Community empowerment through medical help dhirendra patel

Community Empowerment Through Medical Help
- A Case Study
(A case study of Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust’s Manav Parivar’s
Medical Camp at Matar, Gujarat)
By
Dhirendra Patel
MSW,MBA, Mcom ,LLB

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1. Introduction

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• Introduction:
• Community empowerment refers to the process of enabling communities
to increase control over their lives. "Communities" are groups of people
that may or may not be spatially connected, but who share common
interests, concerns or identities. These communities could be local,
national or international, with specific or broad interests. 'Empowerment'
refers to the process by which people gain control over the factors and
decisions that shape their lives. Empowerment be consider in many
different aspect. Here we are talking about Health and Healthy
Community. Any community needs to be healthy to have empowerment.

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Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen postulates that:
“Health (like education) is among the basic capabilities that
gives value to human life. The wealth of any nation can be
measured by the health status of its citizens. This is in true
confirmation of the popular adage which affirms that
“Health is Wealth”. “

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According to World Bank (2005)
Fifty percent of economic growth differentials between
developed and developing nations are attributed to ill-health
and low life expectancy. The world’s central framework for
reducing poverty is expressed in UN’s eight Millennium
Development Goals. Three of these eight goals pertain to
health: reducing child mortality, improving maternal health
and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. These
potentially huge improvements in health are extremely
important goals in themselves, and they serve as
instruments for achieving economic growth and reducing
poverty.

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In other words,
health is a fundamental driver for economic growth and
development. Together with education, they are the most
important sectors where public attention should be focused in
order to ensure greater human development. Public health
concerns itself with the protection and improvement of the health
of entire populations through community-wide actions primarily
by governmental agencies.

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Developed countries spend a high proportion of their Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) on public health care because they
believe that their resident health can serve as a major driver
for economic activities and development while societies with
a heavy burden of disease as a result of poor health spending
tend to experience a multiplicity of severe impediments to
economic development.

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Tools for Community Empowerment:
• Rehabilitation
• Reintegration
• Small Business
• Community Health
• Community Health Education
• Clean Water & Sanitation
• Agriculture
• Construction
• Skills Training

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Special adviser to the United Nations Secretary General,
Jeffrey Sachs, in his report commissioned by the World Health
Organization made a milestone link between
macroeconomics and health,
 When he and his co-researchers stated that paying attention to
population health was not merely of a selfless value but also in the
interest of national and global economic development.
 The commission’s report notes that modest investment in health could
save 8 million lives per year, resulting in an estimated 330 million
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) saved and about $200 billion in
direct economic benefits per year by2010 (Commission on
Macroeconomics and Health, 2001

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Evidence from Economies as a Whole (Macro Evidence)
Recent years have seen a proliferation of studies using
econometric techniques to examine the impact of
health on economic development at a country level.
Using a range of techniques such studies have
returned a range of results – almost all finding a
positive link from health to economic development.
The table below provides details on a number of these
studies (conducted since 2000).

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Authors Health impact on
Economic Development
Notes:
Arora (2001)xv Significant +ve Analysis of economic history of
developed countries
Mayer (2001)xvi Significant +ve Using health and income data for
Latin America
Gallup and Sachs
(2001)xvii
Significant +ve
Impact of malaria on economic
development
Sachs (2003)xviii +ve, not quantified Using malaria ecology index
Bloom, Canning &
Sevilla (2004)xix
Significant +ve Also summarise 13 other studies
showing +ve results
Fogel (2004)xx Significant +ve Historical data; nutrition

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Authors Health impact on
Economic Development
Notes:
Bloom and Canning
(2005)xxi
Significant +ve
Ahuja, Wendell & Werker
(2006)xxii
No effect
HIV on GDP/capita; HIV found
to increase poverty though
Alsan, Bloom & Canning
(2006)xxiii
Significant +ve Health on Foreign Direct
Investment
Acemoglu & Johnson
(2007)xxiv
Small -ve Economic growth gains offset by
population growth
Ashraf, Lester & Weil
(2008)xxv
Small +ve
Scales up micro estimates to
model macro effects

