Piramal collaborates with Gates foundation for tribal health collaborative
Piramal Foundation has announced its collaboration with Bill & Melinda Gates to set up a tribal health program to improve the health and nutrition among the tribal and high burden districts of India.
The tribal health collaborative plans to work along with the Government of India to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 by 2030. SDG3 ensures healthy lives and well being for people of all ages and all communities.
The initiative will support the Government of India by supporting and matching its efforts in the direction of attaining Universal Health Coverage.
Piramal collaborates with Gates foundation to build a productive, sustainable health environment that would address the health requirements of those who were forced to the edge of society especially more than 150 million tribes across the country.
The founder of the Piramal Foundation, Ajay Piramal expressed their commitment towards supporting the Government of India to achieve SDG3 by 2030. They will be focused on improving the lives of marginalized sections rapidly to accelerate the impact on society.
This is not the first time the Piramal foundation is working for
the tribals of India. The foundation had been working for the tribes across the country and in the 25 Aspirational Districts. However, taking into consideration the magnitude and complexity of tribal issues, the Piramal foundation decided to join hands with value-based organizations like Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which will provide much faster results.Bill Gates, the co-chairman of Gates foundation said that India’s initiative for providing standard nutrition and health to everyone in the country is crucial for the world’s efforts to achieve SDG3 by 2030. And the foundation will look forward to work with the governments to ameliorate the health and well being of the poorest in the world.
The health indicators of India’s tribals are poor compared to the common population. India’s average maternal mortality rate is 130 deaths per 100,000 births while that of tribal community is 230 deaths per 100,000 births.
Not just the maternal mortality rate, but other health indicators like child malnutrition rates, the incidence of malaria and tuberculosis and infant mortality rates are much higher among tribal communities.
The collaborative will be launched in 2020 with the participation of Piramal and Gates foundation along with other partners to be announced
Author: Namitha Thampi
