Community Health
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Empowering Communities for TB Control: The Swasthya Karmi Yojana in Rajasthan
By training local tribal women to serve as health workers (Swasthya Karmis), the project seeks to bridge the healthcare gap in areas where formal systems struggle to reach. These Swasthya Karmis have since become key agents in delivering essential healthcare, raising awareness, and fostering trust within tribal communities. This is a women-led health intervention model.
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Swasthyakarmi Yojana: Maternal, Infant and Child Nutrition
Conceived as a collaborative initiative between the Tribal Area Development Department and SWACH with technical support from UNICEF, the project leverages local tribal women as health workers or "Swasthyakarmis" to address the challenges of accessibility, awareness, and acceptability in tribal health systems.