Orissa Voluntary Health Association (OVHA)
Districts: Debagarh, Jharsuguda, Malkangiri, Nuapada, Sambalpur
Theme :
Non-discriminatory access to right to basic services through health. |
The OVHA project aims to provide Reproductive Health Rights to women and adolescents.
The project's purpose is to ensure non-discriminatory access to health services for women, especially those belonging to excluded groups. The OVHA project will work in 210 selected villages in the Malkangiri, Deogarh, Nuapada, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda districts of Odisha.
OVHA aims
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Strengthened community based organisations (CBOs) for voicing concerns of poor and excluded groups.
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Improved and non-discriminatory access to health services for women, especially women belonging to excluded groups.
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Enhanced capacity of the community to undertake village health plans and capacity building for interface with health services.
About OVHA
Orissa Voluntary Health Association (OVHA) was established in Berhampur on 6 December 1974, with the aim of serving disenfranchised people who never visited hospitals. The association operated in Berhampur until 1987 when it was moved to the capital city Bhubaneswar to cater its services centrally to all parts of the state.
From 1987 onwards, voluntary organisations were inducted in the network to help facilitate the process of promoting health for the people of Orissa. OVHA has now completed 37 successful and eventful years. From a handful of members in 1974, it is now recognised as the largest health federation in the state.
Network partners
PACS encourages projects to collaborate with like-minded organisations to deliver the best results in the designated project area. These collaborations are called network projects. OVHA is implementing the project with the five network partners:
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People’s Organisation for Prosperity and Unity Legal Aid and Rights (POPULAR)
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Bharat Institute of Social Health Works and Social Services (BISWAA)
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Society for Rural Upliftment and Socio-technological Initiative (SRUTI)
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Janakalyan Pratisthan (JKP)
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Life Academy of Vocational Studies (LAVS).
Find out more:
Bhubaneswar-751 006,
Odisha, India
