Week 1 Narrative

Brief History of Anoopam Mission and Project Anoopam Sanjivani Health Awareness (ASHA)

Anoopam Mission is a spiritual and voluntary organization, committed to the charitable activities in the fields of Education, Health, Relief, and Social Welfare for the indigent and destitute people of the society. With the divine inspiration of Guruvarya Param Pujya Sahebji, Anoopam Mission initiated an Anoopam Sanjivani Health Awareness Project more commonly referred to as Project ASHA. Anoopam Mission was the first and only non-governmental organization (NGO) to develop an initiative to deal with the healthcare issues of the tribal population of the Satpuda Region of Narmada District, Gujarat, India. Under Project ASHA, Anoopam Mission has currently adopted a total of 30 villages within the Narmada District and has begun to work in the areas of health and hygiene improvement, education, self-employment, as well as integrated and sustainable development within the six years of its inception—since April 13, 2006. Even beyond these 30 adopted villages, Project ASHA has covered more than 132 villages within the Rajpipla Forest Range of the Satpuda Region.

The primary objectives of Project ASHA include the following:

Routine weekly visits of physicians via a mobile medical van/jeep to the tribal villages: Within the villages, the physicians provide both free consultation and free medication for the common illnesses prevalent within the region.

Periodical Health Camps with Medical Specialists: These health camps are organized with the help of physicians from various medical specialties. Within these medical camps free consultation, free medication, and preventive health education are provided to the patients within the local region. If the patient is in need of further, more advanced treatment, then free transportation is provided to a nearby city hospital.™

Routine Health Awareness Camps: These camps are designed to teach the importance of personal grooming including cleaning and cutting hair, cutting finger and toe nails, and cleaning both hands and feet. Also these camps promote hygiene and health awareness, anemia prevention, child birth awareness, and cancer awareness through presentations and group discussions.

Periodical Healthcare Camps: These camps offer various services to the villagers by providing blood hemoglobin (HB) count check-up camps, diabetes awareness and detection camps, eye camps, ENT camps, dental camps, polio and orthopedic camps, and lastly each villager’s blood group is determined and blood group identification cards are provided to the villagers.

Free Distribution of Medication: The physicians working under Anoopam Mission provide the following medications to the villagers on a need based case: pediatric drops, iron tonic for children and iron folic capsules for adults, vitamin A supplements, vitamin B₁₂ injections, antihelminthic medication, antimalarial and chikungunya medication and treatment, and primary treatment for skin disease via topical ointments and creams. The following table (Table 1) includes medications that are provided to the villagers as needed:

Table 1: Medications Provided by Anoopam Mission to Project ASHA

Pharmaceutical Medications
1.       Paracetamol Tablet	36.    Aminophylline Tablet
2.       Anticold Tablet	37.    Loperamide Tablet
3.       Dicloenac Sodium Tablet	38.    Metrogly Tablet
4.       Brufen Tablet	39.    Tinidazole Tablet
5.       Acelofenac Tablet	40.    Ornidazole Tablet
6.       Nimesulide Tablet	41.    Prochlorperazine Tablet
7.       Ranitidine Tablet	42.    β-histine Tablet
8.       Famotidine Tablet	43.    Amoxycillin Tablet
9.       Omeprazole Capsule	44.    Ampicillin + Cloxacillin Capsule
10.    Rabprazole Tablet	45.    Cefadroxyl Tablet
11.    Pantoprazole Tablet	46.    Antacid Tablet/Syrup
12.    Domperidone Tablet	47.    Prednisolone Tablet
13.    Ondansatron Tablet	48.    Dexamethasone Tablet
14.    Folic Acid Tablet	49.    Atenol 50/25 Tablet
15.    Iron Tablet	50.    Amlodipine 5/2.5 Tablet
16.    B Complex Tablet	51.    Losartan Potassium Tablet
17.    Cynocobalamin Tablet	52.    Hydrochlorthiazide Tablet
18.    Methylcobalamin Tablet	53.    Dicyclomine Tablet
19.    Doxy 100 Tablet	54.    Clotrimazole Vaginal Tablet
20.    Roxithromycin Tablet	55.    ORS Powder
21.    Erthromycin Tablet	56.    Norethisterone Tablet
22.    Azithromycin Tablet	57.    Fluconazole Tablet
23.    Ofloxacin 200 Tablet	58.    Turbinafine Tablet
24.    Ciprofloxacin Tablet	59.    SCC 4 Pouch
25.    Norfloxacin Tablet	60.    SSC 3 Pouch
26.    Levofloxacin Tablet	61.    Ciprofloxacin Eye/Ear Drops
27.    Cetrizine Tablet	62.    Ofloxacin Eye/Ear Drops
28.    Levocetrizine Tablet	63.    Dexamethasone Eye Drops
29.    Cefixime Tablet	64.    Tobramycin Eye Drops
30.    Cefpodoxime Tablet	65.    Sodium Citrate Alkalizer Syrup
31.    Cefuroxime Tablet	66.    γ-benzene Lotion
32.    Salbutamol Tablet	67.    Digestive Enzyme
33.    Levolin Tablet	68.    Metformin HCl Tablet
34.    Etiophylline Tablet	69.    Chloroquin Tablet
35.    Theophylline Tablet	70.    Primaquin Tablet

Free Distribution of Food, Clothing, and Essentials: On a regular basis, Anoopam Mission distributes: food grains, cooking oil, clothes and blankets, footwear, eye-glasses, hygiene kits (containing soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, hair comb, hair ribbon, hair oil, shampoo, and a nail cutter), as well as educational material for the school children (containing school uniforms, school bags, books, and stationary supplies) to the villagers.

Blood Donation Motivational Camps: Young and healthy people are encouraged and inspired to donate blood on a regular basis which can help save lives of numerous people.