One Health Program
Foundational to CDI is the concept that health is not only physical but also relational. We also recognize the interconnectedness between people, animals and their shared environment. Our One Health program strives to bring greater understanding and implementation of healthy practices with a participatory learning approach. Numerous projects address development in these realms.
“We help families and individuals learn how to take simple steps to prevent illness through Health Education Lessons…”
Projects
Pregnancy Health and Doula Project
Childbirth in Central Asia is often traumatic and driven by doctor preferences and non-evidence-based traditions rather than what is best for mother and child. We demonstrate another way, with seminars about healthy pregnancies taught by our International Childbirth Education Association Certified Childbirth Educators. Through training provided by international birth professionals some of our staff have learned labor coaching and are now International Childbirth Education Association Certified Birth Doulas. We continue to train and equip women around the country to be birth doulas and we show that new life is cause for celebration, not fear.
Community Health Education Project
Women in rural Kyrgyzstan run homes, so reaching women reaches a community. This project communicates basic health and hygiene topics in a participatory learning format, encouraging women to share what they learn with others. Communities see improvement in such areas as nutrition, disease transmission, and relational conflicts.
Naryn One Health
The health of people, animals, and the environment is deeply connected. Naryn One Health brings these together to support healthier, more resilient communities in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn region.
Building on our roots in veterinary education, our work focuses on four areas:
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Veterinary & Animal Care: Training farmers and veterinarians to improve animal health and livestock management.
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Regenerative Farming: Introducing sustainable farming practices that restore soil health and care for the land.
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Alternative Home Heating: Promoting efficient, cleaner heating solutions to improve air quality and reduce environmental impact.
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Community Health Education: Providing practical health education, including women’s health, to help people care for themselves and their families.
Health Education Project (South Kyrgyzstan)
Using media to reach the furthest places in the Ferghana Valley and throughout the whole earth the Health Education (South Kyrgyzstan) project aims to make information available in the local languages Kyrgyz, Russian and Uzbek.
Around the topic of family planning, healthy birth and care for the mother and newborn, videos selected by locals are translated in cooperation with locals.
Program Stories
Kyrgyz Woman puts Perinatal Education into Action
In the midst of a grueling eleven hour labor, a woman found herself largely alone […]