Applying scientific knowledge to design and implement programs
Keeping vulnerable communities at the centre of all programs
Forging strong partnerships to achieve health targets
People covered through TB projects focusing on person-centred care and engagement with community structures and local governance
Vulnerable people, including the urban vulnerable, migrants, miners and tea garden workers reached through TB initiatives.
Adolescent girls reached through our work in adolescent health
Eligible couples, pregnant women and lactating mothers reached to improve MNCH outcomes
Adults screened for diabetes and hypertension
Most at risk populations and people living with HIV covered under HIV/AIDS projects
In 2003, KHPT was founded with a single mission to reduce the prevalence of HIV in Karnataka, specifically among vulnerable communities.
Karnataka adopts Cash Transfer system instituted by KHPT for children affected by AIDS
70% of the state HIV interventions transitioned to community-based organizations of sex workers built by KHPT
Intensive penetration of programs results in the reversal of the HIV epidemic in Karnataka
MNCH learnings from Karnataka transitioned and scaled up in Uttar Pradesh
Two randomized control trials with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine highlight adolescent vulnerability to HIV and intimate partner violence among sex workers
Our work results in an 11-point reduction in Neonatal Mortality and Infant Mortality in eight North Karnataka districts
HIV learnings enhance HIV programs of several African, Caribbean and South East Asian countries
Karnataka appoints high-level committee to develop a vulnerability reduction program for female sex workers based on our advocacy
Our woman-centred empowerment model to improve nutrition levels within disadvantaged households becomes a national learning initiative
Karnataka scales Kangaroo Mother Care Model piloted by KHPT in Koppal district
Government of India chooses KHPT as technical lead to conduct national vulnerability mapping exercise for adolescents
Central TB Division identifies KHPT as national technical partner for developing communication tools
Innovations in community engagement and patient care for TB chosen for scale up in four states through a USAID grant
My husband had TB three times and died. He never took treatment properly; he would throw his medication in the gutter. I lost a valuable person. After getting TB, people think their life is over; they get depressed and stop eating. I can tell them that even though I have HIV, I have never got TB because I look after myself.
Mehrunnissa
Secretary of the Navjyoti Network for Persons Living with HIV in Koppal.
The ASHA told me that even fathers can give KMC (Kangaroo Mother Care) to low birth weight babies. I then decided to support my wife and started giving KMC to my baby. It brought me and my baby together!
Nagaraj, Koppal district
I knew KMC means ‘keeping the low birth weight baby covered and keeping the baby next to the mother’. In 2016, I received exclusive training on KMC and there I learnt that KMC is much beyond this and how it benefits both mother and baby and also the practical sessions on KMC. Now I confidently speak about KMC and promote KMC in the community.
Lakkavva (Name changed), ASHA, Kustagi taluk.
Earlier, we were keeping TB patients away separately from the living area because of fear but now (after interacting with community health workers), we came to know that we are doing wrong. TB is a curable disease. If the person takes medicines regularly, there is no need to keep him separately.
Ratnamma
President of Sri Sai Mahila Sangh, a Self-help Group partnering with KHPT in Koppal district.
I am motivated to work with the community as I feel one among them. They treat me with the utmost respect and dignity. I work in slums where people live in poverty and I feel good when I can enlighten them through knowledge and help patients get cured of TB.
Padmavathi
A community health worker who worked with KHPT in Bengaluru during the THALI project.
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