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DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

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
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health care personnel.

Area of Focus Statement of Purpose and Goals

TRF enables Rotarians to prevent and treat disease and support health by:

1. Improving the capacity of local health care professionals
2. Promoting disease prevention and treatment programs that limit the spread of communicable
diseases and reduce the incidence and effect of noncommunicable diseases

3. Strengthening health care systems
4. Providing clinical treatment and rehabilitation for physical disabilities

5. Funding graduate scholarships for career-minded professionals related to disease prevention and
treatment

Parameters for Eligibility

TRF considers the following activities to be within the scope of the disease prevention and treatment area
of focus:

Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
1. Disease testing through projects such as health fairs, provided they include counseling and
referrals or help admit patients for treatment

2. Educating community members and health care professionals about intervention strategies for
preventing disease transmission
3. Providing equipment specifically to offer health care services to remote populations that lack
access to the local primary care system

4. Supplying medical equipment to health care facilities. Equipment must meet current technology
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
maintenance, or a training plan that ensures compliance with these requirements.

5. Providing surveillance systems, along with training, to track and monitor the diagnosis and
treatment of disease
6. Treating communicable diseases through an approach that also helps prevent disease, improve
the training of medical professionals, or enhance public health education to promote a
community’s long-term well-being

3 A health care system includes both the public and private sectors engaged in the delivery of health services.

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