Dear
friends
We,
an activists group of Malappuram Dist of Kerala the most drug
consuming dist in India, recently formed a society – kerala
health careseekers mutual service society – to intervene in the
market of essentials to healthcare
Here
are some statistics that remind us of the challenges in the Indian
healthcare domain:
- Over 30% people in rural India and 20% in urban India don’t seek treatment for lack of financial resources.
- Every year nearly 39 million people in India are pushed into poverty because of ill-health.
- The common man spends 72% of out-of-pocket expenditure on drugs.
- India’s current public spending on health at 0.94% of GDP is among the lowest in the world.
In
such a scenario, the work undertaken by kerala healthcare seekers
mutual service society gains significance. The society , through its
direct intervention programs at primary healthcare level and through
sustain lobbying & advocacy on health policy with state &
national governments .
Our
first venture is a life saving drug store chain running on
no-profit no- loss basis to reduce the cost of drugs .Along with
this we wish to promote the necessasity of generic drugs among
health careseekers . This initiative is mainly targeted to help the
marginalised community. This
has been able to effect positive changes in the communities it
serves.
Awaiting
your co operation
Rajankala
m
Executive
director
