Policy Circulars 2004 - yashada

disasters for health officials and hospital management in emergencies. The training
programmes were quite successful, which gave YASHADA a confidence of handling the
health sector training, and marked the beginning of a new chapter in YASHADA's
training initiatives.
Encouraged by the experience of these training programmes, a team of YASHADA
faculty made visits to the State Departments of Public Health, Family Welfare, Medical
Education, etc., in order to assess their training needs and to work out a strategy of
effectively meeting these through YASHADA's training activities. In this background,
there was a suggestion from the Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Department
that a 'Center for Public Health Training and Research' should be set up at YASHADA,
which will holistically cater to various needs of the health sector both in rural and urban
areas. The Center would serve a pivotal role in linking together the public and private
health care institutions and interfacing them with the health seekers at large. Further, it
was also indicated that annual grant from the Health Department may be made available
for supporting the proposed Center at YASHADA. .
2. Vision for the Center
The proposed Center envisions an optimal health care system for the State of
Maharashtra, which is equally accessible to the urban, rural and tribal populations, which
offers effective solutions to an entire range of health problems including incidental, acute,
chronic and epidemic forms of ailments, which has a targeted approach to especially
vulnerable sections of health seekers such as infants and pregnant women, which builds
adequate preventive and promotive health mechanisms within the behavioral and
Knowledge & Practice (K & P) systems of the communities, and finally, which harnesses
a strong public-private partnership for enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of
health care.
3. Mission and Objectives
The Center would strive to realize this vision through a series of integrated initiatives
such as:
a) A holistic assessment of health sector needs including Training Need Analysis
(lNA) for various administrative departments within the sector
b) Rigorous training of health care providers at various levels ranging from Deans
and Civil Surgeons up to the paramedical workers
c) Networking of health care stakeholders, both public and private, and at various
levels, for facilitating a dialogue, sharing of experiences and self learning
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