Funding agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 

Project duration: Nov, 2023- Oct, 2026

Project site: Two tribal-dominated blocks of Koraput district, Odisha—Dasmantapur and Lamtaput—covering a total of 340 villages. 

Brief description: This project aims to improve health resilience among tribal communities in Dasmantapur and Lamtaput blocks of Koraput district, Odisha, through sustainable, community-led interventions. Despite the presence of government health services, access and utilization remain low due to infrastructural, cultural, and logistical barriers. The initiative will engage and train local stakeholders—frontline workers, traditional healers, SHGs, and “Community Champions”—to enhance nutrition, hygiene, and disease surveillance. By integrating local knowledge with public health systems, the project seeks to create a replicable model that addresses critical health challenges such as malnutrition, anaemia, maternal and child health, and infectious disease outbreaks.