We have been running awareness and screening programs in urban areas (covering urban women community, Corporates and Govt School Teachers) and rural Karnataka (Muddenhalli, Nandi, Nayanahalli, Dibbur, Peresandra and Mandikal, Gudibanda PHCs in Chikaballapur district). The intention is to identify the women in the precancerous state and aid in treatment.

 

1.      Under urban programs, we have conducted awareness talks and screening programs in Bangalore. Oracle, Eclinical works, MVJ medical college, MS Ramaiah Dental college, Ujjivan, ACT TV, JSS Medical college, Govt school teachers (North zone) are some of the beneficiaries.

 

2.      Under rural programs, we have taken up a rural pilot screening program in Muddenahalli PHC (Chikkaballapur Taluk) PHC to cover all 56 villages since the beginning of 2012.  The model we have adopted is to group all the villages under few sub-centers and conduct screening programs three/four times a month.  We have hired a local coordinator and a MSW worker to reach out to each door in the village to spread the awareness.  The place is approx 85 kms from Bangalore and the entire team with the screening equipment travelled to the venue for every camp.

 

The smears/slides collected are identified to the individual with proper coding. The pap smears are read by pathologists (at a cost) at Bangalore. Where intervention is required, the women are treated appropriately. The cost of treatment is subsidized by M.S. Ramaiah Hospital (Dr. Sundari, President of Mahati Trust works at M.S. Ramaiah Hospital).

 

We have successfully completed all 56 villages and ensured the coverage is maintained at 75 – 80% of the eligible women population in every village.

 

3.      To continue our screening programs, subsequently we have identified Nandi PHC in Chikkaballapur district and started population based screening from May 2014 and successfully completed all the 46 villages, covered 3213 women and collected 1993 smears in this PHC. 

 

4.      We are also awarded a project from District Health Department of Chikkaballapur to screen all the 5000 health workers of Chikkaballapur district. The project is completed successfully with CSR funds from HAL.

 

5.      3^rd PHC, Nayanahalli is completed as part of our continued rural screening program. Conducted 32 camps and covered 36 villages with coverage of 2250 women and 2065 smears.

 

6.      Completed Dibbur PHC which has 45 villages, covered 2323 women and 2054 smears.

 

7.      Started pilot project in Indalwadi Tehsil, Anekal Taluk with CSR funds from Bosch, India Foundation. Co-working with SST on this program. Have covered 100 women in Indalwadi Tehsil.

 

8.      Completed Peresandra PHC that had 39 villages, covered 2348 women and collected 2049 papsmear slides.

 

9.       Completed Mandikal PHC , covered 36 Villages, Covered 1846 women and collected 1586 pap smear slides

 10.  Gudibanda PHC screening program is in progress, covered 2371 women and collected 2128 pap smear samples.

With the help of District Health office, Chikkaballapur, a colposcopy machine is set up at chikkaballapur Govt hospital to conduct colposcopy on the women identified pap smear positive. Regular colposcopy is conducted as part of the treatment. 

The overall data of coverage in various programs as on January 2020 is given in the table below.

                

Area	# camps	# Beneficiaries	# Smears	Pap smear Positive cases	Treated	# villages
Urban	42	4017	164
Muddenahalli   PHC	44	3007	1878	Pap positive Precancerous -41; Cancerous -8	Precancerous – 14; Cancerous - 5	56
Nandi PHC	41	3213	1993	Pap positive Precancerous - 35;Cancerous -5	Precancerous - 15; Cancerous - 5	46
District health programs (PHCs)	46	2688	2482	Pap positive Precancerous - 43, Cancerous – 6	Precancerous - 5; Cancerous - 5	37
Nayanahalli	35	2250	2065	Pap positive Precancerous -10, Cancerous – 8	Precancerous - 6, cancerous - 4	36
Dibbur	38	2323	2054	Pap positive Precancerous -31, cancerous -5	Precancerous - 4, cancerous - 2	45
Peresandra	37	2348	2049	Pap positive Precancerous -27, cancerous -3	Precancerous - 2, cancerous - 1	39
Mandikal	32	1846	1586	Pap positive Precancerous – 31	3	36
Bagepalli (Gudibande)	47	2371	2128	Pap positive precancerous  - 34	8	48
GRAND TOTAL As of January 2020	362	24063	16399	Cancerous - 35, Pap positive Precancerous – 278	cancerous - 22, Precancerous - 57	343