Name of the Project:
Public Private Partnership in Primary Health care - Arunachal Pradesh project

Implementing Non Profit Organisation:
Karuna Trust

About Karuna Trust:
Karuna Trust, formed in 1986, is a public charitable trust, affiliated with the Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra, located in BR Hills, Karnataka, India. The Trust began as a response to the high prevalence of Leprosy (21.4 per 1000 population) in Yelandur Taluk, Chamarajanagar district. Over the years, the scope of the Trust’s work has grown to include providing various other health aspects as well to integrated rural development. The main focus areas are health, education and livelihoods, with sustainable Public-Private partnership initiatives in these areas, in addition to implementing replicable and innovative models in these areas. The Trust has a 10-year experience with “Total Management of Primary Health Centres”, and is now successfully managing 27 PHCs in karnataka.

Current Project:
Karuna Trust currently manages nine PHCs in Arunachal Pradesh and the project aims for :

1. Strengthening Primary Health Care: Innovative Approaches – Model PHC – A model PHC incorporating the basic principles of primary care with emphasis on proper implementation of all the National Health Programs

2. Effective & Innovative Approaches in Reproductive & Child Health program

3. Community Participation formation of village and PHC level health committees from among the local population

4. Capacity building of staff – PHC management, Rational drug use, essential drug concept and effective implementation of National Health Programs.

5. Strengthening Public-private(NGO) Partnership.

6. Influencing Health Policy at State and National Level

Project Resources:
1. Video on Arunachal PHC visit by Prithviji from India Friend's Association (IFA), a local non-profit organization we occasionally partner with.