Meet the Changemaker

The Institute of Health Management, Pachod (IHMP) was founded in 1978 with a vision of eradicating maternal mortality and morbidity. IHMP strives for the development of communities by conducting (i) grassroots programs for improving public health, (ii) training of NGOs in program delivery and, (iii) policy advocacy & research. The organization has been dedicated to uplifting marginalized groups, with a specific focus on women, adolescent girls and children

Achievements:

• IHMP decided to take on an integrated approach – combining the interventions of life skills education programs for unmarried adolescent girls, reproductive health interventions for married adolescent girls, and a new element of gender sensitization for boys and young men. With support from the MacArthur Foundation, IHMP has been able to pilot the integrated model in 30 villages. 
  
• Acknowledging that social norms take years to alter and that girls would continue to get married at a young age, the organization conceptualized its initiative to work with married adolescent girls and their spouses, through a health-based program.

• IHMP identified the need to work more closely with adolescent girls, to achieve its objective of reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. The life-skills program for adolescent girls was conceptualized and began during this year.
  

Meet the Leader

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Making news

• Dasra Girl Power Awards, The Times of India, March 2014

• Why malnutrition is growing in rising, urban India, Business Standard, June 2015

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