Presented by Prof. Sanjay Zodpey in August 2012.

1. Public Health Foundation of India
Prof. Sanjay Zodpey
Vice President, Public Health Foundation of India
Director, Public Health Education, PHFI
Director, Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi
28th August, 2012
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2. PHFI was launched in 2006 post multi-stakeholder consultations
To strengthen public
health system in India
by building
public health
institutional capacity
A Public private
partnership, set up as
an independent
foundation. Registered
as a Society
With initial funding
from government,
international
foundations (BMGF),
private/other
Launched by the Prime Minister of India, organisations
Dr. Manmohan Singh in March 2006
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3. PHFI: Mandate
PHFI has a mandate to strengthen the public health capacity in India by :
• Establishing a network of new Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs)
• Assisting the growth of existing public health training
institutions/departments
• Establishing a strong national research network
• Generating policy recommendations & developing a vigorous advocacy
platform
• Facilitating creation of an accreditation body for public health education in
India
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4. The charter covers three main areas
Three Core Areas Integrated activities
Helping build Education
public health human Building
resources capacity Training platforms for
informed
knowledge in
Research public health
Advancing research for
effective policies and Institutes
programs Policy &
Networks
Advocacy
Collaborations
Technical
Setting
Helping strengthen
assistance
standards of
health systems – from Health
excellence
demand and supply Communication
side
Affordable Health
Technologies
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5. PHFI governed by an empowered and eminent global board
PHFI Board ‘Executive Committee’
Mr. N R Narayana Murthy
Managed by a
Chairman PHFI
strong academic
and management
team led by
Representation from multiple constituencies
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
- government International President, PHFI
Government of India/ Development Partners
Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare
Civil society groups &
Individuals
Eminent Indian &
international academic/ Industry/ Corporate
scientific leaders leaders
In addition to the PHFI Board, each Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH)
has a locally configured advisory council to provide more frequent direction
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6. Partnering with range of national and international organizations
EXAMPLES
Academic & Research Government, Bi lateral & Private Sector & International
Organizations Multi lateral Agencies Foundations
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7. Setting up Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPH) in partnership
with State Governments
• Four functioning Indian
Institutes of Public Health.
Fifth one planned
Delhi
• Interlinked Institutes as
Meghalaya regional hubs for teaching,
reaching and practice in
Madhya Pradesh public health
Gujarat
Orissa
• Multiple collaborating
institutions - regional
Andhra (e.g. State Institutes of
Pradesh Health & Family Welfare),
national and global
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8. Strong academic and research platforms been built so far so far
Strong academic and research platforms been built
OVERVIEW
▪ 4 operational Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPH); 5th upcoming
Education ▪ On-campus Diploma Courses; Distance Learning Programs; MPH to be launched
▪ 68 Full Time Faculty; 41 Adjunct; 21 visiting
▪ Multiple academic partnerships with Indian & International Institutions
▪ 100+ programs, 12000+ person trainings; 55,000 +person training days
Training ▪ Linkage with key national health programs e.g. NHRM, NVBDCP
▪ Delivered through IIPH network & government institutions centers
▪ Emerging partnerships with private sector (e.g. certificate course in diabetes)
▪ 150+ research grants – national and international sponsors
Research ▪ 350+ technical Staff; 80+ PhD or equivalent (also adjunct faculty)
▪ 4 Centers of Excellence active ; several more proposed
▪ 650+ publications; 150+ conference papers/abstracts
Health systems/ ▪ Engaging with States on health systems – infection control etc.
Communication/ ▪ Technical support for HLEG, Planning Commission of India on UHC
Policy ▪ Shaping Tobacco Control policy, Initiatives in MCH, Infectious diseases, HIV

10. PHFI ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
REGULAR DISTANCE EDUCATION
• PGDPHM • PGDPHN
• PGDBDM • PGDEPI
• PGDHEP • PGDHPTC
• PGDCR

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12. SCALING UP OF PHFI INSTITUTIONS AND
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
IIPH Gandhinagar IIPH IIPH Gandhinagar IIPH- Gandhinagar
PGDPHM Gandhinagar PGDPHM PGDPHM
PGDPHM
IIPH- Hyderabad IIPH- Hyderabad IIPH- Hyderabad IIPH- Hyderabad
PGDBDM PGDBDM PGDBDM PGDBDM
PGDPHM PGDPHM PGDPHM
IIPH- Delhi IIPH- Delhi IIPH- Delhi IIPH- Delhi
PGDHEP PGDHEP PGDHEP PGDHEP
PGDPHM PGDPHM PGDPHM
PGDCR
PGDCR PGDCR
PGDPHN-DL PGDPHN-DL
PGDPHM-SIHMC, PGDEPI-DL
Gwalior* PGDPHM-SIHMC,
Gwalior*
IIPH- Bhubaneswar IIPH- Bhubaneswar
PGDPHM PGDPHM
* Technical support from Public Health Foundation of India for PGDPHM

