UHRC – Brief
Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) is a non profit Indian organization which aims to address health issues of the urban poor through a consultative and knowledge-sharing approach in partnership with the government and civil society. UHRC develops innovative urban health programs in diverse cities. Experiences from these programs are used to influence larger health initiatives such as the Urban Health component of National Rural Health Mission and similar programs of Non-Government stakeholders through proactive information dissemination and advocacy. UHRC’s core program is the Urban Health Program which is funded by USAID. In addition UHRC also provides technical assistance to PATH’s Sure Start Project and engages in other smaller ventures addressing urban health.
UHRC – Vision
Our goal is to bring about sustainable improvement in maternal and child health among the urban poor through a consultative and knowledge sharing approach in partnership with the government and civil society.
UHRC – Mission
Develop innovative urban health programs in cities of different states which can be adapted by the government and non-government agencies.
Improve urban health programming approaches and capacity of government and non-government partners.
Increase availability of urban poor specific health information and program experiences among various stakeholders through research, documentation and dissemination.
Advocate enhanced attention on health, targeted policies and increased allocation of resources for urban slum dwellers.
Advocating effective involvement of slum communities and building their capacity for effective health care delivery.
Agra
One of the key components of UHRC (formerly EHP) activities is to develop city-based programs that bring about sustained improvements in the health of urban poor children in selected cities of India. Agra has been identified for supporting the development and implementation of demonstration activities. In 2004, UHRC was designated by the Government of India as the coordinating agency for developing a sample health proposal for Agra.
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Indore
Indore is the largest city of Madhya Pradesh in terms of population and also the economic capital of the State. The decadal population growth (1991 -2001) was 47% with a burgeoning slum population. UHRC (formerly EHP India) started urban health program activities in 75 slums of Indore through five Non Government Organizations-Community Based Organizations (NGO-CBO) consortia, in April 2003.
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Meerut
Urban health Resource Center (UHRC), formerly known as the Environmental Health Project (EHP) has recently entered into a partnership with John Hopkins School of Public Health (JHU), Baltimore, USA, to develop and test a sustainable, cost-effective and replicable health delivery approaches for the urban slums of Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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New Report- Nov 22, 07
State of Urban Health in Delhi
About the Report
This report is an attempt to bridge the information gap on health of the urban poor in Delhi. The Urban Health Resource Centre has been designated as the nodal technical agency for urban health program by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. Based on request of the MoHFW to develop reports reflecting health scenario of urban poor in select Indian states, UHRC analysed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 2) data to arrive at health estimates of the urban poor and additionally undertook analyses of policies and programs aimed at improving health of urban poor in the state. This report is part of a series of state Urban Health Reports for better informing the urban health programming efforts in the respective states.
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New Report- Nov 22, 07
Maternal and Newborn Care Practices Among the Urban Poor in Indore, India
Description:
This report describes maternal-newborn care practices and care of infants aged 2-4 months (feeding practices, morbidity status, immunization status and nutritional status) in urban slum dwellings of Indore city, Madya Pradesh (India). The findings presented in this report are from a study carried out by UHRC between Dec’04-Feb’06 in 11 out of 79 slums where it’s Indore Urban Health Program is operational since April, 2003. Also discussed in this report, are reasons for following these practices, what facilitates and what hinders following optimal practices and potential program options for their improvement.
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UHRC – Team
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UHRC partners include:
United States Agency for International Development
World Learning
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Government of India
Government of Delhi
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Contact Us
New Delhi
Urban Health Resource Centre
F-9/4, Poorvi Marg
Vasant Vihar
New Delhi-57
Phone: +91-11-41010920, 26149771/81
Fax: +91-11-41669281
Email: info@uhrc.in
Agra
Urban Health Resource Centre – Agra
73-B, Surya Nagar (1st floor)
Civil Lines, Khandari Road
Agra – 282 002
Phone: +91-562-3954921
Fax : +91-562-2522038
Contact Person: Dr. Rajesh Dubey
Email: agra@uhrc.in
Indore
Urban Health Resource Centre-Indore
204, Maurya Palace
5/1, Diamond Colony
Indore-452 001
Phone: +91-731-4066563
Fax: +91-731-4066825
Contact Person: Mr. Prabhat Kumar Jha.
Email: indore@uhrc.in
Meerut
Urban Health Resource Centre-Meerut
F-124, Shastri Nagar,
Meerut-250 002
Contact Person: Dr. Sainath Banerjee
Email: meerut@uhrc.in
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