Deepalaya - Enabling Self-Reliance

Health is an important precondition of learning. Thus Deepalaya launched the Community Health program, focusing on preventive and promotive health.

Through various health related interventions, we have been able to reach out to 64,436 beneficiaries in 76 locations of Delhi’s slums.

To further these objectives, Deepalaya has established vital linkages with Government, semi-government and private institutions such as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Cancer Society, Delhi T.B. Association and the Delhi State AIDS Control Society.

Mission

Our mission is to establish effective and sustainable mechanisms in the realm of promotive, preventive and rehabilitative health. It is aimed at improving the demand and access to health services for weaker sections to become healthy communities. The focus is on services in the fields of reproductive and child health, AIDS, environment and population.

Strategy

The following methodologies and approaches will be used in order to achieve the objectives of the community health sector:

• Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the activities by the sector team.
• Training of health workers from all locations, wherever there is direct implementation, and linking them with health institutions.
• Integration of the Social Enterpreneur’s associations with the health workers and health activities so as to ensure greater participation and continuation.
• Involvement of the mother’s group in identifying and training on reproductive health.
• Integration of the adolescent and youth in larger issues like environment and sanitation so as to make them responsible towards the society as a whole.