Medicine in the method

There is little doubt that India’s healthcare system needs all the help it can get. Government interventions and institutional frameworks are the key factors in reviving hope and dispelling despair, and support from every branch of civil society a necessary contribution in making that happen.

The Tata Trusts have been striving to play just such a role with their across-the-spectrum programmes in the health sector. The Trusts have for long been engaged in a variety of efforts to develop and support multipronged initiatives to address issues that cover communicable and noncommunicable diseases, maternal and child health, mental health, geriatric care and more. The goal is to strengthen healthcare delivery capability through a multipronged approach that includes direct implementation, institution building, partnerships, technology adoption and innovation.

The Trusts’ health portfolio focuses on improving access to, and the quality of, healthcare by addressing the lacunae in human resources and infrastructure across the continuum of patients’ health and well-being. That means working with the central and state governments and with implementation partners to provide integrated interventions to secure widespread, sustainable and long-term impact in public health.