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Muslim Women Overcome Shackles for the Sake of Community Health
Led by Shakeela Khan, a postgraduate in Urdu, nearly a dozen young women - most have never been to college - have been working in this commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh to eradicate tuberculosis, polio, diarrhoea and chikungunya and create awareness about the benefits of delivering babies in hospitals.
'We have seen people suffering from several diseases but never taking medicine and all because of misconceptions. What we are doing is to dispel some myths and show them the right way to have good health,' said Shakeela, who is in her mid 40s, told a visiting IANS correspondent.
Currently they are working in 20 slums comprising over 3,400 shanties, and most of the target population is Muslim.
'There is a misconception that taking polio drops will make kids impotent and we have managed to dispel this notion. You need to create awareness and talk to people in their language,' Shakeela said.
Explaining the difficulties faced by them, Mumtaj Khan, 30, said it took them three to four months to change the mindset of people in their locality.
"Both men and women were not ready to listen to us. They were of the opinion that we are politicians and we were meeting them for votes," Mumtaz said.
"However our target was women and after a few months they understood our motive. Since we were women, it was not difficult to talk to other women about their health problems and how to overcome them," she added.
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