Aarohi is a not-for-profit organization established in 1992, focusing on sustainable development for rural Himalayan communities in Uttarakhand, India, serving 141 villages and a population of 65,606. The organization provides comprehensive healthcare services, including a mobile medical unit and women's health resource centers aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality and enhancing healthcare accessibility. Core interventions encompass maternal care, newborn care, nutrition, and family planning, with a commitment to integrating health services with community development initiatives.

1. Towards Sustainable Mountain Development

2. A not –for-profit organization, founded in
1992, with the aim of creating
development opportunities for the
rural Himalayan communities.

3. Working primarily in the Kumaon region of
Uttarakhand, Aarohi reaches 141 villages
in the remote mountain districts of Nainital and
Almora through its varied development initiatives,
covering a population of 65,606.

4. Keeping an integrated approach to
development, Aarohi is committed to creating
sustainable livelihood opportunities, providing
quality healthcare and education services to
the rural mountain communities.

5. Keeping an integrated approach to development,
Aarohi is committed to creating sustainable
livelihood opportunities, providing quality health
care and education services to the rural mountain
communities.

6. HEALTH
Providing quality health care
that is equitable, accessible
and affordable

7. The Problem- Health
• Accessibility to primary, secondary and tertiary
healthcare services.
• Accessibility to health information.
• Maternal deaths – 101/1 lakh deliveries. (SRS, 2018 -
2019)
• Infant deaths – 24/1000 live births (SRS, 2020)
• Malnutrition among children – 23.2 % (NFHS 5, 2019 –
2021)
• Anaemia among women – 34.5 % (NFHS 5, 2019 – 2021)

8. Aarohi – healthcare services
Aarohi Arogya
Kendra (AAK)
• OPD and
emergency
services
• Dental services
• School health
services
• Surgical camps
Mobile
Medical Unit
• Provide
primary
healthcare
services.
• Identify HRP
and surgical
needs
• Referral.
Community
health
• Reduce maternal
and newborn
mortalities and
morbidities.
• Reduce
malnutrition
among 0 – 5 year
children.
• Breaking gender
barriers.

9. Aarohi Arogya Kendra (AAK)

10. Aarohi Arogya Kendra – services
• Out-patient Department
• In-Patient Department
• Emergency services
• Comprehensive Dental services
• X-Ray and Ultrasound
• Advanced Pathological Laboratory
• Surgical treatment
• Physiotherapy
• Outreach camps and Home visits

11. Dental

12. Surgical camps

13. Mobile Medical Unit
• The Aarohi Arogya Kendra MMU started in June 2014 .
• Services to 105 villages in Ramgarh, Dhari and
Okhalkhanda blocks of Nainital district.
• Camps are being conducted each month from 1st to 8th.
• Human Resource: Physician (1), Gynaecologist (1),
Radiologist (1), ANM (2), Lab technician (1), Pharmacist
(1), support staff (2) and Driver (2).
• Services provided: Maternal health, Child health,
Adolescent health, adult health and geriatric health.
• To provide the above mentioned services, the MMU is
equipped with a laboratory, a pharmacy and advanced
diagnostic equipments like ultrasound, E.C.G and X-ray
machines.

14. Mobile Medical Unit Bus

15. Community Health
• The programme helps to fulfil the goals of the government-run
NHM by reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality in the
Okhalkanda, Dhari & Ramghard block of Nainital District in
Uttarakhand.
• To make accessible basic health services and health information to
the rural women from the remote villages of Okhalkhanda block in
Nainital district of Uttarakhand, Aarohi has developed the concept
of Women Health Resource Centre (WHRC).
• A Resource Centre can support a wide range of activities by
collecting and organizing materials that are useful for the
community and frontline workers.
• Women’s Health Resource Centre is envisioned as a space for
women which caters to all their health needs; from providing
primary health care, medical services to health information and
health counselling. It is a space for women where they can discuss
without fear or inhibition, their health concerns and access
affordable health services.

16. WHRC

17. WHRC
• On the basis of rigorous evidence of effectiveness and the
need for increased coverage and utilization of
intervention, a set of core interventions have been
identified. The core interventions include maternal care,
new born care, nutrition and family planning.
• The WHRC adopts WHO provided “continuum of care
services” approach for reproductive, maternal, newborn
& child health interventions.
• One WHRC covers 10 villages just like Level 1 centre
(Health sub centre). Each WHRC has one Community
health Nurse and 4 Village Health Workers supported by
co-ordinators and Program Manager.

18. WHRC activities
• Home visits – all EC, ANC, PNC, children <5 and
other illness.
• Action groups – Mother’s group and adolescent
group.
• Linkage with MMU for primary health care.
• Awareness – Swasthya mela or health fair.
• Capacity building of Frontline workers – every
month.
• Surveillance – monthly data collection and
surveys.

19. Mother’s group meeting

20. Swasthya mela

21. Thank you!