| Home | Focus Area | Healthcare |
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| Healthcare |
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| The Issue |
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Lack of access to healthcare services is a major problem in rural India. Quacks run a thriving business and illnesses that are preventable and treatable are widespread. There is also a lack of health seeking behaviour amongst the villagers. Infant mortality is high due to poor maternal health and lack of
neo-natal and post-natal care. Poor nutrition, supersitions, and the unavailability of potable water only add to healthcare woes.
Health and sanitation go hand in hand. ACF is constructing toilet blocks and individual toilets to promote good sanitation in its villages.
HIV/AIDS is an area of concern for the entire nation and ACF is doing its best to fight against the disease. |
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| Our Solution |
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| We bring quality healthcare to the doorstep of the people through several initiatives: |
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Mobile dispensaries that travel to the villages routinely are equipped with basic medical aid and provide easy access to a certified doctor and reliable health care to the villagers. |
Health camps, both general as well as specific( like eye, pediatric, gynecological) cater to the medical needs of a cluster of villages at one time. |
Local women have been selected and trained as Village Health Functionaries (VHFs) in 8 of our locations to dispense primary and preventive health care, make timely referrals, educate villagers about hygiene and sanitation and work with the village Health and Sanitation Committees and connect with the Government healthcare system to improve the over all state of health in the village. |
In Chandrapur, a group of Village Health Functionaries have been especially trained to work on the maternal and infant health. Under the Home Based Neonatal Care programme, these women have worked extensively in tribal villages and brought about change in the MMR and IMR there. |
Special health camps are also held for the school children and many schools have been provided with first aid kits and training. |
Assistance to anganwadis such as supplying syringes for vaccination and nutritious food for underweight children has also been undertaken. |
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HIV/AIDS prevention programmes have been initiated at all locations. These They target high-risk populations such as commercial sex workers, truckers, men having sex with men, injecting drug users and migrant workers. Activities encompass information, education, advocacy, treatment of STIs, identification of HIV positive persons, promotion of safe sex. A mix of outreach methods (interpersonal and small group communication, video and puppet shows, posters, exhibitions, street plays, video shows, distribution of condoms, a drop-in centre for sex workers) are used for awareness generation and to catalyze behavioural changes amongst the target population.
ACF also works closely with the Ambuja staff on the workplace intervention programme of the Company. |
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| The Outcome |
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| Village Health Funcationaries(VHFs) |
No. 310 |
| Patients treated by VHFs |
No. 76908 |
| Patients treated by mobile dispensary |
No. 493353 |
| Construction of soak pits/Sulabh sauchalaya/toilet blocks |
No. 4814 |
| Awareness sessions for commercial sex workers/migrant workers/IUDs/MSMs |
No. 13720 |
| Condom distribution |
No. 2496672 |
| Cases identified by STI clinics |
No. 18683 |