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Total Population 1,151,751,000*
Life Expectancy for men 62 years*
Life Expectancy for women 64 years*
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 4.9%*
* Source: World Health Organization (WHO).
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Dr Somervell CBR Medical and Psychosocial Rehabilitation Programme

Partner: Dr Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College Hospital
Project #: P2564

A comprehensive rehabilitation programme providing access to essential healthcare in Kerala, India.

An Indian boy with his mother at Dr Somervell CSI. Photo: CBMThe Programme provides a comprehensive range of services to people with a wide range of disability. Photo: CBM.

Founded in 1894, the Dr Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College Hospital's main objective is to improve the access of persons with disabilities into the community. The project provides essential medical treatment and rehabilitation as well as community-based approaches.

CBM supports community-based rehabilitation (CBR), the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department, the Eye Department, and a psychosocial rehabilitation programme. In this region alone, there are 1-2 million people living with disabilities.

The project is particularly interested in the early identification of, and intervention in childhood disability. Disabilities such as clubfoot can be treated extremely easily when identified at an early stage.