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Community Empowerment Through Medical Help- A Case Study

(A case study of Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust’s Manav Parivar’s Medical Camp at Matar, Gujarat)

By Dhirendra Patel

MSW,MBA, Mcom ,LLB


1. Introduction


• Introduction:• Community empowerment refers to the process of enabling communities

to increase control over their lives. "Communities" are groups of people that may or may not be spatially connected, but who share common interests, concerns or identities. These communities could be local, national or international, with specific or broad interests. 'Empowerment' refers to the process by which people gain control over the factors and decisions that shape their lives. Empowerment be consider in many different aspect. Here we are talking about Health and Healthy Community. Any community needs to be healthy to have empowerment.


Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen postulates that:

“Health (like education) is among the basic capabilities that gives value to human life. The wealth of any nation can be measured by the health status of its citizens. This is in true confirmation of the popular adage which affirms that “Health is Wealth”. “


According to World Bank (2005)Fifty percent of economic growth differentials between developed and developing nations are attributed to ill-health and low life expectancy. The world’s central framework for reducing poverty is expressed in UN’s eight Millennium Development Goals. Three of these eight goals pertain to health: reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. These potentially huge improvements in health are extremely important goals in themselves, and they serve as instruments for achieving economic growth and reducing poverty.


In other words,health is a fundamental driver for economic growth and development. Together with education, they are the most important sectors where public attention should be focused in order to ensure greater human development. Public health concerns itself with the protection and improvement of the health of entire populations through community-wide actions primarily by governmental agencies.


Developed countries spend a high proportion of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public health care because they believe that their resident health can serve as a major driver for economic activities and development while societies with a heavy burden of disease as a result of poor health spending tend to experience a multiplicity of severe impediments to economic development.


Tools for Community Empowerment:• Rehabilitation• Reintegration• Small Business• Community Health• Community Health Education• Clean Water & Sanitation• Agriculture• Construction• Skills Training


Special adviser to the United Nations Secretary General, Jeffrey Sachs, in his report commissioned by the World Health Organization made a milestone link between macroeconomics and health, When he and his co-researchers stated that paying attention to population

health was not merely of a selfless value but also in the interest of national and global economic development.

The commission’s report notes that modest investment in health could save 8 million lives per year, resulting in an estimated 330 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) saved and about $200 billion in direct economic benefits per year by2010 (Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, 2001


Evidence from Economies as a Whole (Macro Evidence) Recent years have seen a proliferation of studies using econometric techniques to examine the impact of health on economic development at a country level. Using a range of techniques such studies have returned a range of results – almost all finding a positive link from health to economic development. The table below provides details on a number of these studies (conducted since 2000).


Evidence from Economies as a Whole (Macro Evidence) Authors Health impact on

Economic Development

Notes:

Arora (2001)xv Significant +ve Analysis of economic history of developed countries

Mayer (2001)xvi Significant +ve Using health and income data for Latin America

Gallup and Sachs (2001)xvii

Significant +ve Impact of malaria on economic development

Sachs (2003)xviii +ve, not quantified Using malaria ecology index

Bloom, Canning & Sevilla (2004)xix

Significant +ve Also summarise 13 other studies showing +ve results

Fogel (2004)xx Significant +ve Historical data; nutrition


Evidence from Economies as a Whole (Macro Evidence) Authors Health impact on

Economic Development Notes:

Bloom and Canning (2005)xxi

Significant +ve

Ahuja, Wendell & Werker (2006)xxii

No effect HIV on GDP/capita; HIV found to increase poverty though

Alsan, Bloom & Canning (2006)xxiii

Significant +ve Health on Foreign Direct Investment

Acemoglu & Johnson (2007)xxiv

Small -ve Economic growth gains offset by population growth

Ashraf, Lester & Weil (2008)xxv

Small +ve Scales up micro estimates to model macro effects


Summary:Below are the few of the areas where Good Health will have its effect which in turn convert into economic development and which in turn convert into community empowerment– Improved productivity– Improved learning: – Reduced Family Size– Health and Investment– Increased availability of land for productive use– Reduced Treatment Burden


• About Manavparivar medical camp:

Manav Parivar is devoted to social reform and for the betterment of disadvantaged people of our society. The members of Manav Parivar come from all walks of life, regardless of their faith in religion.

