Working on Multi-Sectoral Engagement in Healthy Ageing – translating priorities for Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) into action. The project included designing of implementation framework for multi-sectoral engagement for healthy ageing and that allows all relevant sectors to synergize their roles and contribute in a coordinated manner towards ‘Decade of Healthy Ageing’.
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The project involved supporting the WHO Country Office (CO) to organize the National Dissemination and Advocacy Workshop and facilitate the process of developing an operational plan/framework for the India Strategy for Women’s Children’s, and Adolescent’s Health (I-WACH) through a consultative process with key stakeholders.
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The project is about the assessment of implementation status of World Health Organisation (WHO) Standards for the Family of International Classification (WHO-FIC) of Mortality, Morbidity, Functionality, Disability, and Clinical Intervention in India. The usage of the WHO-FIC is to enable coding of health data which would allow for advanced epidemiological analysis of country’s health data.
With better statistics, the health policy and planning for the country can be further improved. The project was awarded to SCHOOL by WHO India Country Office. The project duration is January 2021 to June 2022. The assessment was carried out in two selected districts namely Faridabad in the state of Haryana and Raipur in the state of Chhattisgarh. The project was also supported by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), who is the collaborating centre from India to support the implementation of WHO-FIC in the country.
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10 healthcare facilities (2 Primary Health Centres, 2 Community Health Centres, 2 District Hospitals, 2 Private Medical Colleges, and 2 Government Medical Colleges) 5 each from the two district sites were assessed. Assessments were done by observational method within these facilities to understand the implementation status of WHO-FIC coding.
The project aimed to assess the operational status of nearly 30,000 HWCs through data analysis at national and state levels of critical indicators related to the delivery of essential services and coverage of the population. During the process, SCHOOL engaged with WHO officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The report compiled guided the strategy for operationalizing nearly 1.2 lakh HWCs across 28 stets and 8 union territories of India.
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The WHO Country Office for India provided technical support to Smart Cities Mission (SCM) for developing multi stakeholder health data model and a digital platform for Smart Cities that incorporates essential features required to improve the health of urban citizens as part of Smart Solutions. 100 cities have been identified under SCM across the country and the initiative provides an opportunity to create a health-supportive environment that includes clean and safe physical environments of high quality.
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The project focused on assessing the Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development for implementation on a national level. The overall objective of the assignment was to assess the preparedness of the key stakeholders in terms of implementation of the framework and make suitable recommendations for advocacy and action.
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he aim of the project was the prepare a report to document the journey of midwifery services so far and develop a technical research paper on the efforts undertaken on promotion of the services and changing policy perspective in the country. A concurrent documentation on the learnings from various quality improvement initiatives undertaken for maternal health in the country which can be scaled up was also included.
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The project focused on preparing a technical report and research paper for peer reviewed publication that would highlight the existing evidence, implementation status of programs, innovation, and best practices through an analysis of health systems and policies from the perspective of maternal care.
The creation of the report aimed to help the country in developing key strategies for improving maternal health and align it with the country objectives as outlined in the Global Strategy for Women, Adolescents and Children. It also aimed to identify roadblocks to reduce maternal mortality in the county and help advocate for stakeholders to mainstream the agenda for Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) and maternal health related SGD targets in to their respective programmes. Key Achievements
Researched and documented the existing evidence on programs, initiatives, policies, and practices undertaken for providing or improving maternal health care services.
Prepared two technical papers highlighting: State of mother in India and providing continuum of care for mother in the country under the perspective of ensuring QED (Quality, Equity, Dignity) Health systems and maternal care in India
The project focused on providing technical support to WHO India for patient safety, emergency response on COVID-19 and quality of health services for advancing universal health coverage.
The objective of the project was to support and facilitate WHO in data analysis and to develop an analytical report on evolution of health and wellness centres in the country. The SCHOOL team worked with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to prepare policy briefs and speeches as needed, and to draft ready to submit manuscripts, reports, and other related documents on patient safety and quality of care for publications.
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The WHO-SEARO Country Survey reviewed the status and adaptation of “2016 WHO recommendations on antenatal care, intrapartum care, and postnatal care for a positive pregnancy experience”. The project focused on mapping the current status of policies in India against recommendation and understanding the current status of policy implementation and compilation of relevant health data to evaluate performance.
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The project is about developing an Urban Health Equity Framework for action on urban health equity and indicators appropriate for India. The project was awarded to SCHOOL by WHO India Office and implemented between August to November 2021.
Under this project an Urban Health Equity Framework for action on urban health equity and indicators appropriate for India was developed through desk reviews of existing reports and work; and city stakeholder analysis and shared with WHO India.
Prepared compendium/scoping report of existing healthy city network(s) and their current functions to promote health and address inequities.
Also prepared and shared protocol and terms of reference to build Healthy City Network based on reports, findings and interactions with stakeholders
SCHOOL is contributing to the implementation of the WHO’s Country Cooperation Strategy with the Government of India by supporting the work of the WHO Country Office for India in area of NCDs and comorbidities. As a part of National Multi sectoral action plan, SCHOOL organisation has deployed their resource in the role of a Senior Technical Consultant to WHO to provide technical support to WHO India and Government of India for developing next phase of National Multisectoral Action Plan 2023-2030, aligned with implementation road map 2023–2030 for the global action plan. This involves working in close collaboration with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), partner organizations, CSOs, stakeholders, multiple ministries and departments namely Ministry of Panchayati Raj for Healthy Village, Ministry of Education, UGC for Health promoting universities index, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs for implementation of South East Asian Regional action plan for promoting physical activity, providing technical support to implement recommendations of UN High Level meetings for prevention and control of NCDs, strengthen National multisectoral strategies and development of next phase of action plan to achieve the national NCD targets. SCHOOL shall also be facilitating implementation of various frameworks, guidelines developed for promoting healthy setting approaches (educational institutions, workplaces, cities, villages) through their resource deployed to WHO and will assist in various ongoing cost-effective interventions to reduce NCD risk factors and support states in implementing multisectoral actions.
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The assessment included understanding the impact of COVID-19 on older people through the dimensions of Gender, Equity, and Human Rights in the South-East Asia Region (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka)
The objectives of the regional assessment exercise were accomplished through a combination of desk review of important, relevant documents and key informant interviews of stakeholder consultations. The review of the grey and published literature and existing data sets included: distillation, review and comparative synthesis of existing data and evidence from official global databases and available WHO data, repositories, scientific and grey literature and continental reporting mechanisms.
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The project involved providing technical support in revising the National Health Profile 2020 by updating the existing data, addition of new data points and new data visualizations
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The project involved providing technical support by assisting WHO India and the MoHFW for coordinating the finalization of operational guidelines for NPSIF and assisting in various activities on and around World Patient Safety Day 2019. Activity reports of expert group consultations were organized for the finalization of the operational guideline. The final draft of the operational guideline for execution of national patient safety implementation framework 2018-2025 was created.
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The project involved providing planning and implementation support for COVID-19 related activities under the aegis of Emergency Response Division of WHO CO.
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