Annual Report 2016-17

Vision: To achieve 'Health For All' by ensuring access to

quality and affordable primary health care

Mission: To provide quality and free community-based

primary health care in underserved communities

About Us

The Founder and Patron of ‘CHIKITSA’, General O.P. Malhotra PVSM, was the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1978 -1981 and also served as the Ambassador of India to Indonesia and as the Governor of Punjab. General Malhotra started Chikitsa as a community health initiative in 1999 with the opening of a free primary health care clinic at Sector 12, RK Puram, New Delhi, to serve nearby slum dwellers. After paying a token, one-time Rs. 10 charge for a patients' medical history booklet, all consultations and medicines are provided free at Chikitsa.

Chikitsa currently has base and satellite primary health care clinics at 12 locations in Delhi-NCR. These follow the World Health Organization model of community-based primary health care aimed at achieving 'Health For All'. We are also focused on working towards helping India meet the targets under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Number 3 of the United Nations to 'Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages' of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Our Base Clinic in Sector 40, Gurugram, operates since 2008 as a Public-Private Partnership in tandem with the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Gurugram. In cooperation with Kiwanis Club of New Delhi, we also provide free artificial limb orthotics and prosthetics at our Sector 40 Base Clinic in Gurugram.

Our free, community-based primary healthcare to the needy helps reduce the burden on an overcrowded and stressed secondary and tertiary level public health system in India.

Our free health services benefit residents of Sangam Vihar, Zakhira slum, RK Puram and Vasant Kunj in Delhi, as also Basai and Dundahera villages, Sector 40 and Sector 9-A in Gurugram. We also operate two Mobile Medical Units in Manesar and are in the process of adding a primary health care clinic at Teekli village, Haryana.

In 2017, we initiated a Vector Borne Disease Prevention programme in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, and joined the Gurugram Task Force to assist in the elimination of malaria, dengue, and chikunguniya in Gurgaon District. We have in the past conducted a nutritional programme for underweight infants and expecting mothers at Zakhira slum in New Delhi, which has now been expanded into a primary health care satellite clinic. Chikitsa has also treated and cured over 700 tuberculosis patients in Delhi-NCR.

Chairman's Message I am pleased by the progress made by Chikitsa in the past year as reflected in our 2016-2017 Annual Report. It is particularly satisfying that a majority of underprivileged persons do not just visit our primary health care clinics on a one-off basis, but regularly avail of

our free services to address their health concerns.

This year Chikitsa was recognised by the World CSR Congress and was a proud recipient of their 2017 'Certificate of Merit' for our charitable work. We have also received Guidestar India's Gold Level Accreditation for practicing high levels of transparency in the public domain. Furthermore, we have received certification from "Credibility Alliance" for meeting the 'Basic Norms for Good Governance of Voluntary Organizations'. I congratulate our dedicated staff, volunteers, and trustees on these recognitions and hope to see further such accolades for Chikitsa in the years ahead as we scale up our efforts to help the needy. During the year Chikitsa has also been registered under the Darpan scheme of NITI AAYOG.

Another noteworthy development over the past year has been that we have inaugurated a pilot Vector Borne Disease Prevention Pilot Project in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, one of the largest unauthorised colonies in Asia. Given its success we will be scaling up the project this year and expanding it to other areas such as Zakhira Slum and the jhuggi/slum colonies near RK Puram. We have also incorporated an electronic health record system on a pilot basis at our Base Clinic Sector 40, Gurugram.

I would like to convey my gratitude to all our individual contributors and well-wishers as well as to the many charitable trusts and organizations who have been supporting our community-based health initiative and enabling Chikitsa to extend completely free primary health care to the poor living in underserved areas of Delhi-NCR.

I would also like to thank our highly motivated doctors, medical and support staff whose dedicated efforts continue to give Chikitsa such an excellent reputation.

Ambassador Ajai Malhotra, IFS (Retd) Chairman & Managing Trustee

Our Model

The Problem Rapid and unplanned urbanization has led to an increase in urban poor, especially those living in slums with inadequate access to health care. This segment of the population has poorer health outcomes due to adverse social determinants and poor access to health care facilities, despite living in close proximity to government and private hospitals.

Our USP We use locations provided to us free by local bodies or community organisations in underserved communities, thus vastly reducing our overhead costs and freeing up funds to treat more needy patients.

