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| TAST PROFILE |
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The Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoHFW), Government of West Bengal has launched the Health Systems Development Initiative (HSDI), a 5 year reform and investment programme supported by DFID to implement the Health Sector Strategy. The Strategy aims to improve the health status of all the people of West Bengal, especially the poor and those in greatest need. A Technical Assistance Support Team (TAST) has been engaged by UK Department for International Development (DFID) to support DoHFW in achieving HSDI Milestones and is authorised to procure, on behalf of DFID, consulting services for various Technical Assistance required by DoHFW.
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| Who we are |
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TAST is a Joint-Venture (JV) between Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise, India and Options, UK. The member organizations have worked with a wide range of national governments in South Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Myanmar. IPE-Options will work in association with the Indian Institute of Health Management & Research (IIHMR), which is a leading institute in management research, education and training.
TAST is also associated with a number of network partners, including four respected NGOs and institutions in West Bengal:
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Child in Need Institute (CINI) |
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Association for Social & Health Advancement (ASHA) |
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West Bengal Voluntary Health Association (WBVHA) |
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All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health (IIPH) |
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Hospital Services Consultants Corporation (HSCC) |
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Infrastructure Development Raman Infrastructure Development Consultants |
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Centre for Urban & Regional Excellence (CURE) |
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| Our Approach |
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The approach of TAST will be based on the following principles: |
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Integrating poverty focus within HSDI |
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Working with DHFW to bring about policy change for sector improvement |
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Finding evidence based solutions to practical health service problems in West |
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Bengal |
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Developing a communication strategy built on existing learning systems within |
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DHFW, as well as experiential learning arising from the program. |
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Capacity building of local consultants for long-term support |
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| THE MISSION |
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HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGY |
The government of West Bengal has embarked on a mission in order to carve out a healthy future and to bring about a change in the health sector which will improve access to quality health services in the state particularly among the poorest. The intention is to reach out to each and every home with the promise of a life vibrant with good health. Where every new mother will survive to nurse her infant .Where every new born will grow up to be its parents’ joy. Where every person will live without the fear of illness.Wgere the lack of treatment will not be the reason for untimely death. Where even the poorest man will will be able to afford a cure when he demands it. |
The Department of Health and Family Welfare (DHFW) of the Government of West Bengal (GoWB) has developed its Health Sector Strategy (HSS) for 2004-13. This is an important step to bring about change in the health sector, which will improve access to quality health services in the state, particularly amongst the poorest. The HSS aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and is consistent with the National Rural Health Mission.
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