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ABFRL
SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT /

H E A L T H & S A N I T A T I O N

Good hygiene and safe water are
essential to good health. In rural
areas, it enables communities to live
in dignity and help people to realise

their potential. We invest in health
education and free camps in tribal
and rural India.

HEALTH
EDUCATION

We support the Government of India's Swachh Bharat
programme, and coordinate with SVYM to spread COMMUNITY HEALTH
awareness and provide health education in the remote
tribal areas of Karnataka. This helps foster a general
culture of good hygiene and sanitation. EYE CAMPS
We envision cataract-free villages in future and undertake
INTERVENTION
students studying between
Std. 5th - 10th at VTCL bene ted from
attending Health Education classes
persistent e orts towards realising our dream. 8 eye
camps in coordination with the Gram Panchayats and
local eye hospitals were organised.
bathrooms constructed at the residences of
girl students of VTCL, led to 100% utilisation
of toilets and 100% of menstruating girls
using hygiene pads OUTCOME
villagers
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CAMPS , bene tted
INTERVENTION cataract operations conducted, 908
spectacles provided. Since FY 2012-13,
During the reporting period, several health screening 850+ cataract operations conducted
camps were conducted across Government schools to
facilitate preventive healthcare among school children.
6 health camps were conducted in 16 Government CANCER AWARENESS CAMPS
schools.
INTERVENTION
OUTCOME Cancer detection and treatment has been an area of
students bene tted, concern in the remote parts of the country. 8 cancer
503 students were referred awareness and screening camps for rural women in
, for secondary treatment collaboration with Cancer Care India were conducted,
bene tting 663 women, out of which 374 were sent
for PAP test.
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