Field notes on screening, one signal at a time.
Patient guides and reports from the work in Barasat and North 24 Parganas — anaemia, non-invasive screening, cardiometabolic risk, and the model that carries it to the last mile.
Sustainable Healthcare by Design: How Our Model Maps to the UN SDGs
Preventive screening that is low-cost, battery-free, and locally run is sustainability in practice. Here is how SamaHealth's work in West Bengal maps to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Read the entry →Non-Invasive Health Screening: Your Questions, Answered
A plain-language FAQ on non-invasive community health screening: what it checks, how accurate it is, what it costs, and what it does not do.
Scaling Community Screening Across North 24 Parganas
How a hub-and-spoke screening model grows across a border district without losing the quality, trust, and honest measurement that make it work.
A Year of SamaClip: What We Got Right and What We Learned
One year after SamaClip entered routine use, an honest look at what worked, what surprised us, and what we had to change about community screening.
Ethics and Equity in Community Health AI
How we think about consent, bias, data, and over-claiming when AI-assisted tools are used to screen people who have few other options for care.
The Monk Skin Tone Scale, Explained for Patients
Why does a health device care about skin tone scales? Here is what the Monk Skin Tone scale is, why it exists, and why we validate our screening across it.
Diabetes Risk in Women Who Never Reach a Lab
Many women at risk of diabetes never get an HbA1c test, because reaching a lab is too hard. Here is how a non-invasive risk signal finds them where they are.
Building a Local Health-Data Map of West Bengal, Privacy First
Screening at scale produces data that can guide where resources go. Here is how we think about building a local health-data map without compromising people's privacy.
How We Count Impact Honestly: Footfall Versus People Screened
Big numbers are easy to inflate in healthcare. Here is why we separate how many people walk through our doors from how many we can actually claim to have screened.
What 'Screening, Not Diagnosis' Means — and Why the Distinction Matters
A screen flags who might have a problem. A diagnosis confirms it. Confusing the two is dangerous. Here is the difference and why we insist on it.
Vascular Stiffness: An Early Signal of Cardiometabolic Risk
Stiffening arteries are an early warning of cardiovascular risk, often before blood pressure rises. Here is what vascular stiffness means and why it is worth watching.
Maternal Anaemia and Newborn Health: Breaking the Cycle
A mother's anaemia affects her newborn's health and iron stores. Here is how maternal anaemia carries into the next generation, and where the cycle can be broken.
Why Battery-Free, Smartphone-Powered Devices Matter in Low-Power Settings
No battery to charge, no mains supply needed. Here is why a battery-free, phone-powered design is the feature that makes screening work where electricity is unreliable.
The Economics of Preventive Screening: $1.50 vs the Cost of a Crisis
A painless screen costs about the price of a bus ride. A late-stage crisis costs vastly more. Here is the simple economics that makes prevention the smart spend.
Tuberculosis Triage: How Screening Flags Who Needs Referral
Screening tools don't diagnose tuberculosis, but they can help flag who needs proper TB testing. Here is the difference between triage and diagnosis, and why it matters.
From Screening to Follow-Up: Continuity of Care for Anaemia
Finding anaemia is only step one. Treating it well means checking again over months. Here is why continuity of care matters and how we close the follow-up gap.
Partnering with Graywards: Cardiometabolic Screening Pilots Come to Barasat
SamaHealth and Graywards have begun joint pilots in our Barasat cardiometabolic clinic, bringing low-cost preventive heart and metabolic screening closer to families in West Bengal.
SpO2 Across Every Skin Tone: What Our Data Shows
Standard oximeters read less accurately on darker skin. Our validation tested oxygen-saturation accuracy across the full skin-tone range. Here is what we found.
How Accurate Is Non-Invasive Haemoglobin Screening?
Can a needle-free finger test really detect anaemia? Here is what the evidence shows, what the accuracy numbers mean, and where the limits are.
From Screening to Follow-Up: Introducing SamaBeat
SamaClip finds the problem. SamaBeat, our new wrist-worn band, helps follow the same patient over time so flagged cases aren't lost between visits.
Our Validation Results: Non-Invasive Screening That Holds Up
The results are in. SamaClip's painless screen agreed closely with hospital-grade reference instruments across 175 adults in Barasat, including the darkest skin tones.
