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Focused Intervention (Adolescent Anemia)
   

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Aarogyasanvardhan Project (Supported by Glenmark)
   

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APCP - Anemia Prevention and Control Program
   

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SPARSH - Sensitization Program for Adolescents in Reproductive and Sexual Health
   

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OATH - Outreach Action Towards Healthcare
   

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Baiganwadi community health centre
   

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Rag pickers Health Care Program
   

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Tribal Health Care Program in Nasik district
   
   
   
   
» Focused Intervention (Adolescent Anemia)
 


Baiganwadi and Shivaji Nagar are compromising upto 4 Lakhs of population. Majority of population is from minority community. Niramaya initiated health program with special focus on adolescent anemia and behavior change strategy. Adolescents are provided with Iron folic acid tablets and deworming Albendazole tablets. Hemoglobin testing is carried out as pre and post strategy to see the impact. Throughout the year, health education and awareness sessions are carried out for these beneficiaries. Health checkup camp, marker day celebration, cooking demonstrations etc activities are conducted. We have reached upto 5000 direct beneficiaries from bainganwadi community for two years.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

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» Aarogyasanvardhan Project (Supported by Glenmark)
 


This is first year to start this project in Andheri Marol pipeline area for Children, pregnant and lactating women with focusing on issues like malnutrition, immunization and sanitation in the community covering upto 7000 direct beneficiaries and almost 2000 households from the five major slum communities. 25 Women as peers are working in the field. Health checkups on every alternate month, peers sensitization trainings, Health awareness and education trainings for women of the community and various health marker day celebrations are major activities throughout the year.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

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» Anemia Prevention and Control Program (APCP):
 


This program aims to significantly reduce the serious problem of nutritional anemia in children studying in the Pratham and other NGO Balwadis. The Program offers Iron supplementation and regular deworming to the balwadi children and their mothers. Growth charts are maintained for all the children. This is supported by Annual medical check up, cooking demonstrations of nutritious recipes and Health education about Anemia and Worm Infestation and Nutritional Powder supplementation. The program is taking a new and wider scope this year covering younger siblings of the children as well as adolescent girls in the neighborhood under the program. The program is functional in Mumbai, Delhi, Surat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

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» SPARSH: Sensitization Program for Adolescents in Reproductive and Sexual Health
 


The aim of this program is to help the adolescents to grow into mature and responsible adults and to guide them to lead a normal and healthy reproductive life. This is achieved by giving them correct and scientific information regarding changes in their body, feelings and personality during puberty, importance of personal hygiene, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS, myths about sexuality related matters. The sessions are made interesting by use of various games, by flipcharts, slide shows and role-plays. The sessions are conducted for both school dropouts as well as school going youth. This program is specially designed for adolescents in low socioeconomic strata keeping in mind their needs. The program also tackles with the problem of nutritional anemia in adolescent girls by giving them iron supplementation and nutrition education. The Program functions in BMC as well as Private schools in Mumbai.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 


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(Outreach Action Towards Healthcare): This program is run for the homeless children staying in shelters or railway platforms. Niramaya has a tie up with five shelters where the children get at least day care. The strategy followed is Monthly complete Health check up and regular health education along with need based counseling services. The program now intends to focus on SRH related issues in the children like child abuse and sexual violence. The program functions in Mumbai.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 


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» Baiganwadi community health centre:
 


Baiganwadi and Shivaji Nagar are two mega slum areas at Deonar, Mumbai. The Bainganwadi area with over 2.5 Lakh population has a static and a large migrant population mainly from UP and Bihar. Child marriages, polygamy, addiction, high school drop out rate, poor hygiene and sanitation facilities, high rate of infections and communicable diseases are prevalent in the community. Niramaya runs two health centers in the area since last seven years to look after the health needs of the communities. We offer curative, preventive and promotive health care through these clinics and through community home visits. There is daily general outdoor, special weekly gynecological outdoor and monthly Eye check up camp at the clinic with referral facilities for special cases. On home visits, special emphasis is given to looking after children under two years, lactating and pregnant mothers and adolescent girls. Health educations sessions are conducted both in the clinics and in the community.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 


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Rag pickers Health Care Program
 


Niramaya designed this program to cater to health needs of the rag pickers children and women working on Dumping ground, Deonar. Niramaya reaches the beneficiaries through mobile van for medical check up camps, evening clinic and home visits. Besides offering curative services, emphasis is given on maintaining personal hygiene with minimum resources, de addiction and family planning. The program also intends to create a cadre of peer educators who will take a role of health volunteers to spread hygiene related health messages. Starting a Drop in center for adolescent boys and girls for both recreational and educational activities is being planned.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 


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Tribal Health Care Program in Nasik district
 


This is a new program undertaken by Niramaya to provide primary health care to the tribal communities in the Peth taluka of Nasik district. Peth taluka is situated 80 km from Nasik city. (Nasik city is located 125 km from Mumbai). Some of these tribal villages lack basic amenities like roads, electricity and water and the Govt. health care centers are very far and not easily accessible to the population. Niramaya with assistance from Glaxo SmithKline run two health centers providing primary health care & set up a referral network for management of serious cases. The clinics offer services to people from surrounding 20 villages, these people sometimes walk as much as 10 to 15 kilometers to get the services. Sometimes patients come from as far as 20 kms. The total population covered is about 10000 to 15000. Besides the two static clinics, Niramaya also conducts mobile van checkups in two other villages. Health education sessions on pregnancy related issues like antenatal care and importance of iron therapy, child rearing practices, family planning, and addictions are conducted routinely in the clinics and in the homes. Special emphasis is given to dispel myths and misconceptions and superstitions, which are highly prevalent in these tribal communities.

   
   
   
   
   
   

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