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Health and welfare

Health access

Telemedicine links, screening camps and patient transport for districts where the nearest specialist is a day's travel away.

  • 88

    Health centres connected

  • 51,000

    Screenings completed

  • 76%

    Referrals confirmed started

  • 6

    Specialties on rotation

Why this work

What the problem actually is.

A primary health centre with a connection can consult a specialist in minutes. Without one, the same case becomes a bus journey the family may not be able to afford, and often does not make.

We connect health centres, fund the equipment that makes a remote consultation actually useful, and run screening camps for the conditions that are cheap to catch early and ruinous to catch late - vision, diabetes, hypertension, cervical and oral cancer.

The programme is deliberately unglamorous. Most of the budget goes on transport, follow-up calls and making sure someone who was told to come back actually does. Diagnosis without follow-through is not care.

Who this is for: Rural households far from specialist care, particularly women, older adults and people who cannot afford travel.

What we do

The work, specifically.

Each of these is funded with its running costs included - stipends, repairs, follow-up - because that is what decides whether it survives past the first year.

  • Telemedicine links

    Connectivity and equipment at primary health centres, with specialist sessions scheduled weekly.

  • Screening camps

    Vision, diabetes, hypertension and cancer screening in villages, with treatment referral.

  • Patient transport

    Travel costs for patients referred to a district or tertiary hospital.

  • Follow-up calling

    Staff who call every referred patient until treatment is confirmed started.

  • Menstrual and maternal health

    Supplies, education sessions and antenatal follow-up in partnership with local health workers.

  • 88

    Health centres connected

  • 51,000

    Screenings completed

  • 76%

    Referrals confirmed started

  • 6

    Specialties on rotation

Initiatives

Named projects inside this programme.

  • Rajasthan · since 2022

    Clinic Connect

    Telemedicine at primary health centres, with the follow-up calling that decides whether a referral happens.

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How you can help

Three things that would make a difference here.

  • Fund a screening camp for one village.
  • Volunteer if you are a clinician who can take a weekly remote session.
  • Sponsor patient transport for a district for a year.

Contributes to

  • SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing
  • SDG 10 Reduced inequalities

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