PHFI

• Since launch in 2008, delivered 5000+ person trainings, 20,000+ training person days.
• Trainings are focused primarily on needs and requirements of health programs and interventions being run by Government/ Government Bodies - MoH&FW, Government of India, the State National Rural Health Mission (Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttarakhand), the Department of AYUSH – GoI, NVBDCP – GoI, State AIDS Control Society, ICMR, CSIR, Medical Council of India.
• Supplementing and complementing this, PHFI runs programs supported and sponsored by development agencies and private sector - DFID, Department of Health England, University of North Carolina, George Institute – Sydney, Health Protection Agency – UK, TATA Memorial Hospital, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Indian Health Action Trust, MSD Pharmaceuticals, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute etc.

Program Highlights

Training collaborations with the government (Central and State) include support for important government initiatives/programmes e.g., NRHM, NVBDCP/ICMR supported.

Illustrative list mentioned below:

Training / Workshop	Month/ Year	Location	No. of Participants	Sponsoring Organisation	Training Days
ToT for School Health Programme	Oct, 2010	Shillong, Meghalaya	35	NRHM, Govt of Meghalaya	3
Three months Induction Training for District VBD Consultants	Nov, 2010 – Feb, 2011	IIPH - Delhi	23	National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Government of India	89
ToT for RogiKalyanSamitis	Dec, 2010	Shillong, Meghalaya	35	NRHM, Govt of Meghalaya	3
Using Management tools to Improve District Health Services	March, 2011	Shillong, Meghalaya	30	NRHM, Govt of Meghalaya	3
Short Term Training on Monitoring & Evaluation of Public Health Programmes	May, 2011	IIPH - Gandhinagar	19	ICMR and CSIR and Self Sponsored	3
FETP for DSOs	Jan – Feb, 2011	IIPH - Delhi	14	IDSP, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India	13

Partnerships with State Governments for Capacity Building

MoU has been signed with Madhya Pradesh government for strengthening the capacity building initiatives at the State Institute of Health Management and Communication – Gwalior (SIHMC). The PGDPHM course has started from August, 2010 and the various short term training are planned. Similar discussions are on with Government of Jharkhand to strengthen Institute of Public Health, Ranchi Jharkhand by providing technical support through conducting training needs assessment and subsequently designing and delivering state specific short term trainings

Training programmes delivered in association with/supported by development agencies/ global funds.

Illustrative list mentioned below:

Training / Workshop	Month/ Year	Location	No. of Participants	Sponsoring Organisation	Training Days
Operation Research on HIV/AIDS	Jan – Feb, 2011	Imphal	20	BMGF	3
Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Program	Feb, 2011	New Delhi	23	Measure Evaluation,University of North Carolina USA and Self Sponsored	10
IMNCI TOT for District Trainers	Feb, 2011	IIPH - Bhubaneswar	26	UNICEF	8
Workshop on Mainstreaming Tobacco Control into Health Systems	April, 2011	IIPH - Hyderabad	21	STEPS Project / BMGF	1
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	April, 2011	IIPH - Delhi	27	Wellcome Trust, UK	5
Regional Dialogue on Strengthening Health System	June, 2011	Ahmedabad	53	Packard Foundation	1

Emerging partnerships with the private sector

Joint program designed and delivered by PHFI and Partners to train primary care physicians in evidence based disease management with ultimate objective to improve patient outcomes. The course called “Certificate Course in Evidence–Based Diabetes Management (CCEBDM)” is being rolled across (w.e.f August 2010) to 1208 primary care physicians across 57 cities in 18 states through 100 regional training centres in Phase 1. The course objective is to develop core skills and competencies of primary care physicians for the practice of evidence based diabetes management. This effort also aims to establish networks betweenprimary care physicians and existing specialized diabetes care centers in India for improved outcomes in diabetes care. The program is supported by MSD Pharmaceuticals Private Limited.