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community, the Trusts are implementing health Communicable Diseases: The focus here is on preventing
interventions under four themes, with a need to the spread of communicable diseases through various
The biggest barrier to healthcare planning and delivery is create timely access to primary care and improve initiatives. For example, the Malaria-Free Odisha
a lack of real-time data on healthcare needs, disease quality of care in project areas. These include: programme ensures community empowerment to fight
burden and its spread, poor governance, and monitoring Malaria with resources and awareness, while grants given
of existing facilities, especially in Primary Health Centres Health Systems Strengthening: It involves collaborating to academic organisations ensure research and advocacy
(PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs). Training with central and various state governments, providing to combat diseases, such as Tuberculosis and AIDS.
and capacity building at government health facilities is technical and technological support for capacity building
limited only to select health programmes. Interpersonal among a public health workforce, improved utilisation of KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
communication skills, administrative skills, monitoring and health facilities, and data driven decision making through
supervision, and soft skills are largely absent in the health technical support units. Interventions are currently • 52,206,553 screenings were undertaken; 600,676
system and this lacuna directly a ects service delivery to ongoing in Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, referrals were made, 7,058,274 individuals were
the community. The sub-optimal provision of healthcare and Chhattisgarh. examined, 2,415,904 individuals were diagnosed, and
services at primary and secondary care centres further 2,933,771 individuals underwent treatment using CPHC
burdens tertiary care centres, resulting in patient Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): To prioritise early (Comprehensive Primary Health Care) software. screening, early detection, linkage, and treatment of
CHDs. Around 13,000 children were screened, and
dissatisfaction and inflated out-of-pocket expenditures for detection of non-communicable diseases across large
• Trainings conducted on the NCD app: 22,112 health 540 CHD surgeries have been conducted so far under
poor patients. That a significant gap exists in healthcare populations, the Trusts partnered with the Government
professionals were trained during FY 21-22 across 20 the programme.
human resources in terms of availability, distribution, of India to provide technical support for a pan-India
states and union territories. Between November 2021
capacities, and medical infrastructure, is widely known. NCD screening initiative. NCD technical support units
and March 2022, 830,894 health IDs were created using • A rehabilitation centre was operationalised for long-stay
provide expertise at the national level for policy making,
CPHC software, as part of the Government of India’s patients at the Regional Mental Hospital, Nagpur for
The Trusts are endeavouring to issue guidelines, as well as
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav programme. building local civil society collaboration and setting up
address these challenges by helping support over 25 state
community-based processes. 17 enrolments have been
build a healthy nation where governments in capacity
• The Government of India sanctioned `27 million for conducted so far.
quality, a ordable, and building for sta and the
replication of the model Urban Primary Health Centre
patient-centric healthcare is adoption of technology for
(UPHC) project at three other corporations and • The Hospital Augmentation Initiative of the Trusts,
accessible to all Indians. The e cient NCD screenings.
requested the Government of Maharashtra to expand, as operationalised in the wake of the second wave of the
focus remains on improving The Trusts are also
well as deepen the reach of the project. Notably, the Covid-19 pandemic, addressed some critical healthcare
access to, and quality implementing community-
model UPHC project was selected as a best practice at gaps, with a focus on high case-load geographies in
of primary healthcare, by based screening initiatives an Intercity Forum under the PPP (Public Private some of the underserved and vulnerable communities.
addressing the underlying with the help of Mobile Partnership) model for strengthening UPHCs. This initiative had a very specific goal, which was to
challenges in human resources, Medical Units (MMUs) and ensure that hospital beds in tier 2 and tier 3 towns were
infrastructure, technology adoption, have adopted telemedicine as • Over 200,000 telemedicine consultations have made ‘Covid Ready’ in adequate numbers, leading to a
etc. These levers will assist in better an approach in Uttar Pradesh and been undertaken thus far under the Health System multiplier e ect in terms of the number of humans lives
planning and delivery of healthcare in a Andhra Pradesh. Mental health Strengthening (Hyderabad) programme. saved. This included repurposing existing hospital beds
cost- e ective manner. A considerable initiatives under this theme are being in di erent specialties to deal with Critical Covid Care
change management e ort, aimed at implemented for face-lifting • As part of an MoU signed with the Government of Management, and providing sustainable Oxygen
technology adoption and better management practices government-run mental hospitals and undertaking Chhattisgarh, the Trusts, through a grant to Sanjeevani generation methods to cater to Covid-induced
among care providers, is crucial for the success of these district-level screening for mental health issues in the Hospital (a Nodal Centre for treatment of Congenital respiratory distress. In total, 975 beds were set up for
initiatives. Considering the need for supporting public Nagpur region of Maharashtra. Heart Diseases (CHDs)), supported the development of treatment of Covid-19 at 7 hospitals across 4 states.
health systems and minimising disease burden in the a model programme for continuum of care in the

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