Provide Healthcare to 40,000 Rural Indian Women

Training of Project staff

In Quarter X, three trainings were conducted for the health workers on the following topics:

Training on Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis currently claims about 1.8 million lives yearly, directly causes a US$ 13 billion annual decline in workers productivity, and is one of only several diseases for which specific control targets have been set in the Millennium Development Goals. Efficient human resources development is vital for facilitating tuberculosis control in developing countries, and appropriate training of front-line staff is an important component of this process.  This training was conducted to educate health care workers about basic concepts related to TB prevention and control who are responsible for detecting and managing patients with TB. 

Training on Dengue Fever, Precautions and Solutions:Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection sometimes causing potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. Dengue fever is one of the vector borne diseases that causes Acute Febrile Illness and death in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Knowledge and discussion about this session would help them prevent, guide and counsel the villagers during such circumstances. 

Training on Hand Hygiene/Washing Techniques: Hand hygiene is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infection. In infectious disease outbreaks, hand hygiene compliance becomes even more urgent to keep health workers, patients, and communities safe and contain the spread of disease. All health-care workers require clear and comprehensive training and education on the importance of hand hygiene, the "My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene" approach and the correct procedures for hand rubbing and hand washing was elaborated and taught. The notes for the same were prepared and distributed among them.

Surprise Tests and Gaming Sessions with Health Workers for Revision as well as Capacity Building: Community health workers are well placed to act as agents of change for promoting healthy behaviors and reducing health inequalities.  Surprise tests help in evaluating the performance and activeness of health workers for their quality of work. Interactive brainstorming is mostly performed in group sessions. The process is useful for generating creative thoughts and ideas. Brainstorming helps to learn to work together, and above all, learn from each other that also help in capacity building of the workers.

                 Adolescent Girls Awareness Sessions, Community Meetings and Interactions

Girl’s education is like sowing the seed to raise the green plant of a charming full grown family which bears fruits. Educating adolescent girls may perhaps be the only way to put an end to the seemingly never ending cycle of issues like drop out, low attendance and low age of marriage and low status of women.  Menstrual Hygiene and Management is an issue that should be sufficiently acknowledged. Regular sessions are conducted to create the awareness among the girls for the same.

Monthly community level interactions are done in villages to preserve, protect, and promote the public health of Village residents; review and evaluate various public health matters and environmental issues. To assess the current status of community programs and services offered to the villagers and to initiate the development of expanded services.

                   Registration of Government Health Schemes

We have completed a village level survey on the essential Government Health Schemes to register the impoverish & eligible people of the villages and provide them with the needful & righteous benefits and therefore line listed the details of beneficiaries village wise to get them registered under Mukhyamantri Amrutam Yojana, Widow Pension and Old Age Pension Schemes.

There are about 2200 beneficiaries under these 3 schemes to be registered.

Mukhyamantri Amrutam Yojana –

Mukhyamantri Amrutam Yojana is a health care plan developed by the Government of Gujarat to help poor families in their major adversities. This scheme provides financial support to below poverty line and lower income families living in Gujarat.

• This scheme offers a sum insured amount of Rs.5 Lakh on a floater basis.
• Five members of a family can avail the benefits under the scheme.
• There is no cost incurred by beneficiaries as this is a 100% government funded scheme.
• A quick response coded card (QR coded card) is issued to families that avail coverage under this scheme.
• Since this is not an insurance policy, there are no intermediaries involved in the coverage process. The state government transfers the benefit amount through RTGS.
• Complete cashless coverage can be obtained under this scheme as the government bears all costs including treatment expenses, follow-up consultation, medicines, and transportation etc.
• The claim is settled on a paperless basis to make the claim settlement faster.
• The network hospitals empanelled under this scheme include private hospitals, government hospitals, and standalone dialysis centers.
• There is no specific time frame for beneficiary enrollment, and people can sign up for this cover anytime of the year.

There are 1209 beneficiaries to be registered for this Yojana.

Widow Pension Scheme –

The Indian Government has come up with its various schemes for women, specially focusing on their empowerment. The Women & Child Development Department of Gujarat implemented a social security scheme for widowed and destitute women with children living in the state. The main objective of the scheme is to not only support their economic condition but also empower such women by financially assisting them. This initiative of Gujarat to make women self-reliant has the following benefits -:

Under Vidhva Sahay a margin money of Rs. 3000/- is given to help them to be independent and empower living.

The applicant is offered a monetary assistance of Rs.500 through post office every month.

There are 439 beneficiaries to be registered for this scheme.

Old Age Pension Scheme –

It was launched by Ministry of Rural Development. All persons of 60 years and above and belonging to below the poverty line category according to the criteria prescribed by the Government of India time to time, are eligible to be a beneficiary of the scheme. It is a part of National Social Assistance Program (NSAP).

Benefits of the scheme are –

Monthly Assistance: Rs.500/- for 60 to 79 age group and Rs. 1000/- for more than 80 years which also includes Rs. 500/- by State Government.

There are 547 beneficiaries to be registered for this scheme.

These beneficiaries would be registered in their respective villages by the Sarpanch under the Mahanagar/Nagar Palika officer.

• Safety Measures and Essential Health Schemes (DOCX)