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Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well Being

SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

  • Reduce the global maternal mortality ratio 
  • End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age
  • End the epidemics of communicable diseases
  • Reduce non-communicable diseases and promote mental health and wellbeing
  • Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse
  • Reduce deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents 
  • Ensure access to sexual and reproductive health-care services,
  • Access to quality essential health-care services including quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines
  • Reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination 
    • Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate
    • Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases 
    • Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce 
    • Strengthen the capacity of all countries for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks

Activities Undertaken

  • Arrangement of regular vaccination programmes for students in collaboration with Max India Foundation.
  • Manufacturing unit for free of cost sanitary napkins.
  • Conducting menstrual awareness through UNFPA’s ‘Life Skills Education’ project, across the state. The project also raises awareness on adolescent and reproductive sexual health.
  • Use of a mega laundry to effectively and economically wash clothes of all students in order to maintain hygiene and cleanliness.
  • 200 bedded in-house medical facility, duly supported by Kalinga Institute of Medical Science (KIMS)
  • Focus on sports education & participation, with students playing at both national & international level
  • Through provision of proper nutrition and timely vaccination to its students, KISS has successfully reduced incidences of diseases like Malaria & Anemia generally prevalent in tribal dominated areas.
  • Set up a Center for Indigenous Knowledge on Herbal Medicines and Therapeutics for the introduction of cutting-edge subjects including the Ethno Medicinal System, Health and Nutritional Issues in Tribal Communities.

Research on focused on SDG 3

  1. Health and Well-being in Tribal Populations
  2. Maternal and Child Health in Tribal Communities
  3. Impact of Traditional Medicine on Tribal Health
  4. Prevalence of Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
  5. Mental Health and Well being in Tribal Areas
  6. Access to Healthcare Services
  7. Nutrition and Dietary Practices
  8. Impact of Environmental Factors on Tribal Health
  9. Immunization Coverage in Tribal Areas
  10. Substance Abuse and Its Impact on Tribal Youth
  11. Health Education and Awareness
  12. Sexual and Reproductive Health
  13. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Health
  14. Health Impact of Migration and Displacement
  15. Role of Community Health Workers
  16. Epidemiological Studies on Infectious Diseases