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Deepalaya - Community Health Program

last updated Jun 1, 2012

Overview

Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2005
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
Average of 72 Patients/Day (2009)
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
2 Health Clinics
Summary: 

Deepalaya’s Community Health Program provides access to health care, encourages health seeking behavior among the people & strengthens existing health delivery mechanisms in target villages in South Delhi through its rural health center and mobile clinics.

Key program components: 

Deepalaya’s healthcare facilities include two rural health centers and mobile clinics (Chameli Dewal Memorial Rural Health and Mobile Clinic in Gusbethi and A.P. Dewan Memorial Clinic in Kalkaji). The health centers provide basic curative, diagnostic, cataract and obstetric services. The clinics are linked to existing public facilities to increase the basket of services provided.

The rural health clinics provide basic health services along with a variety of diagnostic tests such as: Hemoglobin, Blood Group Analysis, Urine Pregnancy Test, Urine, Albumin sugar, along with many others. More recently, separate Gynecology and Obstetric wings as well as a cataract surgery theater have been added to these clinics.

The mobile units provide aforementioned curative services, follow-ups on patients, referrals, antenatal care, and immunization and school health programs. In addition, they work with community health workers to reach various areas in South Delhi.

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