HEALTH CHECK UP CAMPS

By CACR For MCGM School Children

 Need for Health Check Up
Camps in BMC schools
The National Health Mission undertook the School Health Programmes
(SHP) to
combat health problems,
identify developing diseases, disorders and disabilities
by taking adequate and timely action.

What CACR does?

It works in close contact with the MCGM Education Department and SHP
officials and
offers maximum support in ensuring effective implementation of health
check up camps in municipal schools.
 AIM OF THE PROGRAM
TARGET AUDIENCE: Children enrolled in municipal schools who are entitled to
free check up and treatment for minor and major illnesses in school clinics and
municipal dispensaries.

CACR aims at activating and supporting the SHP in municipal schools by

Organizing dental/eye check up camps in co-ordination with Medical officers

and school teachers.

Getting into a partnership and obtaining guidelines on

Oral health care from Indian Dental Association (IDA)
Eye care from Lotus College of Optometry.

Sending detailed reports of the children examined from IDA and Lotus College
of Optometry to the SHP for providing free treatment to affected children.
 COVERAGE AND FOLLOWUP
Coverage: The Health check up camps were organised as under:
Name of the Muncipal School Date of Health check up camp
Petit Municipal School 3rd Feb'16

Tank Lane Municipal School 2nd Sept16

Chakala Municipal School 25th & 26th Nov16

H.P. Keluskar Municipal School 19th & 20th Dec16

Dixit Road Municipal School 11th April'17

Tuberculosis (T.B.) and Tobacco awareness seminars were conducted for 4th-
10th std. students.
Future action: The reports from the Health Check Up Camps were shared with
the MCGM Education Department and School Health Program Officials for further
action and treatment.
 Dental Check Up at
Chakala Municipal
School

Eye Check Up Camp

at H.P. Keluskar
Municipal School

TB Awareness Session
at Tanklane Municipal
School
CREATING AWARENESS
Following up on the Dental Camp at
Chakala Municipal School, CACR was
invited by the Medical Officer Schools
and the HM to speak to the parents.

Feb 8th 17 - CACR members Mr. Nitin

Wadhwani and Dr. Richa Singh along
with Dr. Thakur (Medical Health Officer)
addressed a virtual full house of about
100+ parents attending the meeting
about
i. The SHP and
ii. Impending treatment of Chakala
Municipal School at Cooper hospital .
CREATING AWARENESS (continued.)
In the awareness session, it
was decided that Health
Check up Cards will be
provided.

CACR was successful in

helping complete 300+
health-checkup cards of the
children.
 IMPACT AND BENEFIT
Students with dental and visual problems were taken to Cooper Hospital,
Nair Hospital and Rajwadi Hospital for treatment.

Free spectacles were provided for the kids with eyesight problems.

The camps benefitted 2565 students in addition to some staff members of the schools.

Children affected with dental problems at Cooper Hospital for treatment

 TARGET FOR 2017-18

CACR targets to support SHP by organizing

dental/eye check up camps for 10,000 municipal
school children during the academic year 2017-18.
 THANK YOU
CACR would like to thank
Deputy Mayor Mrs Alka Kerkar for her support and encouragement.
IDA and Lotus College of Optometry for successful implementation of health
check up camps MCGM schools successful.
The Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers for sponsoring the health check up camp in
Chakala Municipal School Building.
The volunteers of Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers, NSS HR, NSS Ruia
Members and volunteers of CACR.
All the MCGM teachers and staff for their cooperation and support

And last but not the least to the audience for your time and patience!