Promoting Mental health of Children in Vulnerable areas

Samraksha is working with children and young adolescents in socio-economically vulnerable areas in emerging cities, with a focus on improving their mental health. It is established that these children face many adversities in early life which has a potential of impacting their health and adjustment and ability to work as adults. Samraksha believes in working with these children and their families at a young age to help them overcome the impact of adversity.

HIV CARE AND SUPPORT

Anti-retroviral treatment is now freely available within the public health system and has become the cornerstone of the HIV Continuum of Care. But there are still some gaps within this continuum and Samraksha works with the health system to bridge these gaps. Samraksha offers psychosocial interventions across the continuum. It is running two care and support centres- one each in Koppal and Karwar, in Karnataka. These centres provide treatment education, adherence support and life stage counselling, as well as referrals and linkages to other programs and services for social support. Over 8000 clients are currently registered with these services. 

Samraksha has recently established a partnership with Indian Cancer Society and the district health authorities in Koppal to screen vulnerable women for cervical cancer and link women in need to services. This will help in saving lives of many vulnerable women who face the mortality burden of cervical cancer.