Hyderabad NGO wins UN award

The maternal, tribal and primary healthcare programme of Hyderabadbased non-government organisation Piramal Swasthya have been recognised by USAID and the annual ‘Inclusive Health Access Award’ has been presented to them.

Use of innovation in terms of telemedicines and utilising the services of community members are among the reasons for their success.

The non-government organisation has been able to move in areas and sections of the society not covered in the government healthcare programmes due to lack of infrastructure and human resources.

The unserved sections of society have been their forte whether in the hills of Aaruku valley or the tribal belts in Odisha, both of which have been covered by them.

Mr Vishal Phanse, chief executive officer of Piramal Swasthya, accepted the award at United Nations General Assembly in New York.

“Over the last decade, Piramal Swasthya has successfully implemented several primary healthcare services and initiatives for the marginalised sections of society, especially in remote and inaccessible geographies across the country,” said Swati Piramal, vice chairperson, Piramal Group.

The group’s target is to help India achieve a maternal mortality rate of 70 and for this they are working towards reaching remote areas with primary healthcare solutions.

Piramal Swasthya has so far impacted 10.7 crore beneficiaries across 20 Indian states, over 12 years through its innovative high impact solutions and in recognition of their tribal health programme in Andhra Pradesh, and ‘Aspirational Districts Transformation Programme’ in partnership with the NITI Aayog, across 25 Indian states, they won the award.

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