2. Jhpiego

Jhpiego creates and delivers transformative health care solutions that save lives. In partnership with national governments, health experts and local communities, Jhpiego builds health providers’ skills and develops systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families.

NISHTHA, a flagship program of Jhpiego funded by USAID, aims to transform, redesign and re-engineer primary health care (PHC) in India for provision of equitable, comprehensive and client-centered PHC that contributes to improved health outcomes for marginalized and vulnerable populations, including women and girls.

NISHTHA is working to ensure availability of a skilled workforce, create sustainable training ecosystems and improve health care infrastructure and responsive health systems at the national level and across 14 states (Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura).

Core areas of support include:

1. Providing technical assistance for rollout of the Government of India’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Center program, which aims to achieve universal health coverage in India;
2. Creating an ecosystem for designing, incubating and testing innovative solutions; and
3. Fostering strategic partnerships between the public and private sectors to strengthen comprehensive PHC and ensure effective delivery of maternal and child health, family planning and tuberculosis services and the School Health and Wellness program.