For the Public Good: Women, Health, and Equity in Rural India

For the Public Good: Women, Equity, and Health in Rural India highlights the Comprehensive Rural Health Project's (CRHP) success in reducing infant and maternal mortality, eliminating endemic health problems, and advancing economic well-being through collective efforts and the empowerment of local women as village-based health workers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 212 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2020
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) is a groundbreaking, internationally recognized primary health care model that employs local solutions to address global health challenges. By prioritizing equity and community participation, the CRHP recruits local women to become educated as village-based health workers. These women, known as village health workers, work together to address the prevalent double prejudices in local villages, namely caste and gender inequality. Over time, village health workers have transformed from child brides and secluded wives to knowledgeable healthcare practitioners, respected educators, and influential community leaders. Through their collective efforts, the CRHP has achieved significant improvements in infant and maternal mortality rates, eliminated certain endemic health problems, and enhanced economic prosperity in villages with women's cooperative lending groups.

Weight: 358g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826500236