‘Illness To Wellness’ Awareness Drive Held for Teachers and other School Staff with Focus On Generating Awareness on Potential Health Issues

Health Camp offers individuals a chance to get preventive check-up
· Preventive approach aimed at providing individuals an opportunity to avoid complications of undiagnosed ailments

New Delhi, 6 August, 2024: The rising cases of lifestyle diseases among the youth due to irregular food habits and lack of physical activities pose a serious threat to our society. Young minds are extremely vulnerable and they get addicted to unhealthy eating habits which have an adverse impact on their bodies.

Recognising the gravity of the situation, the ‘Illness to Wellness’ campaign, a national initiative promoting healthy living and Yolohealth, a healthcare technology company, conducted a health camp for teachers and some students who are already undergoing treatment for different ailments. The camp was held at Guru Harkrishan Public School in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, on August 2 and August 5, 2024.

At the camp, over 160 people were tested across 22 parameters, which included blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI checks, and many other invasive and non-invasive tests. Through the proactive approach of preventive health testing, these individuals are given an opportunity to take control of their lifestyles and prevent further complications.

The health camps are being held across the city to sensitise citizens on the importance of detecting potential health issues at an early stage. Serving as an awareness and proactive health check-up platform, these camps offer individuals a chance to get preventive health check-ups and through them avoid potential complications that could arise from their delay.

The health check-up event held at Guru Harkrishan Public School marked yet another event in a series of highly successful camps undertaken through the collaborative efforts of Illness to Wellness and yolohealth. This initiative was launched on March 28, 2024, and since then, the campaign has swiftly gained traction, with seven camps being held over the last 4 months. Preceding this event, health camps were held at prominent locations, including Janpath, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Birla Mandir, Aggarwal Digambar Jain Mandir in Connaught Place, Priority Health Care in Green Park and Shri Sai Bhakta Samaj.

Speaking about the initiative, Anil Rajput, Chairperson, ASSOCHAM National CSR Council, said, “The Illness to Wellness and Yolohealth awareness campaign has been able to make a significant impact through the health camps in a relatively short period of time. I am glad that to note that the school principal and the other administrative staff were appreciative of our initiative and they made a call to Illness to Wellness to increase their engagement and have many more people and schools covered in their programme. We are fully committed to this and we will approach many more principals of other schools to enable the setting up of Illness to Wellness and yolohealth awareness camps. As we increasingly seek to build a healthier and more productive society, such initiatives, with the youth at the centre will without doubt yield superior and impactful results that will increase the contribution of our people towards nation building.”

In the camp, YoloHealth used its trademark product HealthATM to show how technology has evolved in delivering accurate health assessment reports. These HealthATM machines are designed to offer primary and preventive healthcare services with the goal of ensuring easy public access. It is an aggregation of US FDA/EU certified IoT-enabled medical devices combined with yolohealth’s proprietary HIPPA compliant software backend and cloud-centric platform supporting tele-medicine facility. This pioneering endeavour enabled individuals to take stock of their health and make well-informed health decisions.

The ‘Illness to Wellness’ campaign was launched in 2014 and remains committed to promoting health and well-being through empowering, educating, collaborating and adopting of sustainable health practices. Over the years, it has aimed to maximise outreach and impact, from organising camps and awareness campaigns to holding regular webinars on key health topics and developments- with the clear purpose of raising awareness and providing motivation and remedies.