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Experiences of family adoption program by a medical student

In India, around 65.5% of population resides in rural settings (as per 2020 statistics) whereas availability of healthcare facilities is skewed towards urban setups. Though adequate healthcare supplies exist in the community, it is the access to healthcare to the rural citizen that is a major concern. Issues like health illiteracy, ignorance about communicable and non-communicable disease, means to reach healthcare facilities, services, take time off from their daily wages work and workforce shortages are some of the barriers that limit timely and quality health related awareness and care leading to scenario of scarcity in abundance. Hence, there is a need to take measures to make healthcare more accessible to the rural and needy population and impact community based and community oriented training to budding healthcare professionals.