Every week in Bhopal, Community Health Workers (CHW’s) from Sambhavna and teams of Community Health Volunteers (CHV’s) from local neighbourhoods screen local residents for Covid-19 symptoms, refer those who test positive for treatment, and carry out […]
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With India still in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, Community Health Workers from the Sambhavna clinic in Bhopal continue their campaign to safeguard survivors and other residents in local communities from the virus. The core
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On September 17th, five survivor groups in Bhopal drafted a letter to the Chairman of the Monitoring Committee for Medical Rehabilitation of Bhopal Gas Victims citing criminal negligence on the part of the management of the
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This Wednesday, September 2nd, staff and volunteers of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic in Bhopal celebrated the 24th anniversary of it’s opening. Since opening in 1996, the clinic has provided regular and ongoing treatment to more than
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As cases of Covid-19 continue to rise in India, clinic staff and community volunteers in Bhopal have increased the scope of their door-to-door testing program in 35 local communities. More than 20 staff and 150 community
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Today the total deaths from Covid-19 in Bhopal surpassed two hundred, with nearly two thousand more active cases. Many of those who have died were survivors of the 1984 industrial disaster, people who lived for decades
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As we reported last week, community volunteers in Bhopal recently completed a poster campaign in the thirty-five neighbourhoods of the city in which most of the survivors of the 1984 gas disaster still live. Staff at
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When the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in India back in March, staff from the Sambhavna and Chingari clinics immediately began taking steps to safeguard gas survivors in the local communities from the virus. They
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Following a spike in coronavirus cases in Bhopal, on Wednesday the Madhya Pradesh state government announced a 10-day lockdown in Bhopal which will come into effect at 8pm this evening, Friday July 24th, and remain in
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We are delighted to announce that our GoFundMe page for the Bhopal’s Community Shield campaign is now live! If you’d like to learn more about the campaign and support our efforts to protect survivors of the
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Following the success of the Sambhavna and Chingari clinics’ Bhopal Community Shield initiative against Covid-19, we are delighted to report that they will be expanding the scope of their work to incorporate 20 new survivor communities
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The plight of the survivors of the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal has received significant press coverage this month after a report from survivor organisations on June 11th revealed that more than 75% of Covid-19 victims
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