Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan launched in 112 aspirational districts

Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan was launched in 112 aspirational districts by NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation to support district administrations in providing home-care support to asymptomatic COVID-19 patients or those who have mild symptoms.

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The campaign is a part of a special initiative -Aspirational Districts Collaborative, through which local leaders and civil societies and volunteers working with district administrations will address emerging problems across key focus areas of the Aspirational Districts Programme.

The Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan campaign will be helmed by the district magistrates in partnership with around 1,000 local NGOs.

The NGOs will help mobilise over 1 lakh local volunteers and train them to connect with patients through inbound/outbound calls.

These volunteers will be trained to support 20 affected families each by educating the caretakers to follow Covid protocols and also provide psycho-social support and timely updates about patients to the administration.

They will mainly help in providing home-care support to those affected, based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.