Melghat tribal centre
- Centre name at Melghat: G. M. Taori – Bombatkarji Tribal Health & Research Foundation a joint venture by CIIMS & MAHAN at Melghat, Uthawali.
- Village targeted: >100
- Population targeted: Tribal population (Malnourished)
Project implemented in the tribal population
- Diagnosis of tuberculosis of malnourished population
- Zoonotic TB in tribal population
- Diarrheal infection in malnourished children and mother
- diff infection in Melghat
- Nutrition based projects for undernourished children & pregnant ladies
- Study of Neurological complications in tribal populations
- Covid-19 impact in tribal region.
- Established advance diagnostic facilities to provide free diagnosis of tuberculosis to needy tribal population under various funded R & D project scheme.
- Rapid Brucella lateral flow kits were handed over to MAHAN Trust, for screening of Brucellosis in tribal population for free of cost.
- Checked the prevalence of the zoonotic diseases; Like Listeria, Brucella, and M. Bovis infection in tribal population of Melghat
- Survillieance of the TB infection among the tribal population using the in-house developed diagnostic protocol of CIIMS.
- Screening of Difficile infection among the diarrheal cases of Melghat
- Home based child care program
- Community based management of severaly malnourished children
- Tracking community mortality due to Respiratory Syncytical V
- Mortality control program for economically productive age group
- Blindness control program
- To improve nutrition & socio economic status of Tribals & to reduce addiction
- Establishment of kitchen garden.
