Ms Selvi B., 65, undergoes a follow-up eye check-up at Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Multispeciality Hospital in MC Layout, Bengaluru, six weeks after a successful cataract surgery under the Government of Karnataka's Asha Kirana programme. Since its launch in 2022, ASHAs are visiting homes to screen vision in the community, and comprehensive eye checkups, spectacles and cataract surgeries are being provided by the state to those who need them. (Photo: Anshu Shekhar Roy / © WHO India)

Mr S. D. Ramchandrappa, 74, from Sabbenahalli village in Chikkaballapur district, beams with joy after receiving a new pair of spectacles free of cost under the Government of Karnataka’s Asha Kirana programme. Over 1.2 million free spectacles have been provided to those who need them under the programme, which offers integrated people-centered eye care services to all across the state. (Photo: Anshu Shekhar Roy / © WHO India)

In Khellong village under Nafra Community Health Centre, a WHO team worked with health workers, community mobilisers and local influencers to reach vaccine-hesitant families in their homes and encourage them to get their children vaccinated. As a result, eight children received life-saving vaccines, with two of them catching up on missed measles-rubella doses. (Photo: Nima Tsering Bapu / © WHO India)

September 2025 | West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh WHO teams monitored immunization outreach sessions in Ditchik village under Nafra Community Health Centre, on 8 September. Home visits and counselling of parents led to eight children being immunized in the village, categorized as a ‘high-risk area’ because of vaccine-hesitancy among some families. (Photo: Nima Tsering Bapu / © WHO India)