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Summary:
Below are the few of the areas where Good Health will have
its effect which in turn convert into economic development
and which in turn convert into community empowerment
– Improved productivity
– Improved learning:
– Reduced Family Size
– Health and Investment
– Increased availability of land for productive use
– Reduced Treatment Burden

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• About Manavparivar medical camp:
Manav Parivar is devoted to social reform and for the betterment
of disadvantaged people of our society. The members of Manav
Parivar come from all walks of life, regardless of their faith in
religion.
The message of "Manav Parivar" is that a human becomes "the
human" in real sense of humanity by developing, understanding
and experiencing the quality of life. The basic needs, materialistic
(food, medicines, clothes, education, etc.) as well as spiritual for
social prosperity are attempted to provide by Manav Parivar.
•

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About Manavparivar medical camp:
Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust & Manav
ParivarShri Baldevdas Charitable Trust was founded almost four
decades ago and subsequently registered in 1968 as an established
charitable organization. The fundamental principles relate to social
welfare so as to meet our obligation to assist the needy families of
society socially, physically, spiritually, mentally and economically
The strong cultural belief remains that all humans regardless of race,
creed, caste, religion, language etc. who are unable to help themselves
should be looked after by social organization. In order to take care of
such extensive activities, Shri Baldevdas Charitable Trust sponsored and
created a wing of volunteer's team which is known as "MANAV
PARIVAR" based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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About Manavparivar medical camp:
By realizing the extreme necessity of medical and
health related help as basic need for everyone,
Manav Parivar opened a charitable dispensary in
Matar, Dist. Kheda, Gujarat. This dispensary is
periodically providing health care services to
numerous people in and around Matar. Patients are
coming from 24 States of India and around 12
countries of the world. This medical camp organize
on second and fourth Sunday of every month from
more than 18 years.

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Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust Manav Parivar’s Medical Camp at - Matar
(Details of Sarvarog Sarvar Camp Held From The Year 1996-97 To 2011-2012)
Year No. Of Patients Year No. Of Patients Year No. Of Patients
1996-97 11514 2001-02 80406 2006-07 187835
1997-98 18522 2002-03 116776 2007-08 212757
1998-99 29092 2003-04 104778 2008-09 210260
1999-00 42034 2004-05 142562 2009-10 190948
2000-01 57086 2005-06 170652 2010-11 152187
2011-12 126498

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Year Total No. Of Patients
Drug Market Value
(Rs.)
1996-97 11514 437086.34
1997-98 18522 793438.00
1998-99 29092 1506891.65
1999-00 42034 2507026.06
2000-01 57086 4047781.25
2001-02 80406 5403849.78

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Year Total No. Of Patients Drug Market Value (Rs.)
2004-05 142562 12469623.62
2005-06 170652 18047509.15
2006-07 187835 22090016.97
2007-08 212757 24794240.03
2008-09 210260 24849152.03
2009-10 190948 23542906.22
2010-11 152187 19783564.94

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Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust Manav Parivar’s Medical Camp at - Matar
(Details of Sarvarog Sarvar Camp Held From The Year 1996-97 To 2011-2012)
Year No. Of Patients
Drug Market
Value (Rs.)
Year No. Of Patients
Drug Market
Value (Rs.)
1996-97 11514 437086.34 2004-05 142562 12469623.62
1997-98 18522 793438.00 2005-06 170652 18047509.15
1998-99 29092 1506891.65 2006-07 187835 22090016.97
1999-00 42034 2507026.06 2007-08 212757 24794240.03
2000-01 57086 4047781.25 2008-09 210260 24849152.03
2001-02 80406 5403849.78 2009-10 190948 23542906.22
2002-03 116776 8701707.10 2010-11 152187 19783564.94

