Tata Steel has undertaken various healthcare initiatives to promote healthcare in rural communities, especially for weaker sections who are often in dire need of healthcare knowledge and facilities.

Some of them include:

• Antenatal Checkups: 'Care before Birth', including education, counselling, regular nursing and medical care recommended for women during pregnancies.
• Project RISHTA: This is a collaborative project with Packard Foundation and Government of Jharkhand, focuses on Adolescent Reproductive and sexual health issues.
• Population Stabilisation.

With a project area of 120 Sq. Kms. and the high level of ignorance in the community, many challenges were faced during the implementation of the project including inadequate institutional healthcare services and constraints in data collection.

However, the project, which is in its 4th year, has had the following impact:

• Nearly 90 per cent of pregnant women have received Ante-Natal Check-ups (ANCs) and Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablets.
• Institutional deliveries have increased from 58.5 per cent to 79 per cent.
• Percentage of infant deaths has come down from 6.15 to 1.58 while percentage of neonatal deaths has come down from 5.9 to 1.15.