Poverty, lack of sanitation and overcrowded living spaces combine to make health an important area of concern for Mumbai. The Trust’s work in this area have included community health initiatives, a mobile hospital for street children.
TB Control Programme: Urban and Rural
Around 100-150 persons in villages in Thane district are being treated for TB cases of default are traced and followed up and patient’s health monitored regularly. Under the Urban programme, two TB detection camps for children of TB patients were conducted, followed by free treatment for those requiring it.
NGO : Ashwinikumar Medical Relief Society, Kandivali
Hospital on Wheel and Organised Supportive Health Care for Street Children.
A large number of vulnerable children living on the streets and slums of Mumbai benefited from the ‘hospital-on-wheels’ which provided preventive and curative services together with referrals and counseling to them. NGO : Society For Nutrition Education And Health Action (SNEHA), Dharavi
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