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Over All Analysis of Medical Camp Data:
• Free Medical Camp is going on from more than 15 years
• In the year 1996-1997, the yearly beneficiaries were 11514 only.
• In 2006-2007, the yearly beneficiary reaches to 187835.
• Maximum numbers of beneficiary were in year 2007-2008. It was 212757.
• In 2011-2012, the year beneficiaries were 126498.
• In the Year 1996-1997, the yearly expense was Rs. 437086/-.
• In 2006-2007, the yearly expense was Rs. 22090016/-
• In 2011-2012, the yearly expense was Rs. 17760909/-

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• Conclusion and Recommendation
• Health itself is a priority goal as well as a core driver to
economic development and national income increment.
It is the heart of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs).
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs )
4
Reduce Child Mortality
5
Improve Maternal Health
6
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria
and other Diseases

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Good health will reflect improvement in following key factors:
• Education
• Labour Productivity
• Saving
• Investments
• All of the above 4 factors will reflect a positive improvement
which will in result reflect community empowerment.
Health improvements affect education, labor productivity,
savings and investments, and demography in ways that can
possibly offer a boost to the Gross National Income (GNP) of
developing economies. That will make the community
empower.

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Isn’t these act will leads towards
Better Individual Health
Individual development,
Economic development
Community Empowerment.

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Recommendation:
If we take average 100000 patients getting treatment in above
organization per year, If other 10 organization starts working
like this organizaton then following is the calculation.
No. of
NGO
Beneficiary
Per month
Beneficiary
Per 6month
Beneficiary Per
year
1 8000 50000 100000
2 16000 100000 200000
3 24000 150000 300000
4 32000 200000 400000
5 40000 250000 500000

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Recommendation:
If we take average 100000 patients getting treatment in above
organization per year, If other 10 organization starts working
like this organization then following is the calculation.
No. of
NGO
Beneficiary
Per month
Beneficiary
Per 6month
Beneficiary Per
year
6 48000 300000 600000
7 56000 350000 700000
8 64000 400000 800000
9 72000 450000 900000
10 80000 500000 1000000

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• If we consider 5 organizations working in such ways for one
month, around 40,000 people from the community will get
medicine and healthy life.
• If we consider 10 organizations working in such ways for one
month, around 80,000 people from the community will get
• If we consider 5 organizations working in such ways, for six
month around 250000 people from the community will get
• If 10 such organizations working in this ways, for six month
around 500000 people from the community will get medicine
and healthy life.

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• If we consider 5 organizations working in such ways, per year
around 500000 people from the community will get medicine
and healthy life.
• If 10 such organizations working in this ways, per year around
1000000 people from the community will get medicine and
healthy life.
Isn’t it Innovative and Best practices in Community
Empowerment?

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• Reference:
• http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/7gchp/track1/en/
• http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/03/20155113/5
• http://umm.edu/about/community/empowerment
• http://www.mercyships.org.nz/community-empowerment.php
• http://www.aid.govt.nz/sites/default/files/The%20Role%20of%20Health%20in%20Economic%20Development.pdf
• https://www.academia.edu/1588300/THE_ROLE_OF_HEALTH_IN_ECONOMIC_GROWTH_AND_DEVELOPMENT
• xv Arora, S. ‘Health Human Productivity, and Long-Term Economic Growth’, The Journal of Economic
History, Vol. 61, No. 3
• xvi Mayer, D. 2001, ‘The Long Term Impact of Health on Economic Growth in Latin America’, World
Development, V 29, No. 6
• xvii Gallup J & Sachs J. ‘The Economic Burden of Malaria’, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, 64(1, 2)8, 2001, pp85-96
• xviii Sachs, J. 2003, Institutions Don’t Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income, Online at::
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/File/about/director/pubs/nber_w9490.pdf
• xix Bloom, Canning & Sevilla, 2004, ‘The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function
Approach’, World Development V 32, No 1 xx Fogel, R. 2004. ‘Health, Nutrition, and Economic Growth’,
Economic Development and Cultural Change; Apr 2004; 52,

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