Author: mmiho

HIV/AIDS: India is often seen as the next epicenter for a large HIV/AIDS outbreak. A large amount of social stigma still remains, preventing the populous and educated health workers from knowing about the disease and dealing with it effectively. To tackle this major problem and this lack of understanding, IHO began to implement programs to mitigate the devastation HIV/AIDS would have in the c...
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Empowerment of Women: This component of our health programs allows us to integrate our health programs with other programs aimed at women in order to draw and sustain their interest. It integrates womens’ health education and training programs with vocational training programs. IHO felt the necessity of including vocational training programs in order to further empower the women and encourage them...
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Environmental Health including Water and Sanitation: IHO initially focused on the prevention and control of water-borne diseases since they are the single most important causes of mortality and morbidity in rural communities in India. IHO's first project was in Bihar, the poorest state of India.  Between 1992 and 1999 the Bihar Project brought new resources for water and, community education progr...
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Community Health: The poorer areas of India tend to have even poorer health for women and children. Due to poverty, stigma and the lower standing of women in traditional society, Maternal and Child health (MCH) tends to fall by the wayside. However, IHO has made sure to involve itself with full force in this area of development by introducing extensive Maternal and Child Health programs, which pro...
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