Tribal Health

Tamil Nadu has implemented a range of focused healthcare initiatives to improve access, reduce health inequities, and strengthen maternal, child, and community health outcomes among tribal populations living in remote, hilly, and hard-to-reach areas. These interventions include Birth Waiting Rooms, Tribal Referral Services, Tribal Bed Grant Scheme, Tribal Counsellors, Sickle Cell Anaemia Programme, Haemoglobinopathy Screening, Integrated Treatment Centres, and Tribal Mobile Medical Units.