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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): SBI Foundation and NSDL are coming together to tackle the high incidence of non-communicable, air-borne, and vector-borne diseases in slum settlements in Mumbai's Govandi, Sion and Kurla areas by providing free doorstep healthcare through Mobile Medical Units, under the SBIF Sanjeevani programme. The program will be implemented by Doctors For You, a non-profit organisation working on access to quality healthcare in India.

Shes lived here for thirty five years. i mean we keep raising the height of our homes but the gutters keep overflowing with the water come insects and mosquitoes sometimes the water rushes in like crazy the rats drag the plastic bags from the gutter into the house there are many problems but we endure it somehow. more than half of mumbai residents are slum dwellers like sherry fabi these are the only homes the citys poorest can afford. there is no clean running water here. infectious diseases li...