Health

Overview
Basic Health Education
Reproductive & Child Health
Nutrition
Malaria Control
Blindness Program

The state of Odisha has one of the highest child mortality rates in India.

Taboos around the consumption of iron tablets, institutional delivery and exclusive breastfeeding play a major role in the morbidity and mortality of children. Our program seeks to empower women with the knowledge, medicines and support to ensure the health of themselves and their newborns. We have coordinated programs for over 52,000 people in isolated, high-need and previously un-served areas.

Awareness

We run health camps where our trained health workers and government doctors provide antenatal checkups, counseling, and vitamins and motivate women to utilize institutional healthcare services. In addition, we observe 'World Breastfeeding Week' annually with street plays, rallies and meetings to spread information. We also provide financial assistance to expecting mothers in emergency situations.

Mother NGO

We are proud to announce that we have been named the Mother NGO of Koraput by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to coordinate the reproductive and child health field services of 3 other district NGOs.

Advocacy

As a leading member of Zilla Swasthya Samiti (ZSS) or District Health Society, we lobby on the lack of health infrastructure and other service delivery challenges at the primary care level.