13. Training programs for skill and competence building
OVERVIEW
Training areas Range of constituencies
▪ Nutrition ▪ Government health services (e.g: IDSP, NVBDCP
▪ Public Health Management and AYUSH)
▪ Diabetes Management ▪ Private sector health professionals
▪ Research Skills & Methods ▪ Public health practitioners
▪ Village Health and Sanitation ▪ Academic researchers
▪ Health Promotion ▪ Non-government organizations
▪ Hospital and Infection Control ▪ Civil society advocates
▪ Policy makers
Training programmes (examples)
▪ Short term training on Monitoring & Evaluation of Public Health Programmes
▪ ‘Certificate Course In Evidence Based Diabetes Management’ for training primary care physicans
with ultimate objective to improve patient outcomes (2000+ participants)
▪ Induction training to the district VBD consultants in management of Malaria and Kala Azar
▪ Regional workshop on Monitoring & Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Program
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14. Certificate Course in Evidence Based Diabetes
Management (CCEBDM)
• The course is a joint certificate program between Public
Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes
Education Academy (DMDEA), Chennai.
• DMDEA is a unit of Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Centre
(DMDSC); an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Centre
of Diabetes Education for the period 2009-2012.
• The program is being coordinated and delivered on a PAN-
India level by PHFI.
• The program is supported by an educational grant by MSD
Pharmaceuticals Private Limited.
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15. Objectives - CCEBDM
To develop core skills and
competencies in primary care
physicians for the practice of
evidence based diabetes
management. To establish networks between
primary care physicians and existing
specialized diabetes care centers in
India for improving patient outcomes
in Diabetes care
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16. Cycle I launched on 8th Aug, 2010 Cycle II launched on 11th Dec, 2011
18 states 19 states, 1 UT 15 National Experts
57 Cities 15 National Experts 65 Cities 149 Regional Faculty
100 Centers 128 Regional Faculty 119 Centers 84 Observers
61 Observers 1568 Participants
1208 Participants
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17. Research across range of areas
Policy & Programme relevant research Strong base of research projects
Strong focus on health systems and policy areas/topics
(including health policy, economics & financing, 150+ research projects
human resources, operational research, evaluations)
More than 650 publications; 35 books
and book chapters
Collaborations with
Epidemiology
• Foundations/Research Agencies
e.g. Wellcome Trust, NIH,BMGF,
MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller
Health Population
systems and health and • Bilateral/multilateral agencies such
policy health
promotion as WHO, USAID, DFID, Norway
Determinants
Government
of health
• Government agencies as well as
state governments of Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Chhattisgarh,
Orissa, Gujarat, UP
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18. Major Research / Project Grants (Illustrative)
• More than 150 research projects
• Donors include Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of
Health, MOHFW etc.
Major Projects and Grants Donor Grant Value
Strengthening Of Tobacco Control Efforts Through Innovative Bill & Melinda Gates $ 5.3 million
Partnerships And Strategies (STEPS) Foundation
Developing Case Studies Of Innovations In Public Health For McArthur Foundation $ 500,000
Competency Strengthening And Advocacy
(Future Faculty) Capacity Building Grant Wellcome Trust £ 5 million
South Asia Network for Chronic Diseases Wellcome Trust £ 4.5 million
Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Diseases NIH $ 3 million
Advocacy and Health Communication for Maternal and Child Bill & Melinda Gates $ 2.3 million
Health Foundation
Assessing And Supporting Norway India Partnership Initiative Norwegian Ministry of Foreign $724,000
(NIPI) Interventions Affairs
Developing Case Studies Of Innovations In Public Health For McArthur Foundation $ 500,000
Competency Strengthening And Advocacy
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20. Several reports, papers and publications EXAMPLES
Paper on Chronic Non-
Communicable Diseases in
India (2011) Report on ‘Evaluation of
Special Care Newborn Units
in eight districts in India’
Lancet Special Series On Study on impact of publicly
‘Health Care In India (2011) financed health insurance
schemes on financial risk
protection (2012)
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21. Centers of Research & Excellence in priority areas
Functioning Centers Proposed Centers
Maternal & Child Health
Tribal Health
Mental Health
Environment and Health
Infectious Diseases
The South Asia Centre for Disability Inclusive
Development & Research (SACDIR)
Health Informatics
Health Systems Research
The Ramalingaswami Centre for Social
Determinants of Health
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22. • IOM BOARD
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23. Aiding policy development & review in multiple areas
Health Health in
Tobacco
Literacy- human rights
Control
ICDS, Mental and child
Policy
Health rights
Allied Health
Universal Health
Services
Health Professional
(project
Coverage Education
partner to
MoH&FW)
Combating Review of Infection
AIDS/HIV programmes- Control
with NACO Polio, NRHM Practices
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24. PHFI advancing the agenda of Universal Health Coverage
To develop a comprehensive plan for health in India,
the Planning Commission of India under approval by the
Prime Minister, constituted the High Level Expert Group
(HLEG) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) appointed as
the Technical Secretariat. President PHFI as the Chair
Mandate to develop a framework for providing easily
accessible and affordable health care to all Indians and
suggesting a 10-year strategy going forward. The report
was submitted in November, 2011
PHFI involved in health sector
policy discussions around
healthcare
financing, medicines, delivery, hu
man resources, community
involvement
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25. Focus on Health Communication
Health Communication division Involved in public health
education, programmes and initiatives, training and research in
consonance with National and State Health programmes and Projects (Examples)
community needs.
▪ HealthyIndia website
(www.healthyindia.org.in), in
partnership with Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare
▪ Implementing a pilot
awareness campaign on
mental health in ten selected
districts of India (on behalf
of the National Mental
Health
Programme, MoH&FW)
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26. Initiative on Health Systems Support
Focus of the Health Systems Support Unit
▪ Testing of new interventions and implementation approaches
▪ Innovative monitoring (range-depth & quality)
▪ Inter-sectoral convergence
▪ Capacity building
Projects (Examples)
▪ National Initiative for Allied Health Services (NIAHS)
▪ Programmes for Improving Infection Control and Patient Safety
▪ Contributor to the 4th Common Review Mission of the National Rural Health
Mission
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27. Initiative on Affordable Health Technologies
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28. Few of our other/linked sites
www.healthyindia.org.in www.ctchp.org
http://publichealthglobal.org/ www.uhc-india.org
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29. To know more, visit
www.phfi.org
Working towards a healthier India
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