Health Care

Good health is a first step towards a happy fulfilling life. In the villages of Orissa, health is still a relatively neglected issue due to various factors. The vast segments of the rural population do not have access to proper nutrition or medical care. They do not get even the rudimentary education in achieving and maintaining good health. The lack of health education and proper medical facilities has compounded this problem to epidemic proportions. Women health is a crucial component of general health. There is a need to empower the community especially children and women to take responsibility for their health.

Hamari Awaaz Foundation has made health care one of the prime functions through various interventions. We educate people about general health practices and healthy eating habits with emphasis on children and expectant mothers. Our field workers organize awareness programme on various diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDs, leprosy, polio etc. in various villages. We also carry out community meetings about benefits of immunization, breast-feeding etc. from time to time.

The Health Care Project conducts mobile medical check up programme in different villages periodically where people are not getting proper medical facilities. Many people in the rural villages because of their age, physical or mental limitations, are socially, economically and politically marginalized. This includes a large group of elderly people, children, people physically challenged or groups in which poverty has been headed down from generation to generation.