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The Institute of Health Management
Research (IIHMR), Jaipur is
a premier, perhaps a unique
organization, in the country
engaged in health management
research, education and training.
It’s an institution
dedicated to the improvement
in standards of health through
better management of health
care and related programmes.
It seeks to accomplish its
mission through management
research, education, training
and institutional networking
in a national and global perspective
in the health sector. The
Institute is designated as
a WHO Collaborating Center
for District Health Systems
based on Primary Health Care,
for its significant contribution
in the area of health care
management research and education
in India and abroad. As a
collaborating center, the
Institute is in the network
with about sixty such centers
in ten countries of South
East Asia Region, in the area
of training, research and
education. The Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India has also
identified the Institute as
Institute of Excellence. At
present Institute have collaborative
arrangements with the following
national and international
institutions for undertaking
collaborative research on
the areas of mutual interest.
• The Johns Hopkins
University, USA • New
Jersey Institute of Technology,
USA • University of
Heidelberg, Germany •
Wake Forest University, USA
• South East Asia Public
Health Education Institution
Network (SEAPHEIN) •
Mahidol University, Thailand
• Padjadjaran University,
Indonesia • Gadjha Madha
University, Indonesia •
Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
• IbnSina, Kabul, Afghanistan
• BP Koirala Institute
of Health Sciences, Dharan,
Nepal • Saudi German
Hospitals Group, Saudi Arabia
• Indira Gandhi National
Open University Since its
inception in 1984, not only
it has made a distinct place
for itself, but also a key
force in establishing health
management as a distinctive
discipline in the country.
Over the past two decades,
the health care and systems
research and programme evaluation
undertaken at the national
and international level by
the Institute, has made a
significant influence on policies
and programmes in the health
sector. In addition, short-term
training programmes conducted
for national and state level
administrators and policy
makers, has immensely contributed
to skill development in management
in the health sector. It also
has served as resource center
in the area of health management
and is playing an important
role in information sharing
and dissemination. The Institute
has extensively worked on
assignments/consultancies
for studies and projects funded
by Government of India, Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare,
Department of Personnel and
Training, Planning Commission,
National Institute of Health
& Family Welfare (New
Delhi), Indian Council of
Medical Research, various
state Governments in India,
and UN, International and
Bilateral Agencies, namely,
UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, World
Health Organization, World
Food Programme, World Bank,
CARE, Ford Foundation, DFID,
DANIDA, and others. The Institute
is mainly engaged in Policy
and Programme related research.
Planning and Management and
Capacity Building activities.
It undertakes research, training
and consulting activities
in the following thrust areas:
• Primary Health Care
• Reproductive Health
and Population • Health
Economics and Finance- •
NGO Management • Hospital
Management • HIV/AIDS
Survey and Programme Management
Institute has capability to
undertake the following type
of activities: • Management
Research, Education and Training
in the health sector •
Training Needs Assessment,
Designing Training Programmes
and Training of Trainers.
• Organization and Institutional
Capacity Development through
Technical Assistance and Networking.
• Policy Research, Project
Planning and Evaluation Studies.
• Economic and Financial
Analysis. • Survey Research
and Operations Research The
Institute has conducted several
research studies that have
high relevance to health policies
and programmes. Some of the
important studies include:
Institutional Assessment of
Tuberculosis Control Programme,
Institutional and Organization
Mechanism and Effectiveness
National Vector Borne Disease
Control Programme, Mid term
Evaluation National AIDS Control
Programme (Currently undertaking
final Independent Evaluation
National AIDS Control Programme
II), Study of Organization
Effectiveness, Independent
Assessment of National Leprosy
Elimination Programme, National
Family Health Survey III,
End-Line Evaluation of Integrated
Child Development Scheme,
Social Assessment, and Training
Evaluation of Emergency Obstetric
Care. The Institute has also
made its presence felt at
the international level. In
collaboration with the Department
of International Health, Johns
Hopkins School of Public Health,
the Institute provides technical
support to the Ministry of
Health, Afghanistan for developing
a monitoring and evaluation
system. A health systems project,
supported by DFID, has been
initiated with the Department
of International Health and
Institute of Development Studies,
UK with partner institutions
in Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
China, Nigeria and Uganda.
The Institute has started
undertaking research and capacity
building in the Middle-East
countries through the newly
established Health Management
Research Institute, a joint
venture of IIHMR and Saudi
German Hospital Group in Jeddah.
A MoU with Mahidol University,
Bangkok, and other universities
in south-east Asia has been
signed for collaborative research
and student and faculty exchange
in order to build capacity,
especially in Public Health
and Management. We signed
a MoU with BP Koirala Institute
of Health Sciences, Nepal
to build capacity in health
management and provide support
in developing MPH Programme.
The Institute is now an active
partner in the South-East
Network of Public Health Education
Institutions of WHO SEARO.
As a member of the network,
the Institute was invited
by the Ministry of Health,
Government of Maldives to
develop an academic programme
in health management leading
to an advanced diploma and
by the University of Colombo
for capacity building in Health
Economics. The Institute has
been ranked as first among
the top 5 Healthcare Management
institutions in India in a
recent survey conducted by
the Outlook Magazine. The
Institute, through its Management
Development Programmes (MDP),
continued to focus on capacity
building in healthcare management
of national, state and district
level managers of the projects
funded by development agencies
for the developing countries.
The Institute conducts MDPs
on leadership and management
development in health care,
health sector reforms, quality
assurance/ health management
information systems, communication
planning and management for
behaviour change, result-based
management, management of
health programmes, and NGO
management. The Postgraduate
Programme in Hospital and
Health Management (PGDHM)
has attained a status of a
premier programme in the country.
It is rated as one of the
best sectoral business management
programmes in the country.
The programme has set high
standards of management education
in the health sector. A significant
addition to the programme
was the specialization in
Pharmaceutical Management
to address the professional
management needs specific
to the fast growing pharmaceutical
industry. Besides research,
training and teaching, the
Institute is engaged in consulting
in the areas of organization
and institution capacity development,
health care management, programme
evaluation, project planning
and implementation of health
programmes. One of the major
activities of the Institute
is Networking of the academic
institutions, and professional
organizations in the area
of health management and training
in India and abroad; and also
dissemination of research
and resource material.
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