Shri Gujarat Mahila Lok Swasthya Sewa Sahakari Mandali Ltd

Supports women workers for full employment, including social security to make them self-reliance. Organizes diagnostic camps, health education acti Read morevities to make health services accessible to women closer to their homes and at their convenient time. Provides a platform to women to voice their concerns before the policy makers. Dais (mid wives) were able to demand identify cards as recognition of their services towards better health of their own communities. In 2005, Government passed a resolution to recognize the state level Dai Sangathan formed to safeguard the interests of dais and to recognize them as health care providers. Claims that more than 22 Lakh persons have been benefited in nine years (from 2001 to 2011) through various health education and awareness programs on issues like human body and its functions, primary health care, maternal and child health, nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, communicable and non-communicable diseases. Organizes following activities: • Access to Health-Related Information o Health Education & Awareness o Technical Resource Cell (TRC) • Access to Health Care Services o Diagnostic camps o Treatment for Primary Illnesses o Referrals to hospitals o DOTS centers for Tuberculosis o Linkages with government schemes and services o Monitoring public health services o Wellness center – Arogyadham • Access to Low-Cost Medicines o Production and sale of Ayurvedic medicines o Low-cost retail outlets for allopathic and Ayurvedic medicines • Promoting financial protection • Policy Advocacy o Policy change for better health care for the informal sector o Dai School And Sangathan o Trainings for Dais o Establishment of a Dai school at Manipur, near Ahmedabad o Features of the Dai school o Dai Sangathan o Dai Spearhead teams