Healthcare for All – With Responsibility and Collective Action
Rasikashraya is committed to ensuring accessible and quality healthcare for every individual in Yavatmal district. As a leading organization, we promote a rights-based approach to healthcare through community-driven responsibility and participation.
For over a decade, Rasikashraya has been working as the nodal agency in the district to strengthen community-based monitoring and planning of health services. We establish and train village-level health committees, empowering them to take proactive roles in protecting and promoting people’s health rights.
Our key initiatives include community-led action for healthcare, public monitoring of health services, strengthening maternal and child care, raising awareness and supporting COVID-19 vaccination efforts, identifying and addressing local health concerns through helplines and outreach programs.
Innovative engagement for awareness and accountability is our core identity. Every village, every individual — we remain dedicated to securing their right to health.
Our reach
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Our work is being implemented in Ghatanji and Yavatmal talukas of Yavatmal district, covering a total of 253 villages.
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Under this initiative, 9 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 70 Sub-Centres in these two talukas are being covered to strengthen healthcare services.
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Additionally, 70 Jan Arogya Samitis have been strengthened, and various health-related activities are being effectively carried out through them.
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At the village level, activities related to health, nutrition, sanitation, and water supply are being implemented across all 253 villages through Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committees (VHSNCs).
Impact In Action
We take great pride in the achievements of our beneficiaries, who have collectively brought about meaningful change and taken proactive steps to ensure that rural communities have access to quality healthcare services.
Local Committees and Participation
Under the National Health Mission, Rasikashraya established and strengthened Community Health Committees in 70 sub-centres across 9 Primary Health Centres in Yavatmal and Ghatanji talukas, and reconstituted 253 Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committees (VHSNCs). Through the active participation of
these committees, local health issues were identified and addressed, public health services were strengthened, and significant improvements were made in basic facilities such as medicines, minor repairs, drinking water, furniture, and infrastructure.
Maternal - Child Health and Nutrition Services
In 16 tribal villages of Ghatanji taluka, support was provided to 465 pregnant women to access essential maternal healthcare services, nutrition, and medical check-ups. Regular follow-up of 374 children resulted in 52% of malnourished and underweight children moving out of malnutrition. These efforts improved maternal health outcomes and led to a significant increase in the birth weight of newborn babies.
Non Communicable Disease
Rasikashraya places special emphasis on strengthening healthcare systems and controlling communicable and non-communicable diseases in rural and remote areas. Continuous efforts are being made to strengthen primary healthcare services, improve access to quality healthcare facilities, and raise community awareness about health. Regular health screening camps are organized to ensure early detection and timely treatment of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.
Over the past two years, 3,256 patients were screened through 187 health camps. Among those diagnosed, 1,055 patients were provided with regular medication at the sub-centre level, while 655 patients received continuous follow-up support to ensure adherence to treatment and improved health outcomes.
“Stories of Transformation”
There are other aspects of change that we captured in images—changes which, collectively, brought about numerous transformations.