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Sajida Foundation Health Program

last updated Feb 24, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Sajida Foundation
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
1999
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Revenue (e.g., interest on loans)
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Membership/subscription fees, Out-of-pocket payments

Technology

Technology Used: 
Phones › Internet
Technology Partner(s): 
Click Diagnostic

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
100<
Number of Clients Served: 
27,295 in 2011; 1,153,606 since inception in 1999
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
Two secondary-level hospitals
Upscaling: 
Sajida has scaled its operations from one health centre and 5 satellite clinics to a network of mobile teams and satellite clinics, as well as two secondary-care hospital facilities. The number of hospital beds across both hospitals has expanded from 60 to 140. An additional hospital is slated to open in 2013.
Scope: 
Expansion from primarily primary care to secondary/tertiary care services through the tertiary care unit (ICU/CCU) at Keranigonj Hospital. Expansion into eye care services in 2005. A Center for Psychosocial Well-being for Women and a Senior Citizens Support Center are slated to open in 2012.
Summary: 

Sajida Foundation is a Bangladeshi NGO that works to improve health outcomes among the country's poor through diversified social development interventions in order to help reach national and international targets for health.

Program goals/rationale: 

Sajida's Mission is to improve the quality of life in the communities where it works through sustainable and effective interventions.

Key program components: 

Sajida's Health Program has been an integral component of the organization's development interventions since 1999. As part of its comprehensive development approach, the program aims to provide quality preventive and curative healthcare services.

Sajida Hospitals
Sajida's two hospitals, located close to the communities served by the organization, operate based on a sustainable model for institutional service delivery. These multidisciplinary secondary-care hospitals provide comprehensive healthcare with modern medical, surgical and diagnostic facilities. The hospital comprises a number of specialist medical, gynecological & obstetric, paediatric, eye, ENT, and surgical consultants, along with a team of medical doctors, nurses, paramedics, technicians and support staff. A number of full-time Resident Medical Officers (RMO) and consultants remain present in the hospital around the clock. The hospitals are also equipped with a 24-hour emergency department for dealing with emergency cases and a 24-hour pharmacy.

Health Card
The Health Card, introduced by Sajida, aims to ensure proper institution-based healthcare for people from all social classes. Specifically, its goal is to provide modern healthcare facilities to low-income individuals who, unable to afford proper hospital services, frequently turn towards various types of informal treatments. Reducing the maternal and child mortality is a major target of this program. The Health Card offers yearly healthcare for an entire family for a fee of BDT 600 (about US $8). Individual health cards have also been introduced at BDT 150 (US $2). Health Card holders can avail general and outdoor treatment free of charge for their entire family, as well as a 30% discount on all pathological tests. They are also given significant discounts on various other services, including operations.

Sajida also works to strengthen micro-health insurance through mobile technology. Community health workers named "Sajida Bandhu" provide door-step services to mothers and children through a connection with doctors at a Sajida Hospital. Mobile/satellite clinics are also being operated in remote locations. Sajida's mobile health teams provide healthcare services, particularly eye-care services, to people outside of the reach of its hospitals.

Program history: 

Sajida's Health Program began as a small-scale operation offering basic treatment to about 4,478 families through one health centre and 5 satellite clinics. Subsequently, with an increase in the organization's financial capacity and based on the demands of the community, the number of satellite clinics was increased. High demand for ante-natal care and normal delivery, encouraged Sajida to open an Operation Theatre (OT) to facilitate essential obstetric care. As the number of patients increased further, Sajida set up a 50-bed hospital in Keraniganj to offer a range of specialist services. In 2005, Sajida started an eye-care unit in the hospital in collaboration with ORBIS International to provide proper eye care services to the communities it served, particularly for refractive errors and cataract surgeries. In 2006, the hospital was upgraded to a 70-bed facility, which now provides nearly all specialist services.

An additional 10-bed hospital was established in Narayanganj in 2007. Work is currently progressing to increase the Narayanganj hospital's capacity to 70-beds.

Additional Information:

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HELP-Study.pdf1.51 MB
sajida AGM Presentation 2011.ppt18.6 MB
Sajida_Bandu_Case_Study.pdf5.03 MB
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