ASHA HEALTH CARE




Clinic waiting/play area

 


Patients' parent receiving a membership card

 


CMA Jagan taking the medical history of a patient

CMA Vishnu discussing with patients' parents

Administrator Assistant Lalit interviewing a KID

Hostel mother Sangita with a patient

Asha Health Care currently runs the following sub-programs

Asha Clinic
The urban based Asha Clinic was created quite literally out of need, when the village based health workers began finding themselves faced with more and more cases that needed access to advanced health care facilities.

  • Daily doctor on site
  • Free medical treatment for 'Yellow Card' members**
  • Green Card members (who can pay medicine charge)
  • Pathology Lab on site
  • 'Good Health' counseling in the waiting area.
  • HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness program
  • Playing area for the kids.
  • ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) and clean water
  • 'Litto' (high protein porridge) nutrition
  • Accompanied referral routes with transportation
  • Community visit and health awareness program

Asha Village Health (in 13 remote Himalayan villages)

  • Primary health care & free medical treatment for target communities
  • Focus on children attending the Child Welfare Scheme kindergartens (DCHCs)
  • Medical educative counseling
  • Home visits
  • Accompanied referral routes with transportation
  • 'Hamro Asha'** membership (Yellow card and Green card membership) issued now by village based health workers

Asha Hostel

  • Free accommodation and food for one guardian and patient only for referral patients from any organization with recommendation letter.
  • Basic education classes for both care taker and patient
  • Night guard and hostel care taker.
  • 12 beds in Asha Hostel
  • Medical counseling, physiotherapy and occupational therapy
  • Waiting and play area
  • Oral ORS and clean water

Asha Mobile Clinic

  • Health care for the under 18 years in target communities
  • Health support for parents
  • 'Good Health' counseling
  • Mother and Child health counseling service
  • HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness program
  • Accompanied referral routes with transportation
  • Advice on  accessing health care for non-paediatric cases

Asha Youth Health

  • Free medical treatment for target group
  • Free medicine/wound dressing
  • Special Street youth clinic each day from 3 - 4
  • Shower and change of clothing available for street youths
  • Integral part of the Street Youth program
  • 'Good Health' educative classes at the JYOTI vocational training centre
  • Accompanied referral routes with transportation
  • This group now has the use of the Asha Hostel when needed

Mother and Child Health program

  • Personal / Mass Counseling session
  • Antenatal care, basic test, Haemotonic support and referral facilities for family planning and surgical

Asha Health Care at a glance

Number of Patients treated in the fiscal year 2005/ 2006

Asha Day Clinic

Mobile Clinic

Asha Hostel

Mother and Child health

Asha Youth Health

Asha Village Health

Total

8312

2359

89

3887

1918

4397

20962

 


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