirements. of focus and not eligible for global grant funding:

5. Providing surveillance systems, along with training, to track and monitor the diagnosis and 1. Projects that consist exclusively of purchasing furniture, supplies, consumables, or nonmedical
treatment of disease equipment, such as solar panels
6. Treating communicable diseases through an approach that also helps prevent disease, improve 2. Medical missions or surgical team trips that do not provide educational outreach programs or
the training of medical professionals, or enhance public health education to promote a significant capacity-building in the project country, with the exception of lifesaving surgeries and
community’s long-term well-being surgeries to address congenital problems

3. Eco-stove or indoor stove-top projects
3 A health care system includes both the public and private sectors engaged in the delivery of health services.

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