To attain self-reliance in health, the local tribal girls and women were trained to become health workers and auxiliaries who are playing a key role of community development facilitators. This was initiated by Dr. Regi George and Dr. Lalitha Regi who established the Tribal Health Initiative (THI) in 1992 in Sittilingi valley and started its first hospital-cum-patient unit from a small hut. The infant mortality in the area was a pathetic 147/1000 and many mothers died in childbirth. In the nex .... Read More