>> Prevention of Parent to child Transmission Project (PPTCT Project)

IEC guidance, medical check up & support to security guards in Mumbai.

PPTCT project (Prevention of Parent to child Transmission) was started in Yuvak Pratishthan in the year of 2006. This project working on Health related programmed in community level (HIV/AIDS). The project was sponsored by Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS), under guideline of National AIDS Control Society (NACO). We are working with seven hospitals in 4 BMC Ward . Project is supported by MDACS.

560 HIV infected families (pregnant ladies) are registered in last 4 years. 72 new babies delivered and monitored till 18 months of their age, Out of them 61 are prevented from HIV transmission. Other 488 families are in follow up.

>> HIV/AIDS Awareness in Migrant workers

IEC guidance, medical check up & support to security guards in Mumbai. They came from various areas of India; leaving behind their families. Some of these are vulnerable for the addictions and HIV transmission. Project is supported by MDACS. Target of 4000 guards in Vikroli, Mumbai. 40 guards registered in Jan 2010

>> Public Health - Jeevan Aarogya Kendra

Three Polyclinics in suburbs and Mobile dispensaries in 12 slums in Mumbai

>> Care and Support - Yuvak Pratishthan Samarpan Arogya Kendra

Arogya Kendra is polyclinics run with the support of Chemist Associations. In these centre we provide medical facility like Homeopathic, Allopathic, Aurvedic treatment, Sonography, TB DOTS etc. YP runs three centers is in Mulund, Bhandup & Vikhroli area. Initially it was started in Kurla slum area. Now many slum areas are covered by regular mobile dispensaries with our medical vans and refer the needy patients to Samarpan Arogya Kendra for advanced clinical care. 1,80000 beneficiaries till Dec 2009

Outcome
Many hospitals adopted this idea of mobile dispensaries in slums as charity

>> Jeevan Aasha

We all need a healthy living but each one of us is not capable enough to afford a healthy lifestyle. The poor are one such people. They constantly encounter ill health and they are not capable enough to meet the expensive medication for the treatment of the same. For such people Yuvak Pratishthan initiated Jeevan Aasha. Heart, Kidney, Cancer, Brain diseases, MRI, Cataract operations are done, and other medical equipment, hearing aids are provided. Medical Counselors guide and help the poor patients in all aspects from finance to medicines as per requirement of patients. It is started in year 2001, last nine years ;YP catered more than 10,276 patients with network of fifty charitable trusts which provide finance regularly, with help of many doctors for subsidies in their charges, with help of clinics for diagnostic tests. All these services are provided sometimes even free as per their need.

Value Addition
Research Study conducted by Dr. Medha Somaiya General Secretary, on the baseline of Jeevan Aasha with the support of Vibhooti Shukla Centre for Urban Economics, School of Economics; University of Mumbai and published in 2009.

The findings
• Heart Surgery and diagnosis is stream lined and get support for needy patients
• More awareness and training is needed about Cancer detection and primary investigation in general practitioners
• Kidney failure patients have to go through real trauma for kidney transplant and dialysis is very expensive make families poorer and vulnerable
• Awareness about organ donation need to promote with humanitarian ways
• Accident Cases are neglected if uncovered under insurance. They should cover under some policy

>> Jeevan Aasara

Jeevan Aasara to care and support new generation of PLHA family and Jeevan Adhar to empower PLHA mothers in its individual capacity, where in 264 families have been enrolled. We are supporting to infected children educational, Financial Security from Kisan Vikas Patra & make foster parents.

>> Jeevan Aadhar

It is an Income Generation Activity for HIV+ve women to help them in achieving economic emancipation. Economical Independence is of prior importance in today's world. The concept of being independent is not seen in the slum areas where women accepts and reacts according to their husbands. But more unfortunate are those who don't have any backhand or support or those who are suffering from any disease.

- World Health Organisation
- Unicef
- National Aids Control Organisation
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- MHADA