The message of "Manav Parivar" is that a human becomes "the human" in real sense of humanity by developing, understanding and experiencing the quality of life. The basic needs, materialistic (food, medicines, clothes, education, etc.) as well as spiritual for social prosperity are attempted to provide by Manav Parivar.

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About Manavparivar medical camp: Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust & Manav

ParivarShri Baldevdas Charitable Trust was founded almost four decades ago and subsequently registered in 1968 as an established charitable organization. The fundamental principles relate to social welfare so as to meet our obligation to assist the needy families of society socially, physically, spiritually, mentally and economically

The strong cultural belief remains that all humans regardless of race, creed, caste, religion, language etc. who are unable to help themselves should be looked after by social organization. In order to take care of such extensive activities, Shri Baldevdas Charitable Trust sponsored and created a wing of volunteer's team which is known as "MANAV PARIVAR" based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.


About Manavparivar medical camp:

By realizing the extreme necessity of medical and health related help as basic need for everyone, Manav Parivar opened a charitable dispensary in Matar, Dist. Kheda, Gujarat. This dispensary is periodically providing health care services to numerous people in and around Matar. Patients are coming from 24 States of India and around 12 countries of the world. This medical camp organize on second and fourth Sunday of every month from more than 18 years.


Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust Manav Parivar’s Medical Camp at - Matar

(Details of Sarvarog Sarvar Camp Held From The Year 1996-97 To 2011-2012)

Year No. Of Patients Year No. Of Patients Year No. Of Patients

1996-97 11514 2001-02 80406 2006-07 187835

1997-98 18522 2002-03 116776 2007-08 212757

1998-99 29092 2003-04 104778 2008-09 210260

1999-00 42034 2004-05 142562 2009-10 190948

2000-01 57086 2005-06 170652 2010-11 152187

2011-12 126498


Year Total No. Of PatientsDrug Market Value

(Rs.)

1996-97 11514 437086.34

1997-98 18522 793438.00

1998-99 29092 1506891.65

1999-00 42034 2507026.06

2000-01 57086 4047781.25

2001-02 80406 5403849.78

2002-03 116776 8701707.10

2003-04 104778 9184562.76


Year Total No. Of Patients Drug Market Value (Rs.)

2004-05 142562 12469623.62

2005-06 170652 18047509.15

2006-07 187835 22090016.97

2007-08 212757 24794240.03

2008-09 210260 24849152.03

2009-10 190948 23542906.22

2010-11 152187 19783564.94

2011-12 126498 17760909.58





























Year Total No. Of PatientsDrug Market Value

(Rs.)

1996-97 11514 437086.34

1997-98 18522 793438.00

1998-99 29092 1506891.65

1999-00 42034 2507026.06

2000-01 57086 4047781.25

2001-02 80406 5403849.78

2002-03 116776 8701707.10

2003-04 104778 9184562.76


Year Total No. Of Patients Drug Market Value (Rs.)

2004-05 142562 12469623.62

2005-06 170652 18047509.15

2006-07 187835 22090016.97

2007-08 212757 24794240.03

2008-09 210260 24849152.03

2009-10 190948 23542906.22

2010-11 152187 19783564.94

2011-12 126498 17760909.58


Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust Manav Parivar’s Medical Camp at - Matar

(Details of Sarvarog Sarvar Camp Held From The Year 1996-97 To 2011-2012)

Year No. Of Patients Year No. Of Patients Year No. Of Patients

1996-97 11514 2001-02 80406 2006-07 187835

1997-98 18522 2002-03 116776 2007-08 212757

1998-99 29092 2003-04 104778 2008-09 210260

1999-00 42034 2004-05 142562 2009-10 190948

2000-01 57086 2005-06 170652 2010-11 152187

2011-12 126498


Shree Baldevdas Charitable Trust Manav Parivar’s Medical Camp at - Matar(Details of Sarvarog Sarvar Camp Held From The Year 1996-97 To 2011-2012)

Year No. Of PatientsDrug Market

Value (Rs.)Year No. Of Patients

Drug Market

Value (Rs.)

