Project Swaasthya: Primary Care for Migrant Workers using Telemedicine

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AuthorDaily Wage Worker Platform (DWWP)
Area10 Slums in Hyderabad (Covering 10,000 migrant workers)
Date Accessioned2024-11-26T09:07:09Z
Date Available2024-11-26T09:07:09Z
Date of Publication2021-22
DescriptionCase Study as part of Stories of Change Series
AbstractThis case study documents how DWWP in collaboration with Smile foundation developed and implemented the idea of three-month emergency health package to provide basic essential health services to migrant workers at their doorsteps affected by pandemic, lockdown and monsoon. The project was implemented through telemedicine to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Patients who visited the mobile vans were screened by a nurse who connected them to doctors through phone and shared the prescription through WhatsApp. The services include screening, diagnosis, treatment, counselling and referrals. DWWP designed a health survey to collect primary data about migrants vis. a. vis. demographics, access to sanitary products, health profile and access to health care in 10 identified slums using a convenience sampling method. These findings were used to understand the disease profile of the residents and subsquently provide them with nescessary health care services. Community mobilizers were used to spread awareness about the mobile van OPD clinics. Impact of the project includes 60 OPDs with 3,847 beneficiaries with majority of them being women and children, 3000 hygeine kits were distributed in the community, 47 cases were referred to higher centres and 34 community meetings were conducted for generating awareness regarding COVID-19 and NCDs. Some of the learnings include importance of partnership where DWWP and Smile Foundation leveraged each other's strengths to reach the poor, use of telemedicine helped beat the lockdown and implementation of prevention and awareness program, behaviour change as a result of community outreach and use of generic medicines. This model can be used to provide low cost primary care to vulnerable, marginalized and unreached population where health care is sparse.
Identifier URIhttps://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/939
ProvenanceUrban Slums
ProvenanceTelangana
ProvenanceIndia
KeywordBasic Health Care for Migrants Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic
TitleProject Swaasthya: Primary Care for Migrant Workers using Telemedicine
Item TypeStories of Change
CoverageHealth Vulnerabilities of Migrant Workers during COVID-19
CoveragePrimary Health Care for Migrant Workers in urban slums
CoverageMobile vans and Telemedicine to deliver Primary Care
CoverageBehaviour change
Course TagTechnology and Health
Course TagCivil Society Interventions in Health
Course TagProgramme Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
Course TagUnderstanding Health Systems and Policy
Course TagHealth Education and Communication
Course TagNational/Local Advocacy
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