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Overview

India is undergoing an epidemiological shift in the affordable, and patient-centric healthcare is
profile of diseases, facing the triple burden of accessible to all Indians. The focus is on improving
communicable diseases, non-communicable the access to and quality of primary healthcare, by
diseases and accidents/injuries. Healthcare services addressing challenges in human resources,
are also greatly skewed in favour of urban areas, infrastructure, and technology adoption, among
while the majority of the population resides in rural others.
areas. There is a yawning demand-supply gap in Considering the need for supporting public health
the nation’s healthcare system. Additionally, there is systems and minimising the disease burden in the
a significant gap in human resources in terms of community, the Trusts are working to create timely
their availability, distribution and capacities. And, access to primary care and improve quality of care
there are deeply wounding holes in the medical in project areas. For this, health interventions are
infrastructure. being implemented under the following
A healthcare worker performing his tasks The Trusts aim to address these challenges by four themes.
helping to build a healthy nation where quality,

Awareness session in progress Hospital Infrastructure

Health Systems Strengthening

It involves collaborating with central and various state governments, providing technical and technological
support for capacity-building of the public health workforce, improved utilisation of health facilities and
data-driven decision-making through technical support units. Interventions are ongoing in Maharashtra,
Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)

To prioritise early detection of non-communicable diseases across large populations, the Trusts partnered
with the Government of India to provide technical support for a pan-India NCD screening initiative. NCD
technical support units provide expertise at the national level for policy-making, issuing guidelines as well
as supporting over 25 state governments in capacity-building of staff and adoption of technology for
efficient NCD screenings.
The Trusts are also implementing community-based screening initiatives with Mobile Medical Units and
adopting telemedicine as an approach in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
Mental health initiatives under this theme are implemented for face-lifting government-run mental
hospitals and undertaking district-level screening for mental health issues in the Nagpur region,
Maharashtra.

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