Rural Health Projects
In developing nations like India, non-profit organizations often join hands with corporate houses to execute rural health projects and bring about improvements in the health levels of rural people.
TeleDoc, a project carried out by Jiva Institute of Faridabad, India, used leading-edge communications technology to bring high-quality healthcare and health related information directly to rural villages. This low-cost, highly effective and broadly applicable networking solution was developed and executed by Partap Chauhan, an Indian Ayurvedic doctor known for his pioneering work in online Ayurvedic medicine, and Steven Rudolph, an American educationist and researcher. In 2003, this project won the World Summit Award in the e-Health category.
Eula Hall founded the Mud Creek Clinic in Grethel, KY to provide free and reduced priced healthcare to the insured and under-insured in the mountains of Appalachia.
In Indiana, St. Vincent Health implemented a program known as Rural and Urban Access to Health to enhance access to care for underserved populations, including Hispanic migrant workers. As of December 2012, the program had facilitated more than 78,000 referrals to care and enabled the distribution of $43.7 million worth of free or reduced-cost prescription drugs.
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