Love of Christ Compels us

The Catholic Health Association of India-

1943World’s Largest NGO in Health Sector‘

3330 Member institutions Health centre to Medical Colleges 600 Sister Doctors, 25000 sister nurses, 10000 para-professionals (2012)11 Regional units Strive to Achieve Health for All

Organogram of the Organization Organogram of the Organization General Body

Central Governing Body (Elected

Director-General

Assistant to Director

Administration

Programme Departments

OURS PRESENCE IN INDIA

CHAI’s Focus AreasCHAI’s Focus Areas

1.Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases, 2.Community Health,3. Advocacy, 4.Disaster Management5.Continuing Education

1.1 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1.HIV/AIDS Intervention Programmes since 1993. Reached 700,000 people with counseling and testing services

Reached 2.2 million people with HIV prevention messages

3600 HIV- Positive pregnant women on Prevention of parent-to-Child-transmission of HIV

1,000 high schools students of 11 districts with prevention message

HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) around 40,000 families through 40 Community Care Centers with psycho-social, educational and medical services

Strengthening Nursing Expertise in HIV/AIDS (SNEH)-capacity building

2.Tuberculosis (tb) Programmes TB claims approximately 1,000 lives every

day in India. (WHO)

First IMPACT TB Control Programme–

Global Fund Round 9 TB Project for Civil Society Engagement.

Reaches 10 States and 92 Districts (awareness generation, diagnosis, community mobilization, prevention)

3. Leprosy Programme Building capacity of care-givers and institutions Rehabilitation leprosy patients (reconstructive

surgeries and physiotherapy).

Non-Communicable Diseases• Diabetes silent killer India. • Reached to 100.000 people on awareness

generation, • Reaches to rural poor (awareness generation & early

detection and provide treatment through our care centres

2.COMMUNITY HEALTH1.Comprehensive Community Health ProgrammeWe empower communities to take active responsibility for their own health and development2.Community Health Promotion Fundsupporting micro-level initiatives for improving the health status of women and children. Focus on Medical Support to Pregnant and Lactating Women and Malnourished Children.

3.Comprehensive Child Survival ProgrammeStrengthen the capacity of the health workers, health system and community to reduce infant and child mortality, the Comprehensive Child Survival Programme

12 states and nearly 300 villages provided intensive trainings in community health Personnel

Formation of Village Health Committees; Formation of Self Help Groups;

Awareness Programmes/Health Education with Specific on pregnant women

Trained 1300 Accredited social health activist (ASHA’ are govt. employees)

Trained 800 ANMs (Assistant Nurse and Mid-wifes

Referred 800 infants at risk to higher treatments

3. ADVOCACY

1.People’s Health Forum Women’s groups were formed to identify health issues of women and children. A

2.District Health Action ForumThe Forum for stakeholders governments, NGOs, Academics Activists, and Civil Society Organizations in 15 States of India. Review performance of health services, healthcare challenges and gaps, take corrective measures

3.Improving Health in Indiaadvocacy at the grassroots, State and National levels aiming at forcing Government to take up necessary measures.

Active over 500 villages of the country.

4. DISASTER MANAGEMENTPriority is health and health-related problemsPriority is health and health-related problemsmobilizing resources and personnel to carry out mobilizing resources and personnel to carry out relief work, providing medical aid, psychological, relief work, providing medical aid, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual rehabilitationsocial, emotional and spiritual rehabilitation

1993 Latur Earthquake,1999 Orissa Super Cyclone,2001 Gujarat Earthquake,2002 Gujarat Communal Riots,2004 Tsunami, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, 2005 Gujarat floods,2006 Andhra Pradesh floods, 2011 Orissa flood

5. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

CHAI had established the Community College affiliated to IGNOU, the world’s largest university & Jackson States University, USA and Loyola Academy. various courses initiated Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Administration,

Geriatric Home Based Care,

Disaster Management and Trauma Counseling, Alternative Systems of Medicine,

Clinical Pastoral Education,

NGO Management,

Basic Social Research methodology,

Advanced Social Research methodology,

Geriatric Home Based Care, Nurse Practitioners (Certificate & Diploma Programmes),

In the past years it has served 600 HIV/AIDs in patients.

It has reached to 450 HIV/AIDS patients through its outpatient department

6. CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR HIV/AIDS

7. MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY 440 professionals with diverse educational backgrounds like Medicine, Public Health, Social Work, Management, Administration, Science, Finance, Law, Theology and Fine Arts.

8. FINANCE The annual turnover of the organization is 3 million Euro

OUR FEW INITIATIVES REQUEST YOUR HELP

SOLAR LIGHT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN,HEALTH INSURANCE FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED

CHILDRENBUILDING KNOWLEDGE BANK ON HEALTHWORK AGAINST NON-COMMUNICABLE

DISEASESPROMOTING HEALTH AMONG THE

ADOLESCENTS HIV/AIDS CHILD, WOMEN, SENIOR CITIZEN

FUNDSMEDICAL FUNDS FOR CHILDREN, MOTHERSHIV/AIDS CARE CENTRE FUNDCHAI CLINIC FUNDSPONSORSHIPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATIONFOR RELIGIOUS FOR PURSUING MEDICAL,

NURSING, ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION ETC.

Along we walked; Along We’ll walk

Rev.Dr.Norvy Paul VCAsst.to Director General