Health Projects
With no awareness of or access to proper health care facilities, the ultra-poor do not have the privilege of preventive health care. This means that many a time an illness is not diagnosed on time. Due to such unexpected health shocks, they cannot afford any long-term illness. This has a direct effect on their earning capacity and health care expenses. Taking on a three-pronged approach of a multi-discipline diagnostic health checkup for preventive diagnosis; making the beneficiary aware of hospitals, government schemes of subsidized health care procedures and discounted medicines, as well as hygiene and nutrition training, the programme guides them towards a healthy lifestyle. The activities undertaken in providing health support can be categorized into three areas: awareness generation, service provision, and right-based linkages of the needy to civic amenities and schemes. During reporting period ten health camps were organized covering 768 people from 10 labour colonies (details in Annexure 2.4). The government doctors from the local PHCs were present to conduct the health camps. The medicines required for common ailments in the area were distributed free of cost during the camps. Workers with complicated health issues such as Tuberculosis, malnourishment among children etc. That who required institutionalized treatment were taken to the hospitals and were advised to have regular follow-up visits to hospitals. Twelve awareness programmes on HIV/AIDs were conducted across 12 labour colonies (details in Annexure 2.4) covering 461 workers. HIV/AIDs has been g a sensitive and socially unaccepted disease, and reaching out to workers was a challenging task. Hence SRDS conducted ice breaker activities in the labour colonies to the workers comfortable with their problems. This strategy proved to be highly effective in building networks and relationships among the workers. The construction workers are at continuous work-related risk. Keeping in mind the continuous risk involved like construction work, SRDS also conducted awareness programmes for workers on work-related safety measures and health hazards. (Refer to Annexure 2.4). Around 10 such health camps were conducted which saw a participation of 366 Workers. Before SRDS’s involvement, none of the pregnant women in the labour colonies had visited hospitals or clinics for a regular checkups. To tackle this issue, linkages with local PHCs and Anganwadi were made as a result of which the women received health cards and registered for the midwife and nutrition services program SHANTHINIKETHANA RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (R) Yadgir Karnataka organizing medical health chuck up and health camp with collaborating with Government District Health Department And other Local NGO And Volunteering took help and support.
We are happy to share that this year we covered more than 50000(fifty thousand people take the health service in Yadgir Distract Karnataka, especially from rural village people can’t spend more money to hospitals so we have conducted medical camp on their doorstep schools, collages, Anganwadi centres, temple, panchayat office it's very near place to come easily to take treatment.