Beat lifestyle disease
Diabetes, blood pressure and heart disease: early screening, walking groups, yoga and food habits.
Why it matters
Kerala is among the Indian states with the most diabetes, and many people find out late. Medicine alone will not fix it; habits have to change, and that is easier done together.
23.6%
of Keralites have diabetes; 18.1% are prediabetic
Source: ICMR-INDIAB, 2023
What we do
- Ward-level diabetes and blood pressure screening camps, led by doctors
- Morning and evening walking groups
- Yoga training to help manage diabetes
- Kitchen sessions on cutting salt, sugar and oil