A reality check on the healthcare situation in India and how innovative models can make it happen for rural and urban poor alike.

1. Healthcare in India
A GRIM REALITY

2. Over 1.25 million children die annually in India.

3. Diseases such as dengue fever, hepatitis, tuberculosis, malaria
and pneumonia continue to plague India

4. 58% of children have not completed their immunization schedule
and 14% have not received a single vaccine

5. 48% of all children have stunted growth due to
malnutrition.

6. 45% Indian women are married before they turn 18 resulting in
early pregnancies, higher morbidity and mortality rates.

7. 12 million girls were aborted in the last three
decades in India

8. 50% of all villagers have no access to
healthcare providers.

9. Infrastructure like hospitals, roads, water and
sanitation are lacking in rural areas

10. About 70 per cent of our doctors live in urban India, whereas 70 per cent
of our citizens live in rural India.

11. Situation for Urban Slum dwellers is worse

12. Government spending on healthcare is grossly inadequate. 39 million people
are forced into poverty because of medical expenditure.

13. For the underprivileged survival is a struggle – basic
Healthcare doesn’t figure in the scheme of priorities

14. Need of the hour…
An innovative and practical solution

15. SMILE ON

16. REACHING THE

17. Provides basic health services at the doorsteps of the marginalized
population in urban slums and remote rural areas

18. Addresses the critical issues of accessibility and affordability of
primary health care

19. Smile on Wheels launched in 2006
Smt.Sheela Dixit,Chief Minister of Delhi flagged off the first SOW

20. State of the art mobile hospital with
advanced features

21. ECG Facility

22. Pathology facility

23. LCD facility to promote health awareness

24. GPS tracking

25. A professionally qualified team of medical &
paramedical staff providing services
Team Composition
MBBS Doctor
Lab Technician
Pharmacists
ANM
Community Mobiliser
Project Coordinator
Driver

26. Focus on serving the marginalized
particularly women and children

27. Neo natal care

28. Growth Monitoring

29. First Aid Services

30. Reaching elderly

31. Reaching the physically challenged

32. Pathology examination

33. Free distribution of medicines

34. Going beyond curative services…… promoting
holistic health care

35. Health Awareness session for women

36. Campaign against female feticide

37. Health Program for School Children

38. Basic health checkup and growth monitoring

39. Health & Hygiene Awareness Sessions

40. The journey so far….

41. 17 Smile on Wheels operational across 11 States
State No of
SOW
Locations
Gujarat 3 1-Ahmedabad, 1-Patan,
1-Jamnagar
Delhi 1 1 in Delhi
Jharkhand 1 Ranchi
Rajasthan 4 3 in Barmer, 1 in Jaipur
Uttar Pradesh 1 1 in Varanasi
Bihar 1 Madhepura
Maharashtra 1 Nagpur
Andhra
Pradesh
1 Hyderabad
Haryana 1 Faridabad
Karnataka 2 Bengaluru
West Bengal 1 Kolkata

42. Reaching over 13.54 lakh people every month across
373 urban slums and remote villages

43. Currently, benefitting over 2 lakh beneficiaries

44. Since its inception SoW has directly benefited over 5.26

45. RECOGNITIONS

46. 'Healthcare Leadership Award 2012' instituted by
Knowledge Resource Development & Welfare Group.

47. GE Healthcare Modern MediCare Excellence Award as
"NGO of the Year" for innovative contribution towards
health care services for the poor & needy.

48. A 2009 report by the Rockefeller Foundation on Innovative Pro-Poor
Healthcare Financing and Delivery Models has also mentioned of the SoW
programme , “Focusing on women and children, Smile-on-Wheels is a national multi-centric mobile hospital
program that provides medical care to rural and semirural areas and urban slums where healthcare are scarce,
non-existent, or non-functional”

49. Our supporters in the journey

50. Shri Pranab Mukherjee & Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri Chairman and CMD
State Bank of India handing over the key to Mr. Santanu Mishra Co-
Founder and Executive Trustee, Smile Foundation

51. Former US Ambassador to India, H.E. Timothy J. Romer
visits SOW in Delhi

52. Famous filmaker Muzaffar Ali flagging off launch of SoW
in Varanasi

53. MP Mr.Harish Chaudhary flagging off SoW in Barmer,
Rajasthan in Sep 2012

54. MISSION
Bring Smile
on Wheels
to Mumbai
Mumbai Smile on Wheels all set for the
launch

55. • Bring healthcare facilities to the
doorsteps of over 2 lakh
beneficiaries across 9 slums of
Mumbai namely Santacruz,
Vakholam Mahakali, Jogeshwari,
Goregao, Jogeshwari, Malwani,
Bandra and Khar
• Directly benefit over 16000
underprivileged annually through
mobile clinics
• Flag off / Grace the
launch and be a
CHANGE MAKER

56. Smile on Wheels is the national program of Smile Foundation.
Smile Foundation is a national level development organization currently reaching out to more than 300,000 underprivileged people
directly through 160 welfare projects on the issues of education, healthcare, livelihood, women empowerment, and advocacy across
25 states of India.
Smile Foundation dreams to take health services to as many underprivileged people as
possible.

57. And there are (S)miles to go…
LET’S SPREAD HEALTHY SMILES TOGETHER

58. THANK YOU