Monsoon health and Karkidakam care
Preventing dengue, leptospirosis and hepatitis; clean water; healthy habits for the Karkidakam month.
Why it matters
Every monsoon, fevers sweep Kerala. Simple steps such as clearing mosquito breeding spots and boiling drinking water work when a whole ward does them together.
What we do
- Source-reduction clean-up drives (dry days)
- Awareness for farm workers and others at risk of leptospirosis
- Well and drinking-water hygiene
- Karkidakam diet and health habits, taught by qualified vaidyas