accessible healthcare

For 35 years, Dr Ravindra and Dr Smita Kolhe served a remote village in Maharashtra’s Melghat for just Rs 2. Their journey goes beyond medicine — from saving infants to rebuilding livelihoods and restoring hope.

From distributing reusable pads to planting 30,000 saplings, Tarun Kumar’s Nischay Foundation is turning Jharkhand’s villages into models of sustainable menstrual hygiene.

Discover how frontier technology is reshaping healthcare in India. From AI-powered early breast cancer detection to indigenous bio 3D printing and AI-led nutrition monitoring, these innovations are making healthcare more inclusive, affordable, and globally relevant.

Ity Pandey, the Divisional Railway Manager in Bhusawal, introduced Rudra, a ‘hospital on wheels’ initiative, to provide accessible healthcare to railway workers and their families in remote areas. This mobile clinic is changing healthcare delivery and offering timely medical services directly to those who need them the most.

Congenital heart diseases affect over 2 lakh babies in India per year. Over 3000 such babies were saved by the timely intervention and financial help provided by The Hans Foundation.

Bayer Foundation India (BFI) has set up 28 ‘Phygital’ telemedicine centres in villages of 8 states to provide easy access to quality medical care. It is also conducting health camps for early diagnosis of breast cancer, hypertension and diabetes.

Kochi startup Ansfrid SmartCare Pvt Ltd aims to offer affordable emergency-alert devices to assist senior citizens living alone.

Delhi-based lawyer Jasmine George is spreading awareness around sexual and reproductive health rights of women while ensuring access to safe abortions for those living in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.