Health

* Rajendra Joshi, Managing Trustee, Saath is awarded The Schwab Foundation’s India Social Entrepreneurs 2009 Award ahead of the India Economic Summit in New Delhi, India, 8-10 November 2009.

* Livelihood Resource Centre inaugurated at Behrampura on the 3rd of February.

* Saath turned 20 on the 28th of February 2009 !

* LRC inaugurated at Vadodara on 26th March 2009 !

Resources

Annual Report 2008-09

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Health

SAATH’s Community Health Programme (CHP) works towards making affordable primary health care accessible to children and mothers from vulnerable, marginalized groups.

Reproductive and Child Health (RCH)

The RCH programme is supported by the AMC and is run through centres in Paldi and Vasna. Through link workers from the community, awareness about various illnesses is shared from house to house. The link workers facilitate the community's access to health services and facilities in the case where there may be need for hospitalization, check ups etc. The programme currently reaches 14,000 households in the areas.

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death in India, killing two persons every three minutes. Vulnerable people are particularly susceptible to contracting TB as they are often without access to proper ventilation and sanitation. With the aid of the TB Control Society, SAATH initiated a TB Direct Observation Treatment Center (DOT Center) in Sankalitnagar slum area to identify and treat patients.