Health

SEVA currently working on the following Area of Health:

1. Vitamin Angels Micronutrient Grant Extension Request – INDIA

SEVA & VA is to mobilize and deploy private sector resources to advance availability, access and use of micronutrients, especially vitamin A, among at-risk populations in need. Vitamin Angels & SEVA with proven ability to distribute essential micronutrients, especially vitamin A, to and who are in need of micronutrient supplies for targeted distribution to children ages 6 to 59 months. In the project, we donate high-dose vitamin A and albendazole.

2. Anemia Free Village Campaign

Nutritional Deficiency Anaemia is a significant public health challenge in India. India is among the countries with high prevalence of anaemia. It is widely prevalent in all age groups, being particularly high among the most vulnerable; nearly 52% in pregnant women, 57 % among non-pregnant non-lactating women, 59% among adolescent girls, 31% in adolescent boys and around 67% in children under two years of age.

It has devastating effects on health, physical and mental productivity affecting the quality of life. It poses a major threat to maternal and child survival, and contributes to low birth weight, lowered resistance to infection, poor cognitive development and decreased work productivity. The magnitude of anaemia together with the associated adverse health, development and economic consequences, highlights the need for intensified action to address this public health problem. Prevention and control of anaemia is one of the key strategies for reducing maternal, neonatal and childhood mortality and improving maternal, adolescent and childhood health status.