Project Sambhuya

Caring for women and children of the tea tribe community is one of the prime focus areas of APPL Foundation. Project Sambhuya is an initiative to build a robust maternal and infant care system at the tea garden hospital. APPL Foundation partnered with SAATHI to implement Project Sambhuya which adopts a multipronged approach to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in the Tea Gardens. Skill based training for healthcare personnel of the Primary Healthcare Units at the Tea Gardens have been organized and recurrent follow up and on-site training have built up the confidence of the healthcare personnel. Best practices at the hospitals have been adopted, which is being controlled by a Central Quality Control Committee and implemented by the Hospital Management Committees at each garden. In order to enable practicing of good practices related to maternal and child healthcare, sensitization programmes focusing on women and adolescents has been initiated at several garden communities.