Physical Health India Project #27326

Urban Slum Health Action (USHA) Project

by Sukarya

Project Report | Feb 28, 2018
Report IV : Urban Slum Health Action (USHA)

By DEBADUTTA DASH | Secretary, Sukarya USA

STORY OF AFROZ:

Afroz is 36 and lives in the Israeli camp slum of Rangpuri Pahadi, Delhi with her husband Abid and six children. Five of her children are malnourished due to poor pre-natal care. This was primarily because she had managed all her deliveries at home and never visited a formal doctor for any advice. Having gotten to know that Afroz was pregnant for the sixth time the community health worker from Sukarya visited her and counseled both husband and wife about the need to have regular health checkups with a qualified doctor in order to ensure a complication-free during pregnancy. Initially both Afroz and her husband were hesitant in accepting the fact that a doctor's help was needed. However after multiple counseling sessions, they understood the risks and negative impacts on the lives of her and the new baby for not having medical supervision during the pregnancy. Following the sessions Afroz started visiting a doctor regularly and followed all her advice carefully. This led to her having a comfortable and healthy pregnancy without any complications she had faced earlier. As a result she gave birth to a healthy young boy in a hospital. Her son is completely healthy and well nourished because of the guidance from the Sukarya’s doctors and counselors. She now wishes that she had delivered all her children after getting advice from doctors and had healtheir children.

PROJECT REPORT : December 2017 - February 2018

The targeted intervention - prevention and reducing the cases of anemia and malnutrition amongst mothers [15-49] yrs and children [0-6] yrs.
Project is operational in 10 slum locations of Delhi & Gurgaon where access of health services are almost negligible and people are living with poor means and economic vulnerability.

Health Clinic:

-A total 9 health clinics were organized and 1420 patients have been treated.
-357 anemic women identified and treated
-406 women received Post natal care [PNC] services
- 380 pregnant women received Ante-natal care [ANC] services
-Children [0-6] yrs treated- 566
-566 malnourished children identified & treated
-923 women received counseling services on anemia, maternal and child health, nutrition ; dietary intake
-31 patients referred to government hospitals
- 910 home visits /follow ups to targeted patients are done by communityhealth workers

Nutrition Cooking Demo Session: 3 sessions with participation from 65 pregnant and lactating women have

Mother and Child Health Day: 8 mother and child health days were organized in the community.

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Dec 4, 2017
Quarterly (Sep-Nov) updates on USHA Project

By Debadutta Dash | Board Member, Sukarya USA

Sep 6, 2017
Report II - Urban Slum Health action Project

By Debadutta Dash | Secretary, Sukarya USA

Utsang, 8 months, was brought to Sukarya’s health camp in June this year. As a toddler he has been suffering from severe pain for cramps in his stomach for almost three weeks. He had not slept for those many days. Neither did his parents. His parents live in Arjun Camp, the Delhi slum with no basic hygiene and access to basic healthcare. They live in the most vulnerable conditions trying to meet their daily needs.

Utsang’s mother brought him to the health camp seeking medical treatment with very little knowledge of her son’s serious condition. There she learnt that her son has been diagnosed with worms in his stomach. Utsang was attended promptly by healthcare professionals and was given oral supplements. It was a huge relief for his mother to receive a brief counseling on her son’s health condition followed by home visits by Sukarya’s community health worker to keep a check on his health.

Today, Utsang is healthy and free of any medical issues. His mother is hugely grateful to the team of doctors and Sukarya for the prompt attention, medical diagnosis, and treatment extended to her son followed up by visits from the Sukarya team. Sukarya’s health camp was god-send for her family.

PROGRESS SUMMARY:

During the last quarter [June- August 2017], the USHA project has been able to provide the services to

more than 3000 beneficiaries (Pregnant & lactating mother, children between 0-6 years) . The project aims to reduce the malnutrition and anemic conditions of the target beneficiaries through regular and periodic activities of the project such has health camp , distribution of nutrition supplements ,nutrition cooking demo, sanitation awareness drive , individual or family counseling , follow-up home visits etc.

The target beneficiaries are living in the slums of Delhi and Gurgaon in vulnerable conditions with poor means and virtually no access to healthcare and medical facilities.

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