Under the joint research study of Hiroshima University, Japan and Grameen Communications, Bangladesh a health checkup program was carried out by Global Communication Center (GCC) from 9 October – 4 November, 2021. The research study aims to provide health checkup services to the school children of Class I – V in pre-selected 4 schools of Matlab North under Chandpur district of Bangladesh. 604 primary school children of age in between 5 – 16 years received healthcare services at FREE of COST. According to the research protocol baseline data have been collected from 604 school children throughout the four consecutive weeks.
The students got basic health checkups like-height, weight, blood pressure, pulse rate, SPO2, MUAC test, skin fold test (triceps, sub-scapular), vision test, blood test (hemoglobin, glucose), urinary sugar, urinary protein and stool test for helminth. Finally, the students were rewarded with some attractive T-shirts as gift for voluntarily participating in this study.
