Energy Access for Last Mile Primary and Emergency Healthcare: Swasthya Swaraj, Odisha
Channel: SELCO Foundation
Date: 2018-04-26

In Thuamal Rampur block of Kalahandi district in Odisha, literacy levels are low, malnutrition high, and villages are rampant with malaria, scabies, tuberculosis and leprosy. In these harsh terrains, Swasthya Swaraj has set up a model community health programme. Health centers face severe power cuts, sometimes cut off for weeks at a stretch, severely affecting health services. Ever since both these centers were solar powered by SELCO Foundation with technical support from Abha Innovations, they have scaled back the use of generators, started doing more laboratory tests, and will soon start storing vaccines, which was not even a possibility before.