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Enriching lives
through quality
healthcare
Health Outreach Besides providing general primary and preventive care, support. It provided 25,500 consultations during FY Laying the ground for
Initiatives the programme runs focused initiatives to reduce the 2022-23, facilitating access of People Living with HIV a malnourishment-free
burden of health conditions like anemia, malnutrition, (PLHIV) to treatment and helping them adhere to the anaemia-free future
Supporting most at-need communities to access preventable blindness, cancers and other treatment regimen. The initiative also provides Anika, an 18-month-old infant in Jalditola village
quality healthcare, the Health Outreach programme non-communicable diseases like hypertension and nutrition kits to children with HIV to ensure their of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh was found
of Reliance Foundation promotes preventive diabetes in vulnerable groups. Of the 34,000 women well-being and health. to be malnourished in April 2022. Anika’s mother
healthcare alongside delivering general and and girls, aged 15 to 49 years, who were screened for To help detect cancers early, Reliance Foundation has Sushila was also undernourished. Anika was started
specialized therapeutic care for all groups of people anemia during the year, 19,827 were found to be been screening high-risk individuals in vulnerable on nutritional supplements and regularly assessed
in collaboration with other institutions. anemic. The programme provides free treatment to communities. The programme focusses on reducing the at one of Reliance Foundation’s Mobile Medical
those with anemia and regularly follows up with them.
These initiatives strengthen community well-being burden of oral cancers, breast and cervical cancer. Units (MMU) in Shahdol. Anika has now recovered
and health besides focused interventions on key Recognising that malnutrition during childhood is People suspected to have cancer following screening from malnourishment.
health problems. associated with adverse health outcomes later in adult are supported in obtaining a diagnosis and care. To help children like Anika and to help communities
life, the programme aims to identify malnutrition early
Through FY 2022-23, various health outreach efforts Reliance Foundation also provided support to in Shahdol overcome malnourishment and anaemia,
in the communities it works with. Creating awareness
reached 1,38,000 people through more than 5,80,000 Lalbaugcha Raja Dialysis Center, which is currently Reliance Foundation has adopted a two-pronged
about nutrition is also an important component of this
consultations. Mobile Medical Units are the catering to 184 patients through 24 machines. strategy. First, mothers and children who are
initiative. In FY 2022-23, 16,094 children were
programme’s mainstay and help take medical care to undernourished are supported with supplements and
screened for malnutrition. Of these, 464 children were
the doorsteps of communities; MMUs facilitated are regularly assessed at MMUs. Second, Reliance
found to be have Moderate Acute Malnutrition and
2,88,000 consultations in multiple locations during the Nutrition Gardens set up in many homes and
228 children had Severe Acute Malnutrition.
year. The programme’s community health centers, also Anganwadis are helping over 4,500 households in
called static medical units, and health camps The programme also works with adults and children Shahdol get fresh vegetable produce and consume
complement MMUs in facilitating healthcare access. living with HIV and ensures their access to care and nutritious food.
