1   MAJOR COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH PROGRAMMES
 
 
Sr. No.
PROGRAMME GEOGRAPHICAL REACH
01
Vision camps (Awareness rally, Free eye check-up, free spectacle distribution and poster exhibition)
Slums of Anand including Gamdi, Lothiya Bhagol, Mahavirnagar, and Anand Agriculture University- Health Centre.
02
Nirmal Gujarat (Cleaning of statues of freedom fighters and social workers, street plays addressing social problems, poster exhibition, drawing and essay competition about cleanliness, health and hygiene.)
Anand town
03
Pulse Polio Immunization (Route and booth supervision, administration of vaccine, door to door campaigns and External Evaluator (nominated by WHO)
Anand district
04
Thalassaemia prevention drives (Thalassaemia check-up camps, awareness talks, poster exhibition and pre-test counselling)
Ekta parivar slum, Mangalpura slum, Bhaikaka Statue area, PTC College Borsad, Gana village
05
Blood grouping and donation camps (Resource mobilisation for the camps, motivating prospective donors to donate blood and health talks to deal with myths)
Maitry (Nadiad), PTC College (Borsad), J. P. Thakkar School, Kasturba Kanya Vidyalaya, Nagarpalika School, Mangalpura slum, I. P. Mission School, Pragati Seva Samaj (Anand), Samarkha and Mogri villages,
06
Health talks (Reproductive health, AIDS awareness, de-addiction)
Slums of Petlad and Anand towns, villages of Anand and Kheda district
07
Flood disaster relief (Distribution of warm clothes, food packets and medical relief)
Bamroli village
08
Red Ribbon Club (Awareness generation programmes about HIV/AIDS/STI's like health talks, street plays, poster exhibitions and group discussions)
Villages of Anand and Kheda districts

    MAJOR FIELDWORK AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE
 
Institute believes that need satisfaction is a right of the people in a welfare state and that collaborative ventures go a long way in realising this right. As a part of the fieldwork students are involved in various outreach programmes for the community welfare.

The major highlights are:
(a)
2285 patients diagnosed of eye problems and 79 operations of cataract performed in vision camps conducted in collaboration with District Blindness Control Society, Anand.
(b)
Cleanliness drives organised as a part of Nirmal Gujarat celebrations in Anand.
(c)
We supported the right to life and right to safety and security of the flood-hit villagers by organising flood relief work in association with Healing Touch at Nadiad and at Bamroli village.
Several children of Anand are immunised against the polio-mellitus during National Pulse Polio Immunisation days, where our children not only administer the vaccine but also supervise the vaccination booths to maintain the cold-chain quality of vaccine.
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