Urban Health Resource Centre - Strategies

Strategies

UHRC works in partnership with national, state governments and municipalities, NGOs and CBOs, public and private sector health providers, the corporate sector and communities to contribute towards improved health of children and families living in underserved urban settlements. Strategies include

• Applying scientific methods for situation specific urban health program planning
• Developing and testing effective urban health programming approaches in diverse settings
• Facilitating adaptation and replication of these approaches through development of Tools/Guides
• Capacity Development of urban grassroot institutions to bring about and sustain health improvements
• Utilizing Operations Research for generating evidence on best practices and promoting them for better urban health programs
• Sharing Lessons with stakeholders through study tours, workshops and documents.
• Providing Technical Assistance to Governments, Non-Governmental Institutions and Corporates for developing urban health program strategies
• Promotion of functional partnerships among public sector, civil society, and corporate sector agencies for improving urban health
• Bridging the knowledge gaps on health of the urban poor and program experiences
• Advocacy at different forums to shape policies and set priorities for improving Health of the Urban Poor.