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.
Contacts
1, Prabhu Dayal Marg
Near Sanganer Airport 302 011 Jaipur (Rajasthan)
India
Tel : +91-141-2791431/34
Fax : +91-141-2792138
Email: iihmr@iihmr.org
Website: www.iihmr.org
Institution working on the following sectors
- Capacity Building
- Family Planning
- Gender
- HIV / AIDS
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Policy & Advocacy
- Population & Development
- Reproductive Health
- Research
Expert in -
Research, training and education in Health and Hospital Management, Population Management and Reproductive Health, Health economics and Finance, NGO Management and Capacity Development, Large Scale Health Surveys, Quality Management in Health Care, Data Management
Working Languages
- English
Total Number of Staff and Trainer
- Staff : 100
- Trainer: 20
Focal Persons
Dr. S.D. Gupta
Director
Tel: +91-141-3924700
Fax: +91-141-3924738
Email : sdgupta@iihmr.org; sodani@iihmr.org