Anaemia and Adolescent Girls: Catching It Before It Compounds
Adolescence is when anaemia takes hold and sets a lifelong baseline. Here is why screening girls early breaks a cycle that otherwise carries into pregnancy and the next generation.
What Our Validation Study Set Out to Prove
As our clinical validation study wraps up, here is what it was designed to test, how it was run, and what a screening study can and cannot claim.
Free Transport for Pregnant and Elderly Patients: Closing the Last Mile
An abnormal screening result only helps if the patient can reach care. Here is why we added free transport to the main clinic for those who need it most.
Train-the-Trainer: How Local People Run Their Own Screening
Sustainable community health depends on local people, not visiting experts. Here is how a train-the-trainer model turns community members into skilled screening operators.
Hypertension and Heart Disease: India's Quiet Epidemic
High blood pressure usually has no symptoms but drives much of India's heart disease and stroke burden. Here is why checking matters before it does damage.
Why We're Validating Our Screening on Every Skin Tone
We have started a clinical validation study at our NABL-accredited centre, deliberately recruiting across skin tones underrepresented in calibration data. Here is why.
Women's Health Check-Ups: Five Things Worth Screening in One Visit
A single screening visit can check anaemia, oxygen levels, diabetes risk, heart rate, and rhythm. Here is why each one matters for women's health.
The Hub-and-Spoke Model: How One Centre Can Reach Hundreds of Thousands
A trusted diagnostic centre at the hub, light screening points at the spokes. Here is how the hub-and-spoke model scales reach without scaling cost the same way.
Community Health Camps: Bringing the Clinic to the Village
When patients can't reach the clinic, the clinic should reach them. Here is how community screening camps work and why they close a gap nothing else does.
Atrial Fibrillation: The Silent Heart Rhythm That Raises Stroke Risk
Atrial fibrillation often has no obvious symptoms but sharply raises stroke risk. Here is what it is, who is at risk, and why a simple rhythm check matters.
Diabetes Is Rising in Semi-Urban Bengal. Here's What HbA1c Tells You
Type 2 diabetes is climbing in semi-urban West Bengal, often undiagnosed. Here is what HbA1c measures and why a risk signal matters before symptoms appear.
Pulse Oximeters and Skin Tone: Why Accuracy Hasn't Been Equal for Everyone
Standard pulse oximeters have been shown to read less accurately on darker skin. Here is what that means and why we designed our screening to be tested across skin tones.
What a 120-Second Screening Visit Actually Looks Like
From sitting down to a result, here is what a painless multi-parameter screening session looks like at our centre and in community camps.
Introducing SamaClip: Painless Screening Enters Routine Use at Anubhav
SamaClip, our battery-free, smartphone-powered finger sensor, is now in routine use at Anubhav Life Care. Here is what it does and why we built it.
What NABL Accreditation Actually Means for You as a Patient
NABL accreditation is more than a certificate on the wall. Here is what it guarantees about the lab handling your test, and why it matters.
Why a Finger-Prick Still Keeps People Away From Testing
Fear of needles, repeat blood draws, and inconvenience keep people from getting screened. Non-invasive screening removes a barrier that is bigger than it looks.
Protein-Energy Malnutrition in Children: The Early Signs Parents Miss
Protein-energy malnutrition affects a large share of young children in some communities. Here are the early signs and why catching it early protects a child's future.
Iron-Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnancy: What Every Expecting Mother Should Know
Anaemia in pregnancy is common and treatable, but risky if missed. Here is what it means for mother and baby, and why repeat screening matters.
North 24 Parganas: A District of Ten Million and the Diagnostic Gap
North 24 Parganas is India's most populous district. Behind the numbers is a serious gap in access to specialist screening for rural and peri-urban families.
The Real Cost of a Late Diagnosis
Late diagnosis is expensive in money, health, and time. Here is what waiting until a crisis actually costs families in semi-urban West Bengal.
What Is Anaemia? Symptoms Women in Barasat Shouldn't Ignore
A plain-language guide to anaemia: what it is, the warning signs in women, the main causes, and when to get a haemoglobin test.
Why Anaemia Is West Bengal's Most Overlooked Health Crisis
West Bengal has the highest anaemia rate among women of any Indian state. Here is why it stays hidden — and what early screening changes.