PHM-Exch> Learning Opportunities in Jamkhed, India, for sustainable, comprehensive CBPHC

[Connie Gates]

Learning Opportunities on Sustainable Community Health and Development

at the Jamkhed International Institute, India

Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), Jamkhed, India

Jamkhed International Institute for Training & Research 

in Sustainable Community Health & Development

( <http://www.jamkhed.org/training> www.jamkhed.org/training)

 

Participate in the global revitalization of primary health care (PHC)!

by learning from a program that pioneered CBPHC principles & practice,

and whose experience informed the AlmaAta Declaration (1978)

 

Come and learn !!!

 

about the principles and practice of comprehensive community-based primary
health care 

(CBPHC) at a sustainable program that is an international model,

from the staff and villagers who pioneered this transforming experience, 

through the principles of equity, integration, empowerment,

bringing health and well-being to their communities for almost 50 years.

 

Communities 'Health' Themselves

Transforming Lives - Individuals, Communities!

 

CRHP's Jamkhed International Institute for Training & Research in Community
Health & Development - learn from village people and CRHP staff who have
experienced the transformative process. Since 1970 CRHP has pioneered the
principles (equity, integration, empowerment) and practice (building
community capacity, sustainability, social & behavior change,
intersectionality, etc) of CBPHC.

 

Here are some opportunities for 2018:

PRACTITIONERS (e.g. project managers, community organizers, social workers,
medical personnel)

Course in Sustainable Community Health & Development, (2 months - Aug & Sept
or Feb) - cost $3,000 (scholarships are available especially for people from
South Asia)

(mainly for people from various disciplines working with an organization in
communities)

Customized Short Course for an organization (1-2 weeks) - by arrangement

 

STUDENTS (e.g. medical, public health, allied health, social work,
development):

Practicum/Experiential Course on Sustainable Development, (3 weeks in July)
- cost: $1700

(mainly for undergraduates in various disciplines)

Internship/Practicum, e.g. public health, social work (4-6 weeks, or longer)
- by arrangement

 

Other learning experiences for individuals and groups - by arrangement

(e.g. undergraduate or graduate class with its faculty, donor or church
group, CCIH member group)

 

NOTE: If there is enough interest, we can develop a session for health and
development professionals, e.g. for NGOs/FBOs, for 1- 2 weeks. 

Please let Connie Gates know if you would be interested, and when more than
5 respond, she will arrange it.

 

Internships and Workshops also available in the US.

 

Contact in North America:
Others contact CRHP: info at jamkhed.org

Connie Gates, Jamkhed International - N.America

PO Box 1418, Carrboro, NC 27510
information on web: www.jamkhed.org/training

Tel. 919-270-5977 (cell), Email: jina at jamkhed.org

 

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Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), Jamkhed, Maharashtra, India

is a successful, sustainable, comprehensive, community-based primary health
care (CBPHC) program, initiated by Drs Raj and Mabelle Arole in 1970. Based
on their commitment to serve the poorest of the poor in rural India, they
worked in a mission hospital and soon realized that the western medical
model of clinic/hospital-based curative care was not having an impact on the
health of the poor and marginalized, especially women and children. They
were motivated to develop a new approach that would focus on health and on
the community. With belief in the potential of every person, especially the
poor and marginalized, they developed this approach for sustainable health
and well-being of villages by the community members themselves.

CRHP's mission is to facilitate the empowerment of communities, especially
poor, women and marginalized people, to attain health in its totality.
CRHP's values-based approach transforms villages into capable and caring
communities that work together to improve the health and well-being of
everyone. The project's role is to enable and support building the capacity
of the communities, especially through the role of village health workers
and community groups. Villagers can assess their own problems (and
resources), analyze causes, and develop appropriate action to solve them - a
sustainable process.

CRHP has been a pioneer since its beginning in developing the philosophy,
principles and practice of comprehensive CBPHC. The "Jamkhed model" has
become internationally known as a successful, sustainable approach of
building the capacity of communities to address their own health needs,
through empowerment, equity, addressing root causes/social determinants
(e.g. poverty, women's status, caste system), etc. There is a significant
impact on health indicators (e.g. infant/child and maternal health,
communicable and chronic diseases). The improvements are sustainable, by the
community. CRHP has been used globally as a model for other NGOs, churches,
international NGOs and government programs, including UNICEF, WHO, Govt of
India - and its experience informed the AlmaAta Declaration (1978). It
continues to be involved in the global revitalization of PHC.

In 1992 CRHP established the Jamkhed International Institute for Training &
Research in Sustainable Community Health & Development, where people
(students, professionals & community members; from government, NGOs &
churches; national & international) from all over the world come to learn
from the staff and villagers about this approach. The learning experiences
at Jamkhed will enable you to understand the principles & practice of CBPHC
and to be able to incorporate these into your own work.

 



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