Swasthya Saathi from adivasi change Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 5 min 25 sec
✓ Published: 04-Mar-2020

Description:
Shanti Dei Majhi is a dai (what is the Kondh term for Dai), a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) belongingnto the Kondh Adivasi (indigenous) community in Kerpai. She walks with her medical kit hanging down on one shoulder and her baby on another fastened through a sling, for miles to reach remote Adivasi hamlets of Kalanhandi block in the state of Orissa in Eastern India. She has been attending to the needs of the pregnant and lactating mothers belonging to the Scheduled Tribes (a term for Adivas