Aahwahan Health Centre- In Rural India
India is drawing global attention due to its deep political, economic and social transformations which have significantly improved the standard of living of its people. Unfortunately, this socioeconomic change is largely an urban phenomenon and rural population continues to suffer from economic deprivation and emerging health profile in rural areas is a cause for concern for stakeholders associated with healthcare in India.
Nearly 75% of healthcare infrastructure, medical personnel, and other resources are concentrated in urban locations where only 27% of the population exist. The rural population is impacted by contagious, infectious and waterborne diseases like typhoid, infectious, diarrhoea, measles, tuberculosis, whooping cough, amoebiasis, hepatitis, worm infestations, malaria, respiratory infections, pneumonia, and reproductive tract infections. Again, non-communicable diseases like blindness, cancer, mental disorder, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, hypertension, accidents, and injuries are also increasing.
We in the urban areas are always seeking better facilities; imagine the plight of the people in rural areas. Is this the GDP measured economic growth that we are so aggressively promoting. If this trend continues, it would challenge democracy as a system of governance and shake the foundations of our constitution.
We are constantly aspiring for a better quality of life, but the unforgiving reality in rural India is that most adults working in agricultural fields are chronically starved, a significant % of children are permanently stunted from undernutrition, one out of ten babies do not make it past the first year of their life. Many children in rural areas leave school year-on-year because of an illness in the family and they have to work to add to the families income. This cost of hospitalization places the affected families below the poverty line.
Step back for a minute and put yourself in their shoes. It’s not a good feeling, right? Then, it’s time for us to feel for them too.
With this thought in the mind, Aahwahan Foundation – A NGO with compassion was launched to provide medical support to the poorest of the poor in remote areas. We have reached over 1 lakh beneficiaries so far and hope to touch 1 million lives in the near future. We have been recognized by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, established a partnership with the Global Innovation Exchange and also have been profiled in the CHMI website.
Health is closely connected to the overall wellbeing of people and it is significantly impacted by various factorslike transformations in the economic climate,availability of resources, quality of existing infrastructure, food growing capacity, and access to healthcare. The situation in rural areas is particularly severe.The lack of sufficient manpower, unwilling community participation, and ineffective coordination among healthcare stakeholders further aggravate the situation. The rural healthcare system is also slow in adopting new practices and procedures to ensure that quality and timely healthcare reaches the deprived corners.
The situation is alarming and could lead to the collapse of the healthcare infrastructure in rural areas due to the overcrowding of healthcare seekers. The dearth of qualified medical functionariesand non- access to basic medicines and medical facilities means that the poor people in rural areas have to visit urban areas for treatment. Often, they either delay the treatment or avoid the treatment because of economic reasons. This could seriously impact their health condition in the long-run, thereby reducing the life expectancy. Considering that the prevailing healthcare environment affects millions of people, every concerned stakeholder must support government initiatives and reduce the tremendous pressure on the existing public healthcare mechanism.
Aahwahan Foundation is deeply committed to providing leadership on issues critical to health, maintaining partnerships as appropriate, adhering to the norms and standards set by the government, supporting research work, promoting ethical and evidence-based treatment, delivering technical assistance, organizing funds, facilitating change, constructing viable institutional capacity, observing the health condition, and evaluating health trends.
Rural India would always be the backbone of the nation and wellbeing of rural India would always be based on a healthy and caring medical infrastructure. We want to be recognized as the benchmark in rural healthcare services in the future. Help us to serve you.
Health of Wheels
Aahwahan Foundation: On the move for better health, reaching out to rural communities, and making healthcare accessible through our Health On Wheels initiative. Our mobile health van is a fully functional mobile medical facility, through we bring a mobile health van equipped with a full medical team and comprehensive arrangements to rural areas, ensuring cost-effective treatment for underserved communities.
This initiative brings advanced healthcare to marginalized communities, offering a wide range of quality services. It begins with general consultations equipped with essential medical tools.
The facilities extend to dental, eye care, and a comprehensive laboratory. The lab offers diagnostic testing with 68 different arrangements, including Hematology Analyzer, Centrifuge, Laryngoscope, Urine Analyzer, BP, and Diabetic testing equipment.
Dental care includes an automated dental chair and an X-ray machine. Eye care is efficiently provided with Auto refractometer, vision drum, and digital monitoring. The initiative is structured with a registration counter and covers all areas in Bangalore, providing free, accessible healthcare, and health education, and altogether covered 1.3 Lakh beneficiaries so far.
