Organisations

Tata Institute of Social Sciences|Department of Health Services Studies

India

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PO Box 8313
Sion-Trombay Road
Deonor, Mumbai

Its objectives are to maintain and develop the Department of Health Services Studies as a teaching, research and consultancy department; to organise teaching in the field of Health and Hospital Management, with a view to providing professional personnel in the field of health and hospital managment; to organise research in the field of Social Science and Management Science applied to healthcare; to train students in research with a view of promoting the growth of knowledget; to contribute to the formulation of health and related policies; to publish books, monographs, periodicals and papers; to arrange lectures, seminars, conferences, symposia; to co-operate with other organisations to undertake action projects in the area of health and hospital management; and to demonstrate new areas of practice and strategies in the delivery of healthcare. The resource centre is open to the public

South India AIDS Action Programme (SIAAP)

India

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4 First Street
Kamaraj Avenue
Adyar
Chennai 600 020

SIAAP's aim is to help communities affected by HIV/AIDS to cope with the epidemic. Its objectives are to assist the development of community organisations as a complement to the NGO sector; improve the quality of service delivery through development and implementation of specific services; to influence policy towards better practice in HIV; to strengthen the community networks of people affected by HIV/AIDS; and to develop a centre of professional trainers for HIV in the region. The resource centre is open to the public

Friends of the Breathless Foundation

India

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6 Ankita
Aptt SNO260/2/16
Aunah, Pune 411007

Works in the fields of asthma, TB, occupational health, HIV/AIDS and disaster medicine. Focusses on advocacy, patient education, information dissemination promotion of networking materials production, distribution, adaptation and translation

Centre for Research Information Publication & Traing (CRIPT)

India

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D No 14-1-442, 394-CIB Block
New Agapura
Hyderabad - 500 001

The main objective is to establish an information and resource centre for NGOs in different parts of India in order to promote and sustain voluntary action. CRIPT is currently processing and collecting information and resource centre material to equip their library and documetation centre in order to disseminate information to NGOs on development. The library is open to the public

Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA)

India

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Supath-II, B-Block, 3rd Floor, Opp. Vadaj Bus Terminus,
Ashram Road, Vadaj, Ahmedabad-380013
Ahmedabad 380 004
Gujarat

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.

AIDS Awareness Group (AAG)

India

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119 Humayun Pur
Safdarjang Enclave
New Delhi 110 029

AAG wants to contribute towards minimising human suffering in the fields of women and health, domestic violence, STD/AIDS, and violations of Human Rights. Its objectives are: Enhancing AIDS awareness in people, at all levels - jail, brothels, informal sector slums, schools and colleges. Provinding family, legal and crisis counselling both for people with AIDS and others, and for people in distress (victims of domestic violence). Carrying out research and producing papers / literature on misuse of laws in India. Conducting a De-addiction and Rehab Programme for Juvenile prisoners in Central Jail 5, Tihar. The AAG resource centre is open to the public

SOMA (Social Organisation for Mental Health Action)

India

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PO Box 6116, Trivandrum
Kerala - 695 041

SOMA aims to: develop and implement programmes in the areas of health, environment and development; initiate sustainable development programmes for the needy and to initiate research, capacity building programes and development management programmes. SOMA has a small resource centre that is open to the public

Mount Horeb Glory Ministry (Individual)

India

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House 1-3-447/A/3
Kavadiguda
Hyderabad 500080

The Ministry aims to undertake social service works by opening social service camps to serve the poor and deserving; mainly rural folk. Priorities are: HIV/AIDS prevention activitites and medical aid; Public health education centres and information exchange programmes

Amar Jyoti Rehabilitation and Research Centre

India

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Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust
Karkardooma
Vikas Marg
Delhi-110 092

Amar Jyoti provides rehabilitation services with the following objectives: creating opportunities for education, medical care, vocational training and employment of disabled people; organising integrated cultural and sports activities for all round development; mainstreaming disabled people for equality and dignity. Its activities include the organisation of mass contact programmes, awareness generation through health Melas (fairs), pilot study programmes resulting in early intervention, and the dissemination of health education through puppet shows, street theatres, handbills and posters. Its resource centre is not open to the public
Amar Jyoti prints the Hindi edition of Disability Dialogue (Akshamata Samrad) and the newsletter Reaching Out
Amar Jyoti documents lessons learned through its work by writing time bound reports and taking photographs. Key lessons that have been learned learned are the importance of community and family acceptance of disabled people and the importance of providing disabled people with information on health, medical and rehabilitation services. Knowledge and experience sharing is done with most NGOs working in operational area. Sharing lessons learned takes place through the placement of foreign experts in the organisation, workshops for staff development organised by foreign agencies and its through publications

PRAYAS

India

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Amrita Clinic, Athawale Corner
Deccan Gymkhana, Near Sambhaji Bridge
Pune 411004, Maharashtra State

Prayas is concerned with applying its professional knowledge and skills to understand the issues afflicting society, especially concerning HIV/AIDS, energy, learing and parenthood. Its activities - research, policy analysis, information dissemination, public interest advocacy, skill development and provision of counselling - are geared to the objective of equipping the afflicted and facilitating people's own action. Prayas have a resource centre that is open to the public

Media Matters

India

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Plot 400 Sai Section
Ambernath 421501
Maharashtra

Aims to create awareness of and motivate people towards participatory voluntary work for development; to document analyse and disseminate information about developmental efforts; to work for in the field of media documentation research, experimentation, development, producton and dissemination; to intervene in poor communtiies and work on rights based issuess; and to network with organisations and individuals to strengthen the development process. The resource centre is open to the public

Books for Change

India

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139, Richmond Road
Bangalore 560 025

Books for Change is a publishing and distribution initiative set up to support the communication needs of civil society organisations and the development sector in India. It aims to bring together the enormous resources and leadership that exist in this area by communicating facts, perceptions and possibilities to do with social change as well as share information relevant to the change process. Orders can be submitted to bfc@actionaidindia.org

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