India • Global health
- Sector: Global health
- Headquarters Country: India
- Operating Regions: South Asia, Africa, India, Kenya
- Founders: Krishnamurthy "Gopi" Gopalakrishnan
- Problem Identified: World Health Partners (WHP) believes that a sustainable healthcare system must ensure two foundational elements: prevent the onset of illnesses and ensure simple illnesses don’t get serious.
- Solution Offered: A system that efficiently delivers preventive and primary healthcare close to clients is the tool that will make this possible. By adopting triaging principles, secondary and tertiary care become a logical extension of this approach.
- Social Impact: In India, WHP operates in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Gujarat, with core competencies in providing services for maternal and child health, infectious disease (TB), and remote patient consultations with a focus on: engaging private sector providers for high-quality service delivery; using ICT-enabled services for real-time data integration; and community engagement with capacity building for active patient management. WHP has over 12,000 Sky Centers – WHP's technology-enabled centres based in rural villages – run by local entrepreneurs that administer care to those most in need and are located in the remotest areas of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. These are two of the largest and poorest states in India, with a combined population of over 300 million. On the backend, WHP runs a call centre that is useful for cases that require aggressive follow-up over long periods, such as tuberculosis treatment or antenatal care. Based in Patna, it handles case registrations, product placement, reimbursement of claims, client satisfaction probes, and alerts. In Kenya, WHP operates its own chain of tele-linked medical units, Maisha clinics, where trained nurses provide reproductive, maternal and child health services to rural and peri-urban communities.
- Awards: WHP's model has been recognized with awards from the Skoll Foundation, Ashoka Foundation, and Asian Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Its work is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Merck for Mothers, WISH Foundation, Government of India, USAID, and Johnson and Johnson.
- Website: http://www.worldhealthpartners.org/
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