Latest News on Health on Wheels
bwhealthcareworld news on Health on WheelsHealth on Wheels News
CSR Box news on Education on Wheels
Our Initiatives in the Health Sector
Our Achievements So Far
GOVT HOSPITAL & PHC ADOPTION
Our Government Hospital & PHC Adoption programme entails extensive infrastructure construction to modernize current facilities and create a welcoming setting for dispensing healthcare services. By remodeling structures, increasing the capacity of healthcare institutions, and modernizing medical gear and technology, we concentrate on enhancing the infrastructure. Our objective is to build contemporary, fully functional healthcare facilities that can accommodate the various medical needs..
AAHWAHAN HEALTH SECTOR
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”, said Mahatma Gandhi.
Health is the real wealth we possess. Aahwahan is on a mission: to ensure that every individual, regardless of their socio-economic background, receives standardised, high-quality healthcare services across the nation. As a result, Aahwahan, with a true commitment and dedication to serving the people, has upgraded more than 300 hospitals. Aahwahan prioritises not only infrastructure development but also department-wise upgradation in hospitals to make the healthcare system more beneficial to people, by establishing eye clinics, dental clinics, dialysis centres, radiology departments, laboratories, pharmacies, and world-class operation theatres. Aahwahan aims to improve not only the healthcare system but also the overall health of the people, simultaneously.
As India's population grows, mother-and-child care units are increasingly scarce. To bridge the gap, Aahwahan established more than 42 Maternity hospitals to support Neonatal health facilities. Aahwahan has set up 62 NICUs & PICUs across India to eradicate infant mortality.
Aahwahan has established many New Model Hospitals, PHCs, CHCs, and FHCs across urban and rural regions lacking healthcare facilities within a 50-kilometre radius, ensuring equitable access to critical and emergency healthcare services. Aahwahan Foundation delivers exceptional healthcare services to villages and rural areas, reaching people of all ages, from children to the elderly, through its Health on Wheels initiative.
Concerning every individual’s health, Aahwahan initiates medical camps in every rural, tribal, and urban area across the country. Through this, every individual will not be left behind without proper and quality health care and service. Aahwahan is committed to providing the best healthcare support and has launched the Diabetic Free Village initiative with the mission of eradicating diabetes from our nation. As diabetes has become a common lifestyle disease, many people are still unaware of how to manage and treat it. If neglected, diabetes can be a deadly disease that slowly deteriorates health. Through this initiative, Aahwahan offers services such as screening, early detection, prevention, treatment, regular check-ups, and diabetes kits, reaching from one village to another and impacting millions of people across India.
Aahwahan also supports the mental health of people through the Manovikas project. This initiative provides mobile mental health clinics to reach youth and individuals struggling with stress and mental illness. By bringing care closer to them, Aahwahan ensures that help, understanding, and support are available when they are needed the most. To empower and help differently abled people who have given up on life but not their dreams, Aahwahan helps them achieve their goals through “Sapnon Ke Sawari”, an initiative that truly allows people to dream big and achieve. Through this initiative, Aahwahan gives fully automated wheelchair for the disabled and the paralysed people, who once thought their life had stopped.
For every individual, healthcare and service are not acts of generosity, but fundamental rights. Guided by this belief, Aahwahan continues its work with steady commitment, today, tomorrow, and into the future. This strong commitment and determination have helped Aahwahan Foundation serve over 10 lakh beneficiaries in healthcare.
Moreover, Aahwahan adopts government PHCs and Hospitals those abandoned by the government, which may help and support many people. Additionally, in our nation, there are many people, around 2.5 million, who are affected by cancer. Out of which only 1 million people can afford the treatment, and others are left neglected. Understanding this crucial situation aahwahan initiated setting up Oncology departments in every government hospital, with advanced equipment facilities and quality care, people can overcome and survive cancer without fearing anything. Along with this, aahwahan prioritize the mental health of every citizen of this nation, the initiative. Every initiative by Aahwahan Foundation is more than just building hospitals or clinics; it is about touching lives, giving hope, and saving futures. From a mother receiving care for her newborn to a child getting timely treatment, and standing with those to fight against cervical cancer as “Cervivour”, these services bring dignity, health, and reassurance to those who need it most, especially in remote and underserved areas.
Aahwahan has more than 30 initiatives in the healthcare field, all designed to support and improve the well-being of people. Each project addresses a real need, ensuring that quality healthcare reaches those who need it the most. Behind every number there is a story, a life changed, a family supported, a community uplifted. By reaching millions of beneficiaries across the country, Aahwahan is not just providing healthcare; Aahwahan is building trust, spreading compassion, and ensuring that no one is left.