Anaemia is a significant public health challenge not only in Madhya Pradesh but in India as well. According to the 5th National Family Health Survey 2019-21, in Madhya Pradesh anaemia prevalence among children is highly severe. The spread and severity of this critical health problem has also been borne out by our own long field experience in some of the remotest and most impoverished communities in the state.
Towards this, we have launched our Anaemia Mitigation Program in partnership with Shrimad Rajchandra Sarvamangal Trust (SRST) of Gujarat.
This initiative aims to combat anaemia among the impoverished tribal communities in the 25 Districts of Madhya Pradesh where we are running our Seva Kutir and Mobile Medical Clinics Project. The project has a goal of screening at least 100,000 children and women and providing suitable medication and nutritional supplements (along with our ongoing nutritional program for children in Seva Kutirs).
Parivaar will conduct large-scale anaemia screenings and distribute Albendazole (for deworming) and iron and folic acid tablets / syrups, drops to those whose haemoglobin count is less than 11) across 25 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The screenings are planned in the Government schools and other community venues. The children enrolled in the Seva Kutirs and local Government Schools will be examined in these screening sessions.
This partnership combines SRST’s financial support and resources, including access to mobile application for data management, Albendazole and consumables required for Haemoglobin screening, as well as screening devices along with strips and lancet.
With Parivaar’s extensive on-the-ground network, we are in a position to reach vast numbers in more than 2500 villages which our Seva Kutirs and Mobile Medical Clinics serve.
This program will allow us to accurately determine the anaemic status of children and women in these communities and ensure redressal of this problem.
Work Done So Far :
* As of now the SRS Trust has provided training to our ground staff and relevant individuals from the central team about the use of Screening Kit in the month of February ’25.
* The SRS Trust has already dispatched 10 thousand kits for the Pilot program, with 5,000 Kits each in Sheopur and Shivpuri District .
* Parivaar has already launched the program in districts of Sheopur and Shivpuri after receiving the permission from the District Education Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Sheopur and Shivpuri districts to start the project.
* The government schools will be used as the venue for screening
Following the outcomes in these two districts, we intend to expand the program to other districts in Madhya Pradesh where we have significant grassroots presence.
