100,000 children in India die every year due to poor sanitation & hygiene

Almost 250 million women and adolescent girls are anaemic

42 million children under 5 years are stunted and underweight

76 million Indians do not have access to safe, clean drinking water

71 million suffer from diabetes and 100 million have high blood pressure

235 million people, mostly men, chew combinations of tobacco and other toxic substances, and are at risk of developing oral cancer

Estimated 122,844 cervical cancer and 144,000 breast cancer cases in India

22 million people at risk of developing some form of pulmonary disease.
2.5 million deaths every year are linked to pollution.

India urgently needs to strengthen its public health systems and processes, to improve these indicators.

Anahat is committed to saving and improving lives by improving public health practice in India.

We work with India’s poorest communities to help them stay healthy and well.