On National Safe Motherhood Day, Vedanta Aluminium promotes maternal health in Jharsuguda
14th April 2023
- Its initiatives towards enhanced maternal health benefitted 30,000 women and children in FY23
Jharsuguda, Odisha; 14th April, 2023: On National Safe Motherhood Day, Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, conducted a series of awareness sessions on maternal health, nutrition and neonatal care for pregnant and lactating mothers in Jharsuguda. The sessions were conducted in Brundamal village at a Nand Ghar, which are modernized anganwadis run by Vedanta that serve as centres of women & child development, with a focus on pre-school education, nutrition and healthcare and women’s skill development.
As part of the program, essential checks for pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes and other pregnancy-related ailments were conducted by a team of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), Anganwadi workers and doctors from Vedanta Aluminium’s mobile health units. Moreover, the women were imparted crucial information regarding the importance of supplementary feeding practices along with breastfeeding to promote proper nutrition, as well as the need for complete immunisation of new-born babies. The women were also provided with vitamin supplements to help maintain their health while in the breastfeeding phase of motherhood.
Through its Nand Ghars, Vedanta Aluminium has been conducting regular informative sessions and health camps for expectant and new mothers in Jharsuguda, reaching out to more than 30,000 women and children in the last financial year alone.
Speaking about the company’s healthcare interventions for the communities, Mr. Sunil Gupta, CEO – Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda, said, “In pursuit of our commitment to improving rural communities’ access to quality healthcare, we have rolled out various health initiatives across Odisha, especially in underserved regions. Promoting women and child health is a crucial pillar in Vedanta’s social impact endeavours, and our Nand Ghars, which have emerged as important community centres of woman and child development, play a crucial role in this endeavour. Our initiatives focus on raising awareness about proper care, medical check-ups, and support for mothers and new-born babies, ensuring their total wellbeing.”
Ms Anjali Rohidas, one of the mothers who attended the session, said, “I have been attending Vedanta’s health camps for quite some time now, especially during my first trimester. Through such sessions I have become more cognizant of my own health as well as of my new-born child. We are also provided vitamin supplements free of cost and I thank the company for supporting us during this crucial period of our lives.”
Vedanta Jharsuguda provides a wide spectrum of basic and specialized health services in and around its areas of operations such as:
- Mobile Health Units: Medical Units equipped to provide basic doorstep healthcare services on a regular basis to more than 54,000 people annually in remote villages.
- Nand Ghars: Through its Nand Ghars, Vedanta Aluminium provides quality healthcare and proper nutrition to small children, pregnant women, and new mothers.
- Health camps: The company conducts mega health camps in Jharsuguda that feature specialists and resource personnel from government hospitals, to provide free-of-cost quality healthcare in remote parts of Odisha.
- Sanitation drives: To promote health and hygiene in the community, the company also organises cleanliness & sanitation drives to encourage practices such as handwashing. Moreover, employee volunteers work with community members to clean drains & streets and disinfect them to prevent breakouts of infectious.
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.29 million tonnes in FY23. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 2nd in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2022 world rankings for aluminium industry, a reflection of its sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
About Vedanta Limited:
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa and Namibia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Vedanta has put in place a comprehensive framework to be the ESG leader in the natural resources sector. Vedanta is committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 or sooner and has pledged $5 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the transition to net zero operations. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company’s flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars, have been set up as model anganwadis focused on eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with skill development. Under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, the umbrella entity for Vedanta’s social initiatives, the Vedanta group has pledged Rs 5000 crore over the next five years on social impact programmes with a thrust on nutrition, women & child development, healthcare, animal welfare, and grass-root level sports. Vedanta and the group companies have been featured in Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and was conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020, Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Corporate Governance 2022 and certified as a Great Place to Work 2022. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
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About Vedanta Aluminium Business:
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.29 million tonnes in FY23. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 1st in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
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