TB Mukt Mumbai: Free Health Camp Launched for Waste Pickers in Chembur
A TB awareness and health check-up camp for women waste pickers launched in Chembur on July 7 as part of the TB Mukt Mumbai campaign.
A free health check-up camp and TB awareness campaign for women waste pickers was launched on July 7 at the Fine Arts Cultural Centre in Chembur, Mumbai.
Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma inaugurated the camp, which was rolled out together with the NAMASTE Scheme under the ‘TB Mukt Mumbai’ campaign.
The campaign is a joint initiative of Maharashtra Lok Bhavan and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Film star Jackie Shroff joined the Governor in distributing Ayushman Bharat Health Cards and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to women waste pickers at the event.
Guests included Sushila Sable, Vice President of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers; Asha Marathe, Corporator and Chairperson of the Ward Committee; and BMC’s Additional Municipal Commissioners Prajakta Lavangare Verma and Dr. Vipin Sharma.
Also present were Jyoti Mhapsekar, Dr. Prashant Narnaware (Secretary to the Governor), Dr. Kiran Dighavkar (Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Solid Waste Management, BMC), and women waste pickers from the Deonar area.
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