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Rural Health Camps make medical care accessible to all without

travelling long distances

SANMAT’s successes emerge from their

intense engagement and capacity building

within the community, creating an ecosystem

around the issue. ey source team members

from the community, and involve them in

the design, planning, and implementation

of programmes right from inception. All

levels of government functionaries and other

stakeholders are part of the process, too.

‘We identify our community ambassadors

from different sections, tribes, communities,

age groups, and faiths. We reach out to

schoolteachers, private tutors, ASHA workers,

anganwadi workers, community seniors,

faith leaders, local Panchayati Raj Institution

(members, doctors, nurses, unqualified

practitioners, grocery shopkeepers and others,

who help us in identifying and listing the most

marginalized and vulnerable families/persons.’

says Dr. Dhananjay Singh, Executive Director-

SANMAT.

Innovative technology helps SANMAT

fulfill its objective of reaching the last

mile. An app Commcare, developed by

an international organization Dimagi and

implemented for capturing real time data

from the field, tracks medication given to

children, storing the data for further analysis.

In the proposed project for the HCLTech

Grant, basis of the proposal grant, an app will

be developed which will have a touch calling

button for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients

who need emergency care and treatment.

HCLTech Grant Project Title:

Improving

Sickle Cell Disease Detection and Management

in Jharkhand’s Public Health System

Beneficiaries:

245,000 people, including

newborns, adolescents, pregnant women,

and adults

Location:

599 villages in Jharkhand