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Center for Health Equity
Health sector in India is replete with
inequities and they have become stark over a period of time. Though
there are plenty of health care services available in the country at
an aggregate level but in practice they do not reach to people who
need them most like women, children, adolescents and people from
marginalized sections of the society. The failure of top down
government efforts and the work of international bodies has led to
the emergence of people centered health initiatives. Center for
Health Equity is one such initiative focusing on issues of
inequities and related topics in health sector.
The Center intends on being attuned to the activities of the State
and National Governments, yet to be continually representative of
the people. The Center does not directly allocate resources, but
instead mobilizes disadvantaged citizens to petition the government
and demand what is rightfully theirs. The Center plans to generate
awareness about the Governments commitments and to facilitate their
implementation. Focusing primarily on health equity and
accessibility, the Centre will monitor issues such as access to
primary health care, the Community AIDS Awareness Program, State
level advocacy programs regarding coercive population programs, and
State level programs to curb female foeticide.
Objectives:
The objectives of the Center are to:
Study health equity status and avoidable
differences in health and other social, political and economic
issues, which bear on health
Unite the NGO and civil society sectors
throughout greater Rajasthan. The Centre hopes to build a strong
network from which other organisations can further their own goals.
It aims to do this by developing opportunities for dialogue
regarding issues about which organisations are currently working.
These opportunities will take form in meetings, rallies, and
conferences.
Offer technical support for NGOs and Government
Departments. The intention is to create a library from which
organizations can freely peruse, in order to improve upon their own
activities.
Issues:
Equity in Health and Health Services
Primary Health Care
Gender and health rights
Addressing coercive population policies and
programs
Right to health care
Quality health care for women
Sexual and reproductive rights
Addressing declining sex ratio
Our Activities:
Advocacy:
Campaign against Sex determination and
female foticide
Campaign for Right to Health Care
Campaign for rational use of drugs
Campaign for state health policy
Campaign against coercive population policies
and programs
Community monitoring of public health services
Advocacy initiative on HIV/AIDS in Rajasthan
Advocacy for quality health care for women
Organising public dialogues and public hearings
on womens health issues
Research and Documentation:
Study on prescription patterns of medical
care providers in Rajasthan
Documenting cases of denial of health care in
government health facilities
Community monitoring of health services through
rural health watch survey
Training and Capacity Building:
Gender sensitization training for health
care providers
Training for NGO workers on Gender, Health and
Human Rights
Training on maternal death audit
Technical support to NGOs and other development
agencies
Information dissemination:
Quarterly news letter Goonj
Lecture series on health equity and community
empowerment
Workshops, seminars and conferences
Publications:
- Health Equity in India: ground realities and policy
challenges
- Operationalising community monitoring in public health
services
- Posters, pamphlets and year planner
Contact Us:
Centre for Health Equity
22, Suraj Nagar (East),
Civil Lines, Jaipur,
Rajasthan 302 006 India
Telefax: + 91-141-2220421
Email:
prayasct@sancharnet.in
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