INTEGRATION WITH

GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE

HEALTH SERVICES

IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNITY

HEALTH STATUS

HEALTH AWARENESS GENERATION & TRAINING

QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY

BASED PRIMARY

HEALTH CARE SERVICE

PROVISION

Chikitsa Key Facts for 2016-17

12 Chikitsa Base & Satellite Clinics

215,261 patients registered till date

92,752 beneficiaries in 2016-17

21,770 new patients in 2016-17

67,737 repeat patients in 2016-17

2,141 children given health check-up

26 slum dwellers given Emergency Medical Training

644 children administered Pulse Polio Drops

143 children given Immunization Vaccinations

291 artificial limbs provided free

Honours & Awards 2016-2017

World CSR Congress Certificate of Merit 2017

Guidestar Gold Level Accreditation 2016

for 'practicing high level of transparency

in the public domain'

Credibility Alliance Certification in 2017 for

'Basic Norms for Good Governance of

Voluntary Organizations'

How You Can Help

All Contributions to ‘CHIKITSA’ are tax deductible under Section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act vide Exemption Order No. DIT(E)/2011-2012/C-570/3864 dated 17/11/2011. Contributors will be sent an official receipt to claim the tax deduction. To donate send a crossed cheque payable to 'CHIKITSA' with your complete address and PAN details to:

CHIKITSA,

C-524 (1st Floor),

Sushant Lok Phase 1,

Gurugram, Haryana - 122001

Mob: 9650730860

You may also transfer domestic funds directly to:

Account Name: CHIKITSA Account No.: 16800100013820 IFSC Code: UCBA0001910 Bank Name: UCO Bank Bank Branch: South City Gurgaon Bank Address: UCO Bank, South City Gurgaon Branch, Property No.104, Greenwood Plaza, B-Block, Greenwood City, Gurgaon, Haryana – 122001

Please inform us of any bank transfer via email at chikitsa@chikitsatrust.org along with transfer details, your name, full address, and PAN Card number. We have FCRA approval and can also

accept donations in foreign currency. Kindly email us for further details.

Our supporters include

Entrepreneurs Organisation, New Delhi

Indian Spouses Group, Geneva

Indian Women's Association, Moscow

Kalpataru Trust

Kamla Charitable Trust

+ Numerous Individual Supporters

Income & Expenditure FY 2016-17

Board of Trustees Name Position Occupation Ajai Malhotra Chairman & Managing Trustee Retired Diplomat

Urmila Dongre Trustee Chairman, Usha Lexus Hotels

Anita Kapur Trustee Social Work

Rampaul Rehan Trustee Retired Indian Railways Engineer

PK Dutta Trustee Chairman, Systopic Laborotories

Udai Malhotra Trustee Social Work

Tarun Kandhari Trustee Chartered Accountant

Jeevesh Nagrath Trustee Lawyer

Chairman & Managing Trustee

Ambassador Ajai Malhotra, IFS (Retd), is the Chairman & Managing Trustee of

CHIKITSA since March 2014. He holds an M.A. in Economics from The Delhi

School of Economics, University of Delhi. He was a member of the Indian

Foreign Service since 1977 until his retirement on November 30, 2013 as

Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation. Ambassador Malhotra is also

Chairman & Managing Trustee of SHIKSHA, which provides free education and

vocational training to underprivileged children and youth in Delhi-NCR. He is a

Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva,

Independent Director of ONGC Limited and ONGC Videsh Limited, and

Distinguished Fellow and Senior Adviser (Climate Change) at The Energy and

Resources Institute, New Delhi.

Our Registration and Other Details Registered as a Trust in New Delhi 'CHIKITSA', Registration No. 8259 of 09/12/1999 Registered Office C-503 Som Vihar, New Delhi - 110022 PAN Card No. AAATC3286G 12A No. DIT (E) 99-2000/C-570/2000/824 dated 12/01/2000 80G No. DIT (E)2011-12/C-570/3864 dated 17/11/2011 FCRA No. 231661400 dated 31/01/2013 valid till 31/01/2018 NITI Aayog Darpan No. HR/2017/0161088

Office: C-524 Sushant Lok (1st Floor),Gurugram, Haryana -122002

Phone: 0124-5225698 l Email: chikitsa@chikitsatrust.org l Website: www.chikitsatrust.org