Health Situation in Rural India

Community based health issues are very critical in the operational districts. Malaria, Diarrhea and reproductive health are some of the major concern in terms of the poor level of community awareness, availability of the health services and road communication. Poor people living in the interior area often find it difficult to practice appropriate health practices. Moreover, traditional health practices and traditional healers play a major role in shaping the health of the community. These results are increased risk of communicable disease, child survival and maternal mortality.

How we Act

We are creating health awareness through the voices of the tribal themselves to convince each other to rethink their deep-rooted myths and take better care of their health. We are involved with strengthening community health systems. It organizes health camps for early diagnosis and increased access to Government Health Services. It facilitates immunization by organizing awareness camps. Our goal is not only to increase access to proper healthcare services and medicine, but to provide education that changes attitudes and behaviors so tribes actively choose to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Health Camps

Maa Jayshree Jagannath Foundation recognizes the challenges of the underprivileged to access primary healthcare. We therefore organize free multispecialty health camps across geographies which includes a thorough check up by a doctor, distribution of free medicines along with specialized tests namely BP, Blood Sugar and Haemoglobin(Hb) monitoring. These timely interventions provide early diagnosis and treatment reducing the incidence of morbidity and mortality. Such health camps address immediate health care needs of the marginalized communities. We have organized a number of camps since our inception.