INREM Fights COVID-19
What we do
The second wave of COVID-19 has devastated many parts of India in 2021. INREM is supporting local district administration and other bodies help cope with the situation in 9 districts of 7 states in India.
The needs on ground are multi-layered and complex. This page informs on requirements of local partners. Within this, INREM is directly responding on certain specific actions of immediate importance.
The picture on ground
Jhabua and Ali Rajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Situation snapshot
An absolute disaster picture in this place (unestimated mortalities in remote villages)
very low local capacity to respond (very low ICU beds and extremely poor doctor/patient ratio)
Tribal village communities are having strong vaccine hesitancy
Low trust and fear in health system.
Overall needs
Oxygen equipments (100 OCs and other needs listed)
Safety needs of frontline workers (PPEs, gloves)
Essential medicines (shortage of specific medicines)
Rapid detection and capability to self-isolate and recover.
INREM action
Connecting medical equipment/essential providers with facilities
Acting through Village health centres on local testing/isolation/recovery protocol alongwith building trust in referral where needed
Acting on resilience for recovery now and preparedness for future pandemic waves .
Media and other reports
This article by India water portal will give you a picture of how we go about on ground with reference to two of our locations.
A guest author blog series started by us with this article of a forest gathering community who received our support.
An interview conducted to get our views on the COVID-19 crisis and what we see as the path ahead.
Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed multiple challenges in different geographies, especially for the vulnerable groups living in areas that already have existing issues of water and food security. India Natural Resource Economics and Management (INREM) Foundation has worked in such areas for many years to resolve challenges around water contamination by strengthening governance systems and raising awareness.
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