4. Some information about India
4 of the 10 richest men live here
46 dollar billionaires
100 people in Fortune 500
Fast growing middle class
IT ‘super power’
Moon mission
5. Some facts about ‘Bharat’
60 – 70% population live in villages
Medical expenses form 58% of total income
Medical care is the 2nd most common cause
of rural debt
24% of rural population don’t seek health care
because they can’t afford it
40% borrow heavily for sickness
16% fall below poverty line
Health expenditure is 0.9% of GDP
Source: 2007 National Sample Survey
6. VISION
Attainment of the highest
possible level of health for the
people of Sittilingi valley
7. The Need for Today
Health Care
available
Affordable
acceptable
9. Sittilingi and the Avalur valleys have 21 hamlets
which are home to about 10,000 people of whom
95% are tribals
10. A small beginning…..
In 1993 Tribal Health Initiative started off in a small hut
…team of 4 people
11. The Base Hospital
The Base Hospital now
has 24 beds with about
1200 admissions a year
12. Seeing patients in our OP
In 2007 we
provided service
to 17660 people
Out patients are seen 3 days a week . About 100 – 130
patients use the facility daily of whom more than 70%
are tribals.
13. Diagnostic Facilities
X-rays, ECGs & ultrasound
All Lab investigations including
Biochemistry
In partnership with the Government
Center for Tuberculosis
Counseling and testing center for HIV
Leprosy treatment Center
14. Deliveries & Neonatal Care
Advanced Neonatal care
Ante,Intra & Post Natal care.
About 30 deliveries a
month and 3 - 4 for
neonatal care per month
15. Surgical Work
About 20–30 surgeries every month including emergencies
Government recognized center for family planning
surgeries
16. Go to the people, live with them, begin with
what they know, build with what they have.
And when you have completed your work, the
people will say they have done it themselves
Lao Tse
17. Health Worker (HW) Training
Training in progress
Training is residential for 1 ½ years and open to only
tribal girls. 5 batches of 6 girls each have been trained.
6th batch of training going on
18. HWs’ manage most of the Hospital
In the Wards Dispensing in the OPD
•See Out patients 3 days a week
•Conduct deliveries and assist surgeries
•Manage Ward, Lab, Xray/ECG
19. Health Worker – Advanced Training
Health Workers also do minor surgical
procedures and anesthesia
20. Health Auxiliary (HA) training
Learning to count respiration
Learning to weigh
HA training had been for 1 ½ years, for 2 days every
fortnight. They still come back every month for 2 days to
refresh and share knowledge and data.
21. Community Health – 1st Tier
•Weighing babies in the field
•Teaching oral dehydration
•Discussing community problems
22. Community Health – 2nd Tier
Health Workers now
plan, implement and
follow up the
Community Health
Program
23. Health at the doorstep
Field Clinics on 2 days a week.
Pregnant mothers & young children seen
Health Education is the focus
All newborns are seen within one week
24. HIV prevention work
Street plays HIV education in schools
Started Education on HIV
HIV Counseling & Testing
Treatment of secondary infections
Ready for HIV deliveries
25. Achievements
No mothers died in child birth – 5 years
Infant deaths – from 147/1000 to 32/1000
Malnutrition – down by 50 %
Pregnant mothers check up – from 11%
to 95 %
Almost 100% completion of treatment
in tuberculosis
26. That formal education is mandatory to do
health care is a myth
Help people heal themselves…..
27. There is enough in our world for everyone’s need, but
not for anyone’s greed
Mahatma Gandhi
Stabilised Mud Blocks for Buildings
Solar Water Heating
Solar Lighting & Water Pumping
Biogas from Kitchen & Hospital Waste
Drip Irrigation & Rain Water Collection
Minimising Disposable materials
28. Freedom to learn
Thulir – the educational initiative runs a Resource Center
for children
Basic Skills course for school dropouts
29. Back to Roots
In 2003 , after a 10 year evaluation
we decided to go back to the people
30. Farming Initiative
•15 Farmers groups [men & women]
•From 4 to 80 organic farmers in 3 years
•Collective selling and buying
•Exposure visits & classes from experts
31. Women
entrepreneurs
Shirts with Sittilingi cotton
33. Craft Initiative
Porgai …….. sharing pride
Trade agreement
with Fairgrounds UK
34.
35. Community Initiatives
Community certificates
Mullikadu dam
Secretary for Rural
Anti-plastic rally
Development meets
villagers
36. Future Plans
Start work in the Kalrayan Hills
Training more Health Workers
More farmers groups
Organic Certification
Local markets for Porgai