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 WHO/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMME
The
World Health Organization (WHO) is a technical collaborative agency which
assists its Member States to develop and strengthen their health services by
providing technical support. WHO’s assistance is formulated in the form
of a WHO/Government of India collaborative programme, which is implemented by
concerned programme managers in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoH&FW) jointly with the WHO India country office (WRO), and in
cooperation with the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO/SEARO) and
WHO headquarters (WHO/HQ) as necessary. The programme functions on the
basis of a two-year cycle, referred to as the biennium, in which the
financial period runs from 1 January of the first year to 31 December of the
second year.
The
WHO/GoI collaborative programme focuses on the high priority aspects of
national health development. Recognizing that WHO funds are limited,
the collaborative programme acts as a catalyst and is focused on a few
selected areas that require technical inputs and are innovative in nature.
It is funded through WHO’s Regular budget (RB) and other sources, known
as Extrabudgetary funds (EB).
For the priority
health programmes of the GoI during the 2002-2003 biennium, WHO helped in
mobilizing significant amounts from EB sources. These funds amounted to more
than four times the allocation from RB. Major programmes covered by EB funds
were: poliomyelitis (nearly 50%), tuberculosis, leprosy, HIV/AIDS, disease
surveillance, malaria, lymphatic filariasis, emergency preparedness and
response, child and adolescent health, and health information network (HIN).
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