Voluntary
Health Association of India (VHAI) started formally functioning
since January, 2002 as a Regional Resource Centre (RRC)
with support from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India. With the implementation
of the revised Guidelines, July 2005 onwards there are 11-RRCs
functional across the country.
All the Regional
Resource Centers (RRCs) are NGOs of high repute and have
been engaged in the Health and RCH aspects for several years.
For
an effective implementation of the RCH programme RRC-VHAI
has been instrumental in providing technical and managerial
support and information to the NGOs (Mother and Field NGOs)
as well as State Governments from Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, J&K and New Delhi (U.P, Punjab and Haryana
have been reallocated to other RRCs since, July, 2005).
The
key areas of RRC-VHAI’s functioning are:
Capacity
Building of MNGOs, FNGOs and District level Health functionaries.
Selection of appropriate MNGOs through an in-depth desk
review & field appraisals of NGO-Applicants
Advocacy
with State, District and Central Governments to address
critical health concerns, by organizing State level
meetings.
Networking
and Liaisoning for developing close linkages between
State and District Governments and MNGOs and FNGOs.
Increased
access of NGOs to disaggregated data, training, communication
material and information on policies and programmes
by regular publications like - RRC-VHAI Newsletter ‘Abhilasha’
(Hindi/English) and RRC-VHAI Website www.vhai-rrc.org,
which is regularly updated.
Documentation
and dissemination of best practices on RCH.
RRC-VHAI along with other RRCs shoulders the major responsibility
of strengthening of ‘Partnership’ among the
Government, the corporate sector and the voluntary and
non-government sector in providing a forum for MNGOs &
FNGOs.
In
its capacity as RRC, VHAI with its network of 28 State
VHAs and 4500 grassroot level organisations is in a strong
position to realise the goals of the MNGO Scheme.
The effective implementation of the MNGO scheme is through
close networking with the various stakeholders i.e. Central
and the State governments, District authorities, Corporate
sector and the NGO sector.
Voluntary Health Association of India,
B - 40, Qutab Institutional Area ,
New Delhi 110 016
Phone: 41688152-53, 26518071-72;
Fax: 011-26853708
E-mail: rrc@vhai-rrc.org;
Website: www.vhai-rrc.org ,www.vhai.org
