Healthcare

Despite India’s impressive economic growth, access to and quality of healthcare still have a long way to go. With a national average of just 0.7 doctors per 1,000 members of the Indian population,¹ CINI’s healthcare services play a vital role in filling the gaps in the system.

UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_statistics.html)

¹http://www.cuts-ccier.org/cohed/pdf/Access_to_Healthcare.pdf

CINI Health Clinics


CINI operates a series of drop-in clinics at its headquarters, south east of Kolkata, which provide comprehensive support and advice to pregnant women and mothers of children up to the age of five. Service-users can consult doctors and health workers about pre-natal care, breast feeding, and nutrition, vaccination and childhood illnesses. The clinics teach mothers how best to look after themselves and their families and seek to engage fathers and the wider family in discussions about health. CINI’s Reproductive Health Clinic provides further support, allowing users to receive advice on and treatment for RTI/ STIs. The clinic’s Voluntary Confidential Counselling & Testing Services creates a safe space for people to discuss sensitive issues and protect themselves and their families from reproductive health problems. In order to make these developments more sustainable, the clinics also forge links with local government and community bodies, working together to realise a shared goal of improving maternal and child health.

Achievements

These are for CINI India’s most recent year.

Thursday clinic
Over the past year 10,162 people attended this clinic and received services for children under six years old, including growth monitoring, health checkups, health and nutrition, education and referrals.

Mini clinic
A total of 7,931 attended the mini clinic where children were treated for ailments such as acute respiratory tract infection, diarrhoea, skin infections and malnutrition.

Child Immunization
A total of 1,200 children were immunized in CINI’s own clinics.

Reproductive health clinic
We provided treatment and advice for over 1,000 women on reproductive health, family spacing, condom usage, reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections. A total of 727 of these women received help with reproductive problems. In addition 136 women were screened for cervical cancer using VIA (visual inspection with acetic acid).  

Ante-natal Care
A total of 105 patients were given counselling and ante-natal care during this period.

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