#Recovery is a powerful concept,enabling comprehensive, rights based care in mental health. Last week Sumeet Jain exchanged learning’s from Burans - mental health with communities Uttaraknd with our #Sukhudukhu sathis(mental health peer facilitators)for building context specific meanings of recovery.#MHCAREGAP

Our Director & Senior Fellow, daktre/ಡಾಕ್ಟ್ರೇ spoke at the 2025 Wipro Healthcare Partners' Forum (Jan 23-25, 2025), making a case for re-imagining Primary Health Care (PHC) as the cornerstone for achieving Universal Health Coverage. Based on insights from the PHC4UHC initiative

Our Sukhudukhu sathi(facilitators) felt the warmth of the song & participated in it.They could connect themselves & realise more of their value & their role in the mental health recovery process of the persons with mental health problems.#Training #MentalHealth

Thank you Sushmita and Nikhil for facilitating the training.Our Sukhudukhu sathi(facilitators)enjoyed the training & learnt about identifying risk factors of suicide and the ways to address it in their communities. #SuicidePrevention

Strategizing the shift to a community-owned model: We're partnering with Ekjut to integrate a participatory learning and action approach into the #CareCompanionProgram in India. Our recent co-creation workshop brought together diverse perspectives to shape this initiative.

Street theatre known as“Nukkad Natak”is an integral part of Participatory Learning & Action meetings cycle. Here our Sukhudukhu Sathi(facilitators)conducting lively dramas which not only generate discussions but motivate for actions within communities. #SubstanceUse #Addictions

And our players from #Jharkhand are excited to play in this tournament. #Pampal (🦋 in Ho language) initiative for #Youth #MentalHealth Program. #YouthLeadership #SportsforMentalHealth

Young generation are discussing enablers & barriers to their health & wellbeing & co-learning social emotional skills for healthy mind & body. #HealthyBeginingHopeful #WorldHealthDay #ParticipatoryMeetings #MentalHealth #SubstanceUse #Junkfoods #earlymarriage #outofschool

The PHC4UHC consortium, comprising teams from IPH Bengaluru, IIM Bangalore, Ekjut and The George Institute for Global Health supported by Alliance for HPSR came together for a 3-day workshop from 7th to 9th April at the India International Centre, Delhi. The workshop focused on sharing preliminary

#Creches have the potential to break intergenerational cycle of poverty. #Creches are the reason for psychological wellbeing of mothers. #Creches can address growth faltering with improved stunting in children.

Glad to be part of engaging session with fellow travellers Madhavi Bhargava & Dr.Pavitra Mohan last month,moderated by Prof.Edward Pinto,Azim Premji Univ.Focussed on Interlinking Undernutrition&TB,Comprehensive Primary Care services&community mental health among Tribal communities.

Journey of Recovery and Hope.. from village clinic to community support group meeting. Mahesh(name changed& with consent) who lost interest in sketching now drawing beautiful sketches of the meetings (सुखु-दुःखु बैठकी) #WorldSchizophreniaDay

From silence to sketches, from despair to hope Mahesh (name changed) finds healing through community. Now sketching the very meetings that support him. A journey from clinic to connection. #WorldSchizophreniaDay #MentalHealthMatters CIP, Ranchi Offical Page

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