Project Period: 2009-2012
Project Location: Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, West Bengal
Direct Impact: 44,699 citizens across 4 states
Swasth Bharat is one of the key pillars of Lafarge’s corporate social responsibility programme which directly impacts 44,699 citizens and indirectly impacts 1,68,495 citizens in 32 villages across 5 states Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and West Bengal through its community health centers, mobile dispensaries and health camps.
Under Swasth Bharat, supervised a health initiative across 5 states which impacted 44,699 citizens and indirectly impacts 1,68,495 citizens through its community health centers, mobile dispensaries and health camps.
In June 2009,supervised a partnership with HP Voluntary Health Association (state chapter of VHAI) launched a Health Center in village Thalli, Himachal Pradesh. The medical center provides basic and primary healthcare facilities to the residents of the surrounding 8 panchayats i.e. Thalli, Shakra, Tattapani, Bindla, Balinidi, Bagshad Sawindhar and Sunni. The center has a full time doctor, laboratory technician and para medic staff. On request from adjoining pan- chayats two more extension units of the existing health center were opened in Talehan and Mahautta villages in 2010. Till date all three community health centres have provided free medical treatment facilities to 15,128 patients approximately and 4,934 lab tests have been undertaken.
Mobile Dispensaries and Health Checkup Camps
Helped run mobile vans which were well equipped with medicines and other medical aids to facilitate proper medical check ups and diagnosis of the diseases visit peripheral villages of Jojobera in Jharkhand, Sonadih-Chattissgarh, Mejia-West Bengal Cement Plants as well as villages around Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.This helped in treating ailments, promoting childcare and health care of the villagers.
