Curing Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) & Breaking the Poverty Cycle
Gabriel Project Mumbai
Gabriel Project Mumbai is a community-led organization that creates innovative solutions which enable communities to thrive
A quarter of the world's children infected with intestinal worms are found in India, where 26% of deaths in under-14s are attributed to diarrheal disease.
Intestinal worms is a painful and uncomfortable disease leading anaemia and malnutrition, resulting in chronic disabilities.
Associated with a lack of access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), WASH-related diseases disproportionately impacted marginalised and impoverished populations.
However, these diseases can be prevented and eliminated through simple and effective health measures.
WASH-related diseases perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
To break the cycle of poverty GPM has teamed up with NALA, an Israeli Public Health organization that has recorded an average 90% decrease in prevalence of intestinal worms in school children.
Through addressing the root causes of diseases, sustainable elimination can be achieved, malnutrition prevented, and the cycle of poverty broken.
WASH-related diseases perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
The Bal Balwaan nutrition mission includes a comprehensive set of activities that aims to both directly treat children with malnutrition and address the root causes of diseases through health education.