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This self-help group is revolutionising healthcare, treatment in villages

The folks at Uplift Mutuals realised that sudden medical events often pushed families into poverty

Uplift Mutuals works with 10,000 households in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Courtesy: Uplift Mutuals
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Uplift Mutuals works with 10,000 households in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Courtesy: Uplift Mutuals

Geetanjali Krishna
In a pretty red bandhej sari, Pyari Devi of Dungarpur looks like any other woman one might encounter in a Rajasthani village. But this spunky, illiterate woman is a key player in a self help group (SHG) which has transformed health insurance in this tribal area. Every member of the SHG contributes a premium and from this corpus, claims of up to Rs 15,000 are settled. Run by India’s first mutual health insurance non-profit, Uplift Mutuals, Pyari Devi’s group provides financial support, transportation to hospital and, most crucially, information to the claimant about where she or he could get the

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