From its inception, SARD’s health programme is focused on education and knowledge awareness building, as this approach allows community members to prevent health problems from occurring in the first place, and leads to the most sustainable impact. SARD builds the capacities of private medical practitioners, local traditional birth attendants, depot holders, school teachers, members of high risk behavior groups, and the community at large. SARD also organises health camps in its programme areas which provide immunisations, ante and post natal check ups, and deal with any other pressing health needs in its project areas. SARD has been consciously working towards empowerment of rural women and girls by addressing their reproductive health and nutritional needs through a participative process

Health issues which SARD focuses on:
• Reproductive /Child Health /Family Planning
• Silicosis, Silica-tuberculosis and Tuberculosis
• Reproductive Tract Infection/Sexually Transmitted Infection
• HIV/AIDS
• Rehabilitation of the disabled (especially children and landmine survivors)

In addition to its community-based health interventions, SARD also conducts workplace interventions for the staff of many of the India’s leading corporate houses. These workshops address the issue of HIV/AIDS according to International Labour Organisation guidelines by generating awareness, disseminating information on safe sex practices, and combating the stigma placed on HIV positive people.

Another key focus of SARD’s health interventions is providing comprehensive support to the persons with disability, particularly children and the victims of landmine explosions. To this end, SARD’s activities are diverse: from running physical rehabilitation centers and holding artificial limb distribution camps, to helping landmine survivors reintegrate into their communities through vocational training and psychological counselling