Health Resource Unit

The Health Resource Unit (HRU) is a facilitating platform for building quality human resources at appropriate levels and intellectual leadership contributing towards an environment that will support policies, plans, approaches to ensure Health for all. The HRU is run by a core team of professionals and experts backed by a technical group with extensive experience in the field of health and allied activities in Orissa and outside. The piloting strategies and innovations are being supported by critical learning-by-doing practices.

Core competencies

Community Monitoring
Public Private Partnership in PHC Management
Health Facility Mapping
Rapid Health Assessment
Community Based Distribution of contraceptives
Preparation of Programme Implementation Plans

Important Project Implemented

Mapping Adequacy of staffing for MCH in Ganjam district Increasing awareness of and access to contraceptives for married adolescents, awareness on reproductive and sexual health and reduction of iron deficiency anemia among Adolescent girls in Ganjam block of Ganjam District.

A Baseline Survey Management of 5 PHCs (New) in five blocks of Ganjam under PPP (Karuna Trust, Karnataka in collaboration with HDF, Bhubaneswar) Organization of advocacy activities on world population day.

Facility assessment of 14 special new born care units (SNCU)I, in 14 blocks of Koraput District.

Capacity building of key  functionaries of MNGOs and FNGOs engaged in RCH progrmme under NRHM on Community Monitoring and Operationalising GKS.

Mapping of Municipality Hospitals and Dispensaries in Odisha.

Management of 5 PHCs (New) in five blocks of Ganjam under PPP (Karuna Trust, Karnataka in collaboration with HDF, Bhubaneswar).

State of Health in Odisha-Publication.

Needs Assessment for CBD project in Odisha.

CBD Project in Ganjam Under UNFPA.

Operations Research for Engagement of Male Health Workers to Improve the MNCH in Remote Areas of Orissa.

Management of 10 PHCs (New) in five blocks of Ganjam & two blocks of Kandhamal under PPP (Karuna Trust, Karnataka in collaboration with HDF, Bhubaneswar).

PPTCT Project.

Evaluation of Green Card Facilities in Odisha.

Management of 10 PHCs (New) in five blocks of Ganjam & two blocks of Kandhamal under PPP (Karuna Trust, Karnataka in collaboration with HDF, Bhubaneswar).

Preparation of Model City Health Plan in Bhubaneswar Municipality Corporation.

Asha Assist Project.

Gam Swasthya Samiksya under NMM.