National Institute Of Sowa Rigpa (NISR)
The Tribal Health Care Research Programme was initiated by CCRAS in 1982 with the main objective to Study the living conditions, geographical and environmental profile of tribal people, availability and use of medicinal plants in the area, study of dietetic habits, Socio-demographic profile, nature and frequency of prevalent diseases and collection of information related to health status, propagation of knowledge about hygiene, and preventing diseases, provide medical aid at their door steps, collection and documentation of folk medicines/claims.
This Programme was initiated at National Institute of Sowa Rigpa, Leh in 2014 and the main objectives of the Tribal Health Care Research Programme is to provide free medical camp for tribal population of Leh and Kargil districts at their door steps under TSP. This programme includes providing awareness to the local tribal people about cleanliness of domestic surroundings. In addition, study of living conditions, diseases profile, dietary habits, social economic condition, geographical and environmental information etc. of tribal population will be documented along with prevalence of diseases from the tribal community and also assessment of the health status.