1. Love of Christ Compels us The Catholic Health Association of India-1943 World’s Largest NGO in Health Sector ‘  3330 Member institutions Health centre to Medical Colleges  600 Sister Doctors, 25000 sister nurses, 10000 para-professionals (2012)  11 Regional units  Strive to Achieve Health for All

2. Organogram of the Organization General Body Central Governing Body (Elected Director-General Assistant to Director Administration Programme Departments

3. OURS PRESENCE IN INDIA

4. CHAI’s Focus Areas 1.Communicable & Non- Communicable Diseases, 2.Community Health, 3. Advocacy, 4.Disaster Management 5.Continuing Education

5. 1.1 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1.HIV/AIDS Intervention Programmes since 1993.  Reached 700,000 people with counseling and testing services  Reached 2.2 million people with HIV prevention messages  3600 HIV- Positive pregnant women on P revention of parent-to-Child-transmission of HIV  1,000 high schools students of 11 districts with prevention message  HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) around 40,000 families through 40 Community Care Centers with psycho-social, educational and medical services  Strengthening Nursing Expertise in HIV/AIDS (SNEH)- capacity building

6. 2.Tuberculosis (tb) Programmes  TB claims approximately 1,000 lives every day in India. (WHO)  First IMPACT TB Control Programme–  Global Fund Round 9 TB Project for Civil Society Engagement.  Reaches 10 States and 92 Districts (awareness generation, diagnosis, community mobilization, prevention) 3. Leprosy Programme  Building capacity of care-givers and institutions  Rehabilitation leprosy patients (reconstructive surgeries and physiotherapy).

7. Non-Communicable Diseases Diabetes silent killer India. Reached to 100.000 people on awareness generation, Reaches to rural poor (awareness generation & early detection and provide treatment through our care centres 2.COMMUNITY HEALTH 1.Comprehensive Community Health Programme We empower communities to take active responsibility for their own health and development 2.Community Health Promotion Fund supporting micro-level initiatives for improving the health status of women and children. Focus on Medical Support to Pregnant and Lactating Women and Malnourished Children.

8. 3.Comprehensive Child Survival Programme Strengthen the capacity of the health workers, health system and community to reduce infant and child mortality, the Comprehensive Child Survival Programme  12 states and nearly 300 villages provided intensive trainings in community health Personnel  Formation of Village Health Committees; Formation of Self Help Groups;  Awareness Programmes/Health Education with Specific on pregnant women  Trained 1300 Accredited social health activist (ASHA’ are govt. employees)  Trained 800 ANMs (Assistant Nurse and Mid-wifes  Referred 800 infants at risk to higher treatments

9. 3. ADVOCACY 1.People’s Health Forum  Women’s groups were formed to identify health issues of women and children. A 2.District Health Action Forum  The Forum for stakeholders governments, NGOs, Academics Activists, and Civil Society Organizations in 15 States of India.  Review performance of health services, healthcare challenges and gaps, take corrective measures 3.Improving Health in India  advocacy at the grassroots, State and National levels aiming at forcing Government to take up necessary measures.  Active over 500 villages of the country.

10. 4. DISASTER MANAGEMENT  Priority is health and health-related problems  mobilizing resources and personnel to carry out relief work, providing medical aid, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual rehabilitation 1993 Latur Earthquake, 1999 Orissa Super Cyclone, 2001Gujarat Earthquake, 2002 Gujarat Communal Riots, 2004 Tsunami, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, 2005 Gujarat floods, 2006 Andhra Pradesh floods, 2011 Orissa flood

11. 5. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CHAI had established the Community College affiliated to IGNOU, the world’s largest university & Jackson States University, USA and Loyola Academy. various courses initiated  Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Administration,  Geriatric Home Based Care,  Disaster Management and Trauma Counseling, Alternative Systems of Medicine,  Clinical Pastoral Education,  NGO Management,  Basic Social Research methodology,  Advanced Social Research methodology,  Geriatric Home Based Care, Nurse Practitioners (Certificate & Diploma Programmes),

12.  In the past years it has served 600 HIV/AIDs in patients.  It has reached to 450 HIV/AIDS patients through its outpatient department 6. C ENTRE OF E XCELLENCE FOR HIV/AIDS 7. M ANAGEMENT AND T ECHNICAL C APACITY  440 professionals with diverse educational backgrounds like Medicine, Public Health, Social Work, Management, Administration, Science, Finance, Law, Theology and Fine Arts. 8. F INANCE The annual turnover of the organization is 3 million Euro

13. O UR FEW I NITIATIVES REQUEST YOUR HELP S OLAR LIGHT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, H EALTH INSURANCE FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN B UILDING KNOWLEDGE BANK ON HEALTH W ORK AGAINST NON - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES P ROMOTING HEALTH AMONG THE ADOLESCENTS H IV / AIDS CHILD, WOMEN, SENIOR CITIZEN FUNDS M EDICAL FUNDS FOR CHILDREN, MOTHERS H IV / AIDS CARE CENTRE FUND C HAI CLINIC FUND S PONSORSHIPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION F OR RELIGIOUS FOR PURSUING MEDICAL, NURSING, ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION ETC. Along we walked; Along We’ll walk Rev.Dr.Norvy Paul VC Asst.to Director General