Boat clinics offer a ray of hope in Assam
C-NES- NRHM Health initiative touches 2 lakh
Even as delayed monsoons and subsequent floods hit Assam, over 2 lakh flood vulnerable people living in the saporis or river islands of the Brahmaputra have been covered with sustained health care for the first time in their lives by the “Boat Clinics” of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES)- National…
Boat Clinics reach out to more districts
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES) -National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) partnership’s health initiative, has been extended to cover the districts of Jorhat, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Nalbari and Barpeta. The inaugural camps which witnessed a huge turn out even from the neighbouring villages in all the districts were held simultaneously on 16…
Health campaign gets big push: three new vessels for three districts
SB Swaminathan, Tunsukia The C-NES-NRHM partnership’s health campaign through our boat clinics in the Brahmaputra Valley got a surge of energy in the past weeks with three new boats being pressed into service in Tinsukia, Morigaon and Dhubri districts. The SB Swaminathan and SB Rustam, which have been funded from donations by the prominent editor…
Snippets from the Boat clinics
The Dhemaji Boat Clinic, “SB Shahnaz” has a more popular name now- the “Doctor’s Boat” given to it by none other than the children of the saporis (river islands). They run along with the boat from the river bank, waving their hands in great anticipation as the boat passes by their area. This is a…
Boat Clinics in flood-hit areas
Guwahati Sept 3: As monsoon floods and marooned villages flash on our TV screens and the front pages of the media, the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, (C-NES) has been quietly providing health services to communities on the river islands of the Brahmaputra in Assam, reaching thousands who do not have access…
Thousands benefit from C-NES-NRHM partnership for health of island dwellers
Guwahati, 30 April 2008 - In a new initiative, health teams, including doctors, nurses, and community organizers, have been traveling under extremely challenging conditions to reach thousands of people with health services in the island populations of Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Morigaon and Dhubri districts in Assam, bringing health and healing to many who have been…