Innovations in Health Care
Project Arunachal Pradesh - Karuna Trust
Running Primary Health Care Centers :: Public - Private Partnership
Arunachal Pradesh

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Scope:
Provide better Primary Health Care (PHC) services in remote and less developed areas of Arunachal via a unique Government - Private Parnership. Karuna Trust as the private NGO will extend to Arunachal this model which it has already demonstrated in Karnataka.

In this model the the government hands over the entire functioning of the PHC to an NGO along with bulk (70-90%) of the allocated funds. The NGO raises the balance on its own.

IFA Grant will be used by Karuna Trust to take over the management and operation of 9 Public Health Centers in Arunachal from the Governement. The bulk of the required funding - almost 90% - will come from the Government.  

Almost a tenth of the total population of the state is covered under the 9 Karun Trust PHCs operated under this arrangement.  More than 170,000 patients were treated by these PHCs over a 2 year period.

Years supported:  4

IFA Funding: $ 48,000

IFA Visits:  Dr. Sudarshan talked to IFA core members about the opportunity for Public-Private Partnership in health care in Arunachal's remote and less developed areas.  Later in 2006 Prithvi and Surekha visited some health care facilities in Arunachal.  In 2007 IFA partnered with Karuna Trust in this highly innovative intervention. We got a very satisfactory update on this project from Dr. Sudershan at the IFA Meeting in Sevagram in December 2008, 2009.

Contact Person:
Dr. H. Sudarshan

Address: Vivek Building, H Sector, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 701111

E-mail: hsudarshan@vsnl.net; anupsarmah@gmail.com

Phone: (360) 2216178