Inclusive Health

Ensuring inclusive, affordable, comprehensive primary health care to all.
We work closely with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for our community-based health interventions. We are a member of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and are also associated with the National Programme for Control of Blindness.

humanitarian healthcare

Our health care programme aims to build sustainable and inclusive systems and services for persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged populations. Our mandate in health care includes visual impairments, hearing and speech impairments, physical impairments, mental illness, intellectual disability, and multiple disabilities.

While our eye care programmes are well known, we also support cross-disability health interventions such as ear and hearing care, mental health care, and physical impairments such as clubfoot. We work to minimise the conditions that lead to disability and reduce the prevalence of diseases that cause impairments. We also work on prevention and health promotion besides curative treatment, therapy, and support with assistive devices. Our emphasis is that health services should be inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities.

CBM strives to promote inclusive education, addressing above components through our unique programmes, learning together playing together

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With improved vision after his cataract surgery, Kamla Prasad completes a beautiful Banarasi saree in 4 days and makes upto INR 9,000 to 10,000 (130-140 USD) monthly. With increased income, in the long run, Kamala Prasad aspires to own his own handloom machine.

 

Kamla Prasad
Handloom Weaver, Banarasi

 

Programme Milestones

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  • 2019

    CBM in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) has field tested the Primary Ear and hearing care modules and trained local community health workers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

    started collaborations with Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, under RP centre, AIIMS

  • 2005

    Cofounded ‘Sound Hearing 2030’ forum to promote primary ear care

  • 2004

    Awarded by GOI in recognition of exemplary contribution towards elimination of Avoidable Blindness in India

    became founding member of Vision 2020

  • 1986

    Started the Institute of Ophthalmology under Bharathidasan University in Joseph Eye Hospital, Thiruchirappalli, to meet the acute need of Ophthalmologists serving in remote villages.

Our Impact

11,95,704

People received medical services for ear conditions

6,08,835

People received medical services for orthopaedic conditions

60,110

People received community mental health services

3,19,41,750

People received medical eye services

88,945

People received other medical services

Case Stories

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Mangi Bai began facing problems with her eyesight as well. At first, she ignored the issue, but over time her vision worsened significantly.

Restored Sight, Renewed Hope

In a small tribal hamlet called Somgaon, located in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh, India, lives 70 -year-old Mangi Bai and her husband. The village has challenges like…

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A healthy baby boy named Balakrishna.heir life took an unexpected turn when Balakrishna developed a fever and swelling in his legs at the age of 3. Despite spending over INR 1.5 lakhs on treatment, his swelling didn’t go away.

Reclaiming Mobility; Rediscovering Joy

Devendra and his wife, Nirmala, hail from Nepal. The couple were over the moon when they welcomed their first child, a healthy baby boy named Balakrishna. Their life…

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