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ELEUTHEROS CHRISTIAN
SOCIETY
HCL Grant Recipient
Health, 2018
HCL Grant Project Title:
ECS L
ifeConnect
– Integrated Approach to Improve
Healthcare Access and Prevent Maternal and
Child Deaths in Nagaland
Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) has
brought down the incidence of HIV among
injecting drug users and antenatal women
in Nagaland significantly using innovative
approaches. rough community action
facilitated by it, people’s livelihoods, health,
literacy and monetary transactions have
improved manifold. Eight Primary Health
Centres (PHCs) have been revived under
the Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
model, benefitting 33,000+ people. Two
of the PHCs supported by the HCL Grant,
Longpang and Changlangshu, have been
conferred with ‘Kayakalp Award’ and
empanelled with the AYSH Scheme of the
Government of India. Longpang PHC is
managed by ECS in collaboration with the
Department of Health and amily Welfare,
Government of Nagaland. Changlangshu
PHC was built from scratch jointly by ECS
and the community, and activated in 2018.
e government has added a new building
to the premises, boosting the capacity of
the PHC manifold. ECS was listed among
India’s Top 50 COVID-19 Last Mile
Responders by the World Economic orum.
It established covid-care centres and
initiatives in partnership with the district
administration, church, tribal unions and
other key stakeholders.
“I did not miss any of the
ANC visits
since I know it could save me and
my baby. Delivering in the health
centre is hygienic, safer and potential
complications can be detected and
dealt with in the right way. The baby
was bathed, cleaned and cared well
by the station nurse. I would like to
encourage other mothers to go for
antenatal care because it prevents
complications, injuries and even death.
I would also like to thank the project
for all the health promotion activities
and initiatives like the mothers’ clubs,
which have helped and moulded me a
lot as a parent.”
Pheilong, 35-year-old mother of three
from Yongphang village, Nagaland