1996-97 11514 437086.34 2004-05 142562 12469623.62

1997-98 18522 793438.00 2005-06 170652 18047509.15

1998-99 29092 1506891.65 2006-07 187835 22090016.97

1999-00 42034 2507026.06 2007-08 212757 24794240.03

2000-01 57086 4047781.25 2008-09 210260 24849152.03

2001-02 80406 5403849.78 2009-10 190948 23542906.22

2002-03 116776 8701707.10 2010-11 152187 19783564.94

2003-04 104778 9184562.76 2011-12 126498 17760909.58


Over All Analysis of Medical Camp Data:

• Free Medical Camp is going on from more than 15 years

• In the year 1996-1997, the yearly beneficiaries were 11514 only.

• In 2006-2007, the yearly beneficiary reaches to 187835.

• Maximum numbers of beneficiary were in year 2007-2008. It was 212757.

• In 2011-2012, the year beneficiaries were 126498.

• In the Year 1996-1997, the yearly expense was Rs. 437086/-.

• In 2006-2007, the yearly expense was Rs. 22090016/-

• In 2011-2012, the yearly expense was Rs. 17760909/-


• Conclusion and Recommendation• Health itself is a priority goal as well as a core driver to

economic development and national income increment. It is the heart of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs )

4 Reduce Child Mortality

5 Improve Maternal Health

6 Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases


Good health will reflect improvement in following key factors:• Education• Labour Productivity• Saving • Investments• All of the above 4 factors will reflect a positive improvement

which will in result reflect community empowerment. Health improvements affect education, labor productivity,

savings and investments, and demography in ways that can possibly offer a boost to the Gross National Income (GNP) of developing economies. That will make the community empower.


Isn’t these act will leads towards Better Individual Health

Individual development,

Economic development

Community Empowerment.


Recommendation:If we take average 100000 patients getting treatment in above

organization per year, If other 10 organization starts working like this organizaton then following is the calculation.

No. of NGO

Beneficiary Per month

Beneficiary Per 6month

Beneficiary Per year

1 8000 50000 100000

2 16000 100000 200000

3 24000 150000 300000

4 32000 200000 400000

5 40000 250000 500000



organization per year, If other 10 organization starts working like this organization then following is the calculation.

No. of NGO




6 48000 300000 600000

7 56000 350000 700000

8 64000 400000 800000

9 72000 450000 900000

10 80000 500000 1000000



organization per year, If other 10 organization starts working like this organization then following is the calculation.

No. of NGO




6 48000 300000 600000

7 56000 350000 700000

8 64000 400000 800000

9 72000 450000 900000

10 80000 500000 1000000


• If we consider 5 organizations working in such ways for one month, around 40,000 people from the community will get medicine and healthy life.

• If we consider 10 organizations working in such ways for one month, around 80,000 people from the community will get medicine and healthy life.

• If we consider 5 organizations working in such ways, for six month around 250000 people from the community will get medicine and healthy life.

• If 10 such organizations working in this ways, for six month around 500000 people from the community will get medicine and healthy life.


• If we consider 5 organizations working in such ways, per year around 500000 people from the community will get medicine and healthy life.

• If 10 such organizations working in this ways, per year around 1000000 people from the community will get medicine and healthy life.

Isn’t it Innovative and Best practices in Community Empowerment?


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MENT• xv Arora, S. ‘Health Human Productivity, and Long-Term Economic Growth’, The Journal of Economic

History, Vol. 61, No. 3 • xvi Mayer, D. 2001, ‘The Long Term Impact of Health on Economic Growth in Latin America’, World

Development, V 29, No. 6 • xvii Gallup J & Sachs J. ‘The Economic Burden of Malaria’, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and

Hygiene, 64(1, 2)8, 2001, pp85-96 • xviii Sachs, J. 2003, Institutions Don’t Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income, Online at::

http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/File/about/director/pubs/nber_w9490.pdf • xix Bloom, Canning & Sevilla, 2004, ‘The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function

Approach’, World Development V 32, No 1 xx Fogel, R. 2004. ‘Health, Nutrition, and Economic Growth’, Economic Development and Cultural Change; Apr 2004; 52,

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https://www.academia.edu/1588300/THE_ROLE_OF_HEALTH_IN_ECONOMIC_GROWTH_AND_DEVELOPMENT


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