Annual Report 2012-13

From the Chairman's Pen 03 From the President's Pen 05 The Public Health Foundation of India 09 ?Who We Are 10 ?Our Collaborations 21 National Collaborations International Collaborations The PHFI logo is an engaging representation symbolic of good health, happiness, positive energy, renewal and collaborative change. The sunflower The Year Gone by…. 27 symbolises Public Health, and its petals represent flowering of its multiple disciplines and coming together of all stakeholders to fulfill the common goal Thematic Areas of Focus of working towards a healthier India. Just as the sunflower turns to the sun for ?Capacity Building 31 life-giving light, PHFI seeks to invigorate the Indian health system by ?Health Systems, Policy and Finance 53 knowledge generation, dissemination and its application for action to ?Non-Communicable Diseases 73 advance public health. The spiral in the logo depicts the bud of knowledge ?Infectious Diseases 91 Women and Child Health 97 blossoming into the flower of action. Vibrant orange is the colour of vitality, ? ?Public Health Nutrition 103 white symbolises truth and green symbolises the harmonious relation to the ?Affordable Health Technology 113 environment. ?Social Determinants of Health 117 Publications 127 Financials From the Chairman's Pen 03 From the President's Pen 05 The Public Health Foundation of India 09 ?Who We Are 10 ?Our Collaborations 21 National Collaborations International Collaborations The PHFI logo is an engaging representation symbolic of good health, happiness, positive energy, renewal and collaborative change. The sunflower The Year Gone by…. 27 symbolises Public Health, and its petals represent flowering of its multiple disciplines and coming together of all stakeholders to fulfill the common goal Thematic Areas of Focus of working towards a healthier India. Just as the sunflower turns to the sun for ?Capacity Building 31 life-giving light, PHFI seeks to invigorate the Indian health system by ?Health Systems, Policy and Finance 53 knowledge generation, dissemination and its application for action to ?Non-Communicable Diseases 73 advance public health. The spiral in the logo depicts the bud of knowledge ?Infectious Diseases 91 Women and Child Health 97 blossoming into the flower of action. Vibrant orange is the colour of vitality, ? ?Public Health Nutrition 103 white symbolises truth and green symbolises the harmonious relation to the ?Affordable Health Technology 113 environment. ?Social Determinants of Health 117 Publications 127 Financials “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1 2 “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1 2 From The Chairman's Pen Management Program in two selected University of Hyderabad to offer a Master districts. The study will carry out formative degree in Public Health program. They The multitude of challenges that India faces policies in the country need to promote organizations, PHFI has carried out research and subsequently implement and continue to offer a large number of in the healthcare sector is threatening to public health beyond disease control and advocacy to achieve compliance with evaluate a multi-component, multi-level, postgraduate diplomas and distance impede its growth story. One in twenty of management. The need of the hour is to tobacco-control related laws. With support comprehensive intervention program to learning courses. our children die in the first year and almost cover the entire gamut of issues that impact from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, improve the prevention, detection, and Let me take this opportunity to thank my all of these deaths are preventable. We are, good health. Public health is about enabling PHFI’s tobacco control unit has trained a management of diabetes and hypertension. colleagues on the Executive Committee for in fact, amongst the five countries in the the citizens of India to stay healthy and critical mass of people from two states. This Public awareness and education is being their guidance and support. We appreciate world which account for more than half of protecting them from threats to their critical mass comprised a diverse set of promoted via this program by using social the efforts of PHFI’s talented and the world’s under-five deaths. Nearly two health. In addition to healthcare services, individuals including medical officers, allied marketing strategies, targeted screening, committed staff who have delivered the in five children under five years of age in an effective public healthcare system health professionals, teachers, student peer tailored patient education, task-shifting to results described in this report. Special India are underweight by global standards. should provide improved sanitation, safe leaders and community representatives. A community health workers, healthcare congratulations are due to Dr K. Srinath With an estimated 2.2 million new cases, drinking water, food security and adequate study of the economics of tobacco-related provider training in evidence-based Reddy, President of PHFI, for