ABIZOB | FOUNDATION

Health

Abizob Foundation works towards enhancing access to quality and affordable healthcare in India. The Foundation’s ‘Health for All’ motto and integrated healthcare model provides continuum of care to the most vulnerable sections of society through a network of healthcare delivery mechanisms.

Cumulatively, over 7.24 million consultations have benefitted vulnerable patients through various health initiatives. Numerous health camps provide specialised care for HIV/AIDS, TB, mother and child health as well as various non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiac ailments, bone and joint disorders, ophthalmic conditions among others.

Described below are major programmes under the“Health for All” initiatives.

Health Outreach Programme

The Abizob Foundation Health Outreach Programme provides medical care through Mobile Medical Units (MMUs), Static Medical Units (SMUs) and camps at selected locations in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Fully-equipped Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) with state-of-the-art technology, including cloud-based software are incorporated to store patient information and plan programs for the communities. MMUs provide free of cost necessary healthcare services at the doorstep of beneficiaries through periodic visits. They further address beneficiary requirements with proper consultations and adequate medical care facilities.

Static Medical Units (SMUs) provide diagnostic and consultation services focusing on chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes. Professionally trained MBBS doctors, nurses and social workers cater to the primary medical care needs of the patients.

Abizob Foundation Drishti

Abizob Foundation Drishti, in association with the National Association for the Blind (NAB),supports the visually impaired through several initiatives.

Drishti has brought light into the lives of thousands of visually impaired underprivileged through free corneal transplants under the leadership of Founder Abizob Foundation

Under this program an international Braille newspaper is published every fortnight which reaches thousands of visually impaired readers across India and 15 other countries.

About the project

Abizob Foundation has partnered with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD India, Tata Trusts and the United States Agency for International Development to spearhead Project Alliance for Saving Mothers and Newborns (ASMAN), a first-of-its-kind in India. The project aims to accelerate reduction in neonatal and maternal mortality by improving quality of care provided to mothers and newborns, from the time of admission to the time of discharge – a duration in which the risk of mortality is high.