2014-2016 impact: Access to health

IMPACT
Achieved at 88%. Through GK in Bangladesh and AREDS in India, 351.466 people benefitted from health care and insurance. Health care expenditure of 12.380 workers was reduced by 6 to 7%. Also note that in the areas GK works, Crude Birth Rate and Maternal Mortality Ratio went down by respectively 14 and 12% for 275.000 beneficiaries.

OUTPUT

	Number of people	To which extend achieved planned
Awareness raising	14.763	196%
Access to health care	351.292	134%
Self-organized health insurance	231.461	176%

GK paramedics doing community visits and post-natal care.

“I was born outside of Dhaka, near the border with India. My marriage was arranged when I was 12, thirteen years ago. While in the beginning, I was a housewife, I started working as garment worker two years ago. My husband was already working at the same garment company, so I wanted to add to the family income. We have two children, 7 and 3 years old, all living in one room. From my monthly salary of 8.000BDT, I pay 2.000BDT for rent. I opened a bank account, on which I deposits half, the other half I give to my husband. I come to GK service center because after my appendix was taken out at the GK reference hospital, it is still painful so I wanted some medication or painkillers. I have been covered by the GK insurance scheme for the past fifteen months. The operation was done for free, while in private clinic it would cost at least 30.000BDT. I would be very willing to pay 10BDT per month to continue this coverage, because if I have to pay for services, this would have probably amounted for the past year to around 5.000BDT.”