his election as India accounts for about 1/5th of world’s nutrition. In other words, access to decent activities was also carried out. A short-term guidelines, quality improvement program, president of the World Heart Federation. TB cases. India is only second to China in living conditions, both in rural and urban distance education course was launched on use of low-cost m-health technology, and We also congratulate him for ably heading the number of diabetes cases with 1 in 8 areas is critical. Further, we also need to health promotion with a focus on tobacco advocacy to improve access to care. It is the Thematic Group on Health for All of adults having the risk of developing prevent excessive environment pollution control. PHFI partnered with the National expected that this comprehensive the United Nations Sustainable diabetes. and related accidents. We also need to Tobacco Control Program on issues related intervention program will not only improve Development Solutions Network which is healthcare outcomes but also provide key Mr. N R Narayana Murthy Clearly, we need a transformative approach actively promote women’s education and to implementation. An international providing technical support for the insights into care pathways that can likely Founder and Executive to overcome these challenges. Our public create awareness about the imperatives of conference on ‘Public Health Priorities in development of the post-2015 Sustainable good health. the 21st Century: The Endgame for be scaled up to improve diabetes and Development Goals of the UN. We Chairman, Infosys Technologies Ltd expenditure on healthcare is 1.2 percent of hypertension management in India. our GDP, one of the lowest in the world. The Public Health Foundation of India Tobacco’ was organized in September 2013 gratefully acknowledge the generous Experts estimate that India needs to (PHFI) is a public-private initiative in partnership with the Ministry of Health The access to health services, particularly in support from central and state increase its public expenditure to 2.5 established in 2006 to strengthen India’s and Family Welfare, Government of India rural areas, is poor and technological governments, national and international Chairman, PHFI July 2011 - October 2013 percent to 3 percent of its GDP for public health institutions and systems in and the World Health Organisation solutions are needed. PHFI has pioneered donors, and our partners. achieving universal healthcare coverage for order to achieve higher levels of awareness, (WHO). development of a tablet-based solution for Public health cannot be the responsibility of its citizens. While there is a pressing need and better health outcomes for all. I am In order to increase and build human point-of-care diagnostics, called Swasthya the government alone. It requires for more facilities, doctors, paramedics and pleased to present PHFI’s annual report for resource capabilities in diabetes Slate, which allows for a large number of involvement of civil society, private sector, nurses, there is also a need for adequate 2012-2013. As the report shows, PHFI’s management, PHFI initiated a unique tests to be carried out by a paramedical communities, and individuals. India needs services for prevention and effective activities during the year grew in scope and once-a-month training program. This worker at or near the home. a collective response from all these treatment of diseases. depth. program has trained nearly 3,000 primary PHFI has also collaborated with the stakeholders in order to realize its dream of These initiatives need to be duly Let me highlight a few achievements. and secondary care physicians over time Academy of Scientific and Innovative improved health and access to healthcare complemented by reform-focused policies and another 2,500 physicians are currently Research (AcSIR) to offer two M. Sc-PhD for one and all. Engendering such a PHFI’s work on tobacco-control illustrates a being trained. Recognizing the huge programs in Clinical Research and in response is not only the challenge before us in order to achieve the scale needed to comprehensive approach to a public health address the challenges at hand. Healthcare challenge of diabetes, PHFI is implementing Health Informatics and also with the but also our moral responsibility we owe to issue. In partnership with like-minded a Comprehensive Diabetes Prevention and our future generations. 3 4 From The Chairman's Pen Management Program in two selected University of Hyderabad to offer a Master districts. The study will carry out formative degree in Public Health program. They The multitude of challenges that India faces policies in the country need to promote organizations, PHFI has carried out research and subsequently implement and continue to offer a large number of in the healthcare sector is threatening to public health beyond disease control and advocacy to achieve compliance with evaluate a multi-component, multi-level, postgraduate diplomas and distance impede its growth story.

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