In-Country Partners
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Staff members of Project Concern International, one of our partners in India, distribute AmeriCares aid. AmeriCares India is very fortunate to have developed partnerships with volunteer service, hospitals, clinics, Government, Ministries and other entities. We could not carry out our mission without their expertise and contacts on the ground. Our local network of partners allows us to get medicines and medical supplies to even the most remote locations quickly. And we can better implement tactical healthcare solutions and establish long-term strategies to rebuild infrastructure during recovery and post-recovery periods. Some of our highlighted partners include:
Niramaya Health Foundation Niramaya Health Foundation runs two health clinics providing quality and affordable healthcare to the people residing in two of the most depressed urban areas of Mumbai - Shivaji Nagar and Baiganwadi. AmeriCares began working with Niramaya in 2007 to support two health clinics providing quality and affordable health care to the people residing in the area. To give access to health care at the family health care clinics, AmeriCares India provides Niramaya with medicines and other health supplies. In addition, Niramaya’s mobile clinic provides weekly health clinics, education programs and runs special outpatient services for migrant workers twice a week. Niramaya reaches children younger than two years of age, nursing mothers and pregnant women through door-to-door visits. The mothers are persuaded to use the health care services available.
Shamlaji Hospital In Shamlaji of Sabarkantha District – a poor tribal area in Gujurat, All India Movement for Seva is running a 30-bed hospital under the supervision of Dr. Haren Joshi and Dr. Pratima Tolat. Dr. Haren Joshi is a trauma, vascular, and general surgeon and previously director of three hospitals in the U.S. and Dr. Tolat is an ophthalmologist. Currently, the hospital sees an average of 200 patients per day. The hospital also employs Female Health Workers to provide guidance for maternity and childcare and run the vaccination program.
Project Concern International Project Concern International (PCI) is a non-profit, global health organization working in Asia, the Americas and Africa to bring better health and hope to children and families living in poverty. In India, PCI provides a range of support services to children infected with HIV and those who are affected by AIDS and at-risk of infection, such as for Delhi’s thousands of street and working children. PCI provides services such as shelters and drop-in centers, counseling, health care, nutritious food, informal education, vocational training, and family tracing and reintegration services. AmeriCares India supports PCI’s extensive and comprehensive home-based care program in some of the most depressed urban areas. AmeriCares partnered with PCI to respond to the monsoon flooding in late 2007 with medical care and food security items, and continue to partner in response to the 2008 Bihar flooding. PCI also continues to support those affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami, and an AmeriCares grant is helping communities rebuild in 20 of the hardest hit villages in Southern India.
Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA) AmeriCares India is working with the Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA) who has been improving health care access and services for women and children since 2007. In our initial partnership with SOSVA, we were able to work together to distribute medicines and medical supplies in response to the 2007 flooding in Mumbai. Since then, AmeriCares India, through its partnership with SOSVA, has distributed medical assistance to five local hospitals in India, including:. M.H.Saboo Siddik Maternity & General Hospital in Mumbai; Indian Red Cross Society in Tamil Nadu; Sane Guruji Arogya Kendra in Pune; Memorial Rural Cancer Projects / Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital in Barshi; and Matru Mandir Devrukh in Ratnagiri. The Wockhardt Foundation’s welfare initiatives are an extension of the company’s belief of making a difference to the society they live in. Wockhardt has initiated and been involved in some key welfare programs, including the operation of free mobile medical vans in some of the most distressed areas of India’s inner cities.
Duncan Hospital and Emmanuel Hospital Associate (EHA) 
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Lab technicians The Duncan Hospital is run by the Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) in the remote north-east town of Raxaul, India, which is located on the border of Nepal. It serves over 11 million people and treats many patients on a daily basis from both India and Nepal. The Duncan Hospital offers services in surgery, obstetric/gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, dentistry and treatment programs for patients with AIDS. Free treatments are provided for poor patients. There is also a nursing school which trains nurses for EHA and other health delivery programs.
BSES Municipal Hospital in Andheri Managed by Brahma Kumaris’ Global Hospital and Research Centre, the BSES M G Hospital presents a new model of health care. The hospital is equipped with state of art technology and has a dedicated team of nurses and doctors. Located in the heart of Mumbai, BSES M G Hospital is easily accessible from various parts of the city. The hospital is close to both, the domestic and international airports. The 120-bed hospital is equipped with 5 Operation Theaters and 14 intensive care unit beds. The hospital provides almost every type of service, in the fields of diagnosis, investigations, treatment and rehabilitation.
Pathway HIV/AIDS Program PCI India has been awarded a four-year cooperative agreement by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta under the Global AIDS Program to implement a home-based care program for people living with HIV/AIDS (referred to as the “PATHWAY” Project). This project has been operational in Pune, Maharashtra since 2001.The same model project has been replicated and directly implemented by PCI in Salem District of Tamilnadu. In September 2004, PCI initiated the PATHWAY+ Program, “Comprehensive Community and Home-Based Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in India,” which was also funded by CDC.” The five-year continuation program (September 1, 2004-August 31, 2009) was designed to implement an integrated community and home-based care and support and HIV prevention in three sites in the high prevalence states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh.
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