Doctors For You (DFY)
Doctors For You (DFY) was founded in 2007 by doctors, medical students, and like-minded individuals with a vision of "Health for All." It started as a platelet donation and awareness drive to manage outbreaks of Dengue, Leptospirosis, and Malaria in Mumbai, and has since grown into the leading medical humanitarian organization in the country.
DFY is a pan-India humanitarian organization with international presence, working in disaster-hit zones and focusing on providing medical care to vulnerable communities during both crisis and non-crisis situations including emergency medical aid to people affected by natural disasters, conflicts, and epidemics.
The organization has more than 1,000 members and 2,000 registered volunteers who are ready to respond in crisis situations following a disaster. Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
DFY works across six core programme areas:
- Public Health & Nutrition: Strengthening public healthcare systems, managing TB and malnutrition programmes, maternal and child health, cancer care (Project Aastha), and running nutrition centres in Bihar and other states.
- Emergency Relief & Response: DFY is building a world-class Disaster Response Team capable of responding within 48 hours of any disaster across the Indian subcontinent. They have responded to floods, earthquakes, cyclones, and ethnic violence across India.
- Skill Development & Livelihoods: Running skilling programmes like GARIMA (Hygiene Technician training in partnership with Sealed Air) and Soap for Hope recycling hotel soap for distribution to rural communities while also creating livelihood opportunities.
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Implementing drinking water purification projects and sanitation infrastructure across Rajasthan, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Jammu & Kashmir.
- Training, Capacity Building & Research: Conducting disaster preparedness training and capacity building at all levels from village communities to doctors, police forces, and paramilitary personnel throughout India. DFY has published research on TB prevalence in slum rehabilitation colonies, conducted in partnership with IIT Bombay.
- Environment & Sustainability: Running biomass projects in Punjab and other environment-focused initiatives.
Impact Highlights
- Vaccinated close to 1 million people against COVID-19, created 38 makeshift hospitals with 9,500 beds for COVID-19 patients, and installed more than 50 PSA oxygen plants in government hospitals
- Currently working across 17 states in India
- Vaccinated over 10 million individuals as part of the national COVID vaccination programme
- Supported setting up a 100-bed COVID care facility at LNJP Hospital, Delhi, inaugurated by the Chief Minister
- Conducted health facility assessments of over 70 facilities (sub-centres to PHCs) for cancer screening preparedness
- TB programme implemented in Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kolkata, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Nadia, and Madhya Pradesh
- Active flood and disaster response in Punjab, Noida, and multiple states (2025)
UNICEF, CARE India, Wipro, Cipla, HCL Foundation, Pfizer, Boeing, Adobe, Qatar Red Crescent, Islamic Relief, Direct Relief, Vitamin Angels, Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), TISS, National Health Mission, Government of Bihar, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), IIT Bombay, and others.
DFY actively recruits health professionals, social workers, disaster management practitioners, and development professionals. Current openings are based in Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi/NCR.
