Organisations

Principal aims: to inprove dermatologic care (skin care) in rural areas of developing countries; Toteach auxiliary health care workers. They have two models: a two-year university diploma & training over a few days for health care workers. They assist in the establishment of Regional Dermatological Training Centers, all purpose basic facilities which serve large rural populations. The agenda includes the management of skin diseases. STDs, HIV/AIDS, leprosy, skin wounds, burns, ulcerations and disfigurement due to skin failure. The resource centre is open to the public upon demand

CHETNA aims to empower children to become active partners for for their own, their families and communities' health and development; to enhance adolescents and women's health status by empowering them to gain control over their own health and development concerns; to support organisations that work in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, through strengthening their capacities to implement and manage affective health education and development programmes for children, adolescents and women. The CHETNA resource centre is open to the CHETNA staff and students CHETNA are partners in the Communication for Health India Network (CHIN). CHETNA regularly develops need based publications - primarily in Gujarati, Hindi and English. The material is extensively, field-tested and efforts are made to ensure that it is gender sensitive, easy to understand and use, as well as relevant. To enhance the readability and ensure that it is user friendly, the text is written creatively in form of story/song/drama etc. and accompanied by attractive illustrations. The publications are widely disseminated throughout India, and can also be ordered online.

The TF are an integrated rural health NGO linked with milk cooperative infrastructure in Anand/Kheda districts of Gujarat, India. Its majors aims are as follows: (1) Provision of Health Care through village health workers for women and children specifically, using the primary health care approach; (2) non formal education for pre-school children. (3) income generating activities for women (patchwork). (4) environmental sanitation. Its overall objective is to improve the health of women and children in the villages of Anand/Kheda districts

Arogya Agam's mission is to assist the community in the prevention of communicable diseases. Empower those affects by poverty, oppression or gender discrimination to develop themselves socially, economically, politically, environmentally and in health. Its main focus is health (leprosy, TB, AIDS, comunity health)

GBS's main objectives are (1) making rural women economically self-sufficient by providing them with vocational training (2) Rehabilitating the handicapped and leprosy patients (3) Educating the tribal sex workers in relation to HIV/AIDS and other STIs & (4) Providing rural women with medical and health services in relation to sexual and reproductive health. The GBS resource centre is open to the public

GAP is the lead NGO for the people and other organisations in the field of HIV/AIDS and sexual health. It works to raise the information level and awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexual health, influence on attitude, opinion, policy, prevention and professional practice. It is a resource for advise, information, advocacy and expertise. Collaborating with other organisations of India and abroad GAP aims to create an understanding towards all those affected by HIV/AIDS. The GAP resource centre is open to the public