Mobile Health Unit for Indigenous Tribal Population
Started in 1990
H D Kote & Saragur Taluk
Building Human &
Social Capital
Family Centric
Approach
Complementing Institution & Community based interventions
Pushing health care closer to home than hospital
9688 Individuals
from tribal communities served through
252 visits
MHU visiting a tribal hamlet bordering Nagarhole Forest & Tiger Reserve
1317
Antenatal follow ups
47
Postnatal follow ups
9688
Patients served
252
Hamlet visits in 1 year
373
Patients referred for secondary care
418
Tribal members screened for TB
407
Tribal members screened for HIV
Outreach response to COVID-19 in tribal areas
Taking COVID care to the door steps in rural areas
Mobile Home Care Clinic operated from April to June extending medical care to 375 COVID positive cases and 53 non COVID cases in rural and tribal areas covered by the Mobile Health Unit
Vaccination Camps in remote tribal hamlets
SVYM with the Taluk Health Administration undertook COVID-19 vaccination camps during April – September 2021 along with collaboration from the Forest Department.
A total of 7,825 vaccinations were administered
Nutritional support for adversely impacted families in tribal settlements
The Health outreach team identified families impacted by illness and loss of livelihood during the pandemic and extended nutritional support during the second wave.
Health Camps in Tribal Ashram Schools
19 Health Camps were held in tribal Ashram Schools in H D Kote and Hunsur reaching 2846 students.
343 Students were referred for further medical care
Blood donation Camp
During lockdown, prompt access to blood components is a real challenge. Addressing such system factors with
blood donation drives aid in improving tribal reproductive & child care, supporting pregnant woman during delivery.
3 Blood donation camps with 291+ donors made the drive successful.