MILESTONES

2013

Starting out

• Total Health conducted a household survey in Aragonda, documenting the health and economical needs of the residents.
• A vocational training centre was set up, initiating about 30 women into tailoring.

2014

Health & hygiene take priority

• Mobile clinic services began, ensuring doorstep medical care for villages in the Thavanampalle Mandal.
• Nutrition centres for mothers and children were established.
• A kitchen garden was set up at the Total Health complex and saplings distributed from it to the community.
• Aragonda got Total Health’s first potable water plant.
• A yoga programme for the community was started in Aragonda.

2015

Health infrastructure is put in place

• Total Health conducted a pioneering household survey in Aragonda, documenting the demographic, economic and health status of the residents and assessing their needs.
• Our medical camps branched out to school health, cancer screening, and eye screening.
• The AYUSH wing of Total Health began its services.
• The jute bag manufacturing unit at the Total Health complex was started.
• The Geriatric Nutrition Centre was initiated, to feed senior citizens in need.
• Rural electrification was taken up by providing solar street lamps to Aragonda gram panchayat.
• The distribution of family health cards for residents began, so they could avail themselves of 30% discount in treatment.

2016

We find recognition

• The second satellite clinic was established in Thavanampalle.
• Bags, books, and desks were distributed to Aragonda zilla parishad high schools.
• Total Health bagged the Best CSR Solution of the Year at the Indian ISV Award, 2016; the Indywood Excellence Award for CSR, 2016; and Making of Developed India Award, 2016.

2017

Small additions go a long way

• The 2 flagship skilling programmes were started: apparel training for women and refrigeration and air conditioning training for young men.
• A diabetes detection drive was conducted on the people who had been detected with prediabetes in the first survey, and a portion of those who tested with diabetes brought under care.
• A school beautification initiative was undertaken by white washing walls of 3 government schools in Aragonda gram panchayat.

2018

Innovative solutions to local problems

• Under the AP Horticulture Department, Total Health started a polyhouse in Aragonda.
• An Elderly Day Care centre at Aragonda was inaugurated with facilities of indoor games, TV, and a newspaper reading room.

2019

Setting up collaborations

• Total Health came under the Arogya Rakshak programme, with support from Reckitt, to contribute to the Dettol Banega Swasth India campaign.

2020

Awareness and expansion

• Total Health expanded its healthcare model to the Amrabad Tiger Reserve.
• Covid awareness and hygiene awareness drives were carried out and rations were provided to those in need.

2021

Involving the community

• Total Health set up Covid isolation centres.
• Total Health held free vaccination drives for both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in Aragonda.
• The Total Health satellite clinic was inaugurated in Mannaur.
• In Amrabad, Arrjava Warriors were trained from the Chenchu community so they could provide basic first aid deep within the forest.
• A skill centre was set up in Amrabad to provide employment and alternative sources of revenue for the Chenchu tribespeople.
• Maps of the Amrabad Tiger Reserve were drawn up to identify the resource patches, wildlife corridors and activities triggering forest degradation.

2022

THRIVING TOGETHER

• Total Health expanded to Irala mandal with a mobile and satellite clinic benefitting 36,029 people, and initiated Sunday clinics and evening clinics in Aragonda for the ease of access for the community
• Conducted gynecological screening camp for 1000 new mothers, pregnant women and forest frontline workers.
• Total Health has expanded its program to assess the mental health/function of beneficiaries categorized as moderate to severe.
• A new kitchen was built at Apollo Isha Vidyalaya for midday meals for 750 children.
• Established India's first Hygiene Play Park, an innovative initiative that allowed us to deliver hygiene education to 520 schools, resulting in reduced absenteeism.
• In August, Total Health initiated its volunteering program in Amrabad and Aragonda, providing over 50 volunteers with a transformative experience of rural living.
• Partnering with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Total Health took a collaborative approach to distribute nutrition kits to TB patients undergoing treatment.
• Total Health renews contract with WWF to provide medical aid, including free treatment, to India's forest frontline workers, ensuring their well-being and safety in people-wildlife conflicts and job-related hazards.