1. AREA OF FOCUS Disease Prevention and Treatment [presenter] [date]
Between 2000 and 2010, mortality rates from malaria fell by more than 25% globally. An estimated 1.1 million deaths from malaria were averted over this period. Death rates from tuberculosis at the global level and in several regions are likely to be halved by 2015, compared to 1990 levels. Between 1995 and 2011, in a cumulative total, 51 million tuberculosis patients were successfully treated, saving 20 million lives. While new HIV infections are declining, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV at the end of Although the 2010 target date of the UN Millennium Development Goal target date of universal access to antiretroviral therapy for all who need it was missed, it is reachable by 2015 if current trends continue. The ultimate goal is preventing the spread of HIV, but knowledge of the virus and how to avoid transmission remains unacceptably low.
Some of the key ideas that we hope to convey today revolve around the question, What are the common project types in disease prevention and treatment? Additional key points to consider for most successful projects, whether they’re funded by grants or not, are generally sustainability, measurability, and community ownership, because ultimately our work must be long lasting and holistic.
We will also discuss the ideal project lifecycle, review grant eligibility guidelines, and point out resources available from Rotary.
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2. Introduction to Disease Prevention and Treatment
Activities and Training That Reduce the Cause and Effects of Disease
Rotarians around the world are involved in projects to prevent disease and promote health through:
Promoting disease prevention programs to limit the spread of communicable diseases
Educating and mobilizing communities to help prevent the spread of major diseases
Reducing the incidence and complications from non-communicable diseases (NCDS)
Providing scholarships related to disease prevention and treatment.
They engage their communities by:
Improving the capacity of local health care professionals
Promoting disease prevention programs, with the goal of limiting the spread of communicable diseases and reducing the incidences of and complications from non-communicable diseases
Enhancing the health infrastructure of local communities, and educating and mobilizing communities to help prevent the spread of major diseases
Preventing physical disability resulting from disease or injury
Supporting studies for career-minded professionals related to disease prevention and treatment

3. Common Disease Prevention and Treatment Project Types
Non- Communicable Diseases
There are many ways to carry out a project that will impact the health and development of your community including:
Testing with counseling and referrals/admission to treatment
Educating on how to prevent disease transmission and providing supplies that may assist these prevention efforts
Providing mobile technology equipment and vehicles to monitor and treat patients
Providing equipment supported by the local health infrastructure, including operational and maintenance plans
Providing prevention programs, such as vaccinations or pre-exposure prophylaxis
Providing a technical platform, with training on how to use it to track and monitor disease diagnosis and treatment
Treating communicable diseases and providing on how to prevent disease, improving training of health service professionals, or providing public health education to improve the long-term health of a community
Communicable Diseases
Treatment

4. Common Disease Prevention and Treatment Project Types
Training
Education
Education
Training
You can also provide:
Scholarships for education related to disease prevention and treatment
Vocational training teams to strengthen and update health care delivery
Improvements of community-based health through health education, mobilization, provision of equipment and supplies, and health care worker training
Best Practices
Best Practices

5. Project Lifecycle
We understand that each service project is unique: some are large in scale, some are small. Some use Rotary grants to help fund them, and other projects are funded by clubs or districts.
However, there’s one thing all successful service projects have in common: a “lifecycle.” This graphic shows the lifecycle of a service project. As you can see, the key areas are:
Planning
Acquiring resources
Project implementation
Evaluation and promotion
While we won’t be discussing the lifecycle in detail, you can find more information on rotary.org.

6. Leveraging Knowledge: RCCs & RAGs
Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs)
Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs) leverage their expertise in their particular area of interest to support clubs and districts.
Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention (RFHA) develops and implements global health projects with regional partners throughout the world.
RFHA works with health ministries to conduct national health days that provide testing, vaccinations, treatment, and referral for many diseases and conditions.
Rotary Community Corps (RCC) A Rotary Community Corps (RCC) is a team of non-Rotarians who are flexible partners of service for Rotary clubs. RCCs offer community solutions for community issues.
A Rotarian Action Group is an autonomous group of Rotarians, family members, and Rotaractors who are experts in a particular field, such as economic development or disease prevention and treatment. Group members share their expertise by assisting Rotary clubs and districts with their humanitarian service projects.
The Rotarian Action Group that addresses disease prevention and treatment is the Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention (RFHA). They are regionally active throughout Africa and they will soon enter India. Among other activities they organize and conduct national health days providing testing, treatment and referral services, in conjunction with health ministries and global health partners and private sector foundation support.
A Rotary Community Corps (RCC) is sponsored by a Rotary club. RCCs implement creative and sustainable solutions to meet a wide array of their community’s needs, which can align with Rotary’s areas of focus or a particular community concern.

7. Global Grants with The Rotary Foundation
Global grant eligibility requirements
Sustainable
Measurable goals
Align with an area of focus
Respond to real community needs
Actively involve Rotarians and host community members
While Rotary clubs frequently fundraise and carry out projects without seeking a grant from The Rotary Foundation, a global grant can be a wonderful opportunity to leverage support for large, sustainable, international projects. To be eligible for funding, a global grant project must be:
Sustainable, which means the activity continues after grant funding has been spent
Measurable, with an established process for tracking and reporting on project results
Aligned with an area of focus that meets The Rotary Foundation’s goals and activities
Responsive to real community needs that are identified through a community assessment
Led by Rotarians who have built a relationship with community members in the project location

8. Global Grants Scope for Disease Prevention and Treatment
Humanitarian Projects
Vocational Training
Scholarships
Supporting graduate level studies in:
Public and community health
Biomedical and other research areas
Other related studies
Frontline health care worker training
Community-based health care prevention and treatment activities
Mobile technology and mobile health care outreach services
Vocational training teams:
Skills transfer in surgical techniques
Establishment of in-country medical and nursing training schools
Disease treatment service
There are many types of projects that can be undertaken to help support disease prevention and treatment efforts, such as:
Providing scholarships
Capacity building
Vocational training

9. Disease Prevention and Treatment Resources
Communities in Action: A Guide to Effective Projects
Please take some time to check out these disease prevention and treatment resources. They provide great information you can use to start your next disease prevention and treatment project. Go to the Rotarian Action Group for Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention website at
Community Assessment Tools
An Introduction to Vocational Service
Rotarian Action Group for Family Health and AIDS Prevention

10. Global Grant Resources
Terms and Conditions for Rotary Foundation District Grants and Global Grants
Grant Management Manual
Areas of Focus Policy Statements
Rotary’s Areas of Focus
Also, check out these global grant resources when you’re considering your next global grant project. You can find all documents at rotary.org.
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