Kerala to organise week-long healthcare campaign for tribal communities

Steps being taken to address issues related to healthcare and malnutrition among tribespeople, says Minister

A week-long healthcare campaign would be organised for tribal communities in Kerala starting August 9, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, said K. Radhakrishnan, Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, on Friday. Replying to questions in the Assembly, he said the event would be held jointly by the departments of Scheduled Tribes Development, Local Self Government and Health. Steps were being taken to address issues related to healthcare and malnutrition among tribespeople, said Mr. Radhakrishnan. There were around 770 patients with sickle cell anaemia, a genetic disease, among the tribespeople in the districts of Wayanad, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Malappuram, he said.