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Ladies and
Gentlemen,
On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Institute, I
welcome you all to this fifteenth annual general body
meeting. We have been functioning with a small team of
core staff, whose hard work, perseverance and support
has been invaluable to the Institute. While there has
been some progress in taking forward our mission, there
are enormous challenges to be overcome. To stabilise the
Institute’s financial position, though, we made a
little progress in enhancing the scope and volume in the
area of Public services, we couldn’t do much in the
research and consultancy areas. However, we put in an
effort in some of the long term projects which we would
like to take up in near future when the Institute’s
environment is conducive. I gratefully acknowledge the
support given by members of the Board, the Executive
Council, and the General Body in sustenance of the
Institute. I would like use this opportunity to
specially acknowledge the continued contribution of
Dr.Prasanta Mahapatra, President of the Institute as a
supporter, mentor and guide in all aspects.
I first present about the Institute's faculty and human
resources.
Institute’s
Faculty and Human Resources:
As
on date we have a total of 34 persons
in various categories as shown in Table-1
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Category of Personnel |
As on 31/3/10 |
As on 01/12/10 |
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Emp |
Stipnd |
Fee |
Vol. |
Tot |
Emp |
Stipnd |
Fee |
Vol. |
Tot |
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Faculty & Coordinators |
|
Full Time Faculty |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Pj Coordinator(s) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Consultants |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Voluntary / Visiting Fac. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Research & Lab Personnel |
|
Res. Associates |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Res. Assistants |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Microbiologists |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Res. Investigators |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Fellows, Interns & Appr. |
|
Research Fellows |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Interns |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Apprentices |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
General Sup. Personnel |
|
Project Manager |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Accountant |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Front Office Staff |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Ser. Provider Personnel |
|
System Admn. |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Secretarial |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Security |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Sanitation |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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All |
9 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
34 |
5 |
19 |
8 |
2 |
34 |
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The
number of service provider personnel may vary as
their deployment changes according to the quantity
and quality of service committments to the
Institute. The figures indicated here are based of
their personnel on most days.
Emp=Employee,
i.e. Salaried; Stipnd=Stipendiary; Vol=Voluntary;
Tot=total |
Now, I will give an overview of activities during the
reporting period. Thereafter, I will briefly touch upon
recent developments during the current year. We will
then a review time trend of the Institute’s financial
performance and consider possible directions for the
future. Finally I will seek your comments and approval
of the audited accounts of the Institute.
Annexure-1 provides more details about the current
faculty and personnel profile of the Institute. Our
faculty and staff participated in many workshops,
seminars and conferences, details of which are provided
in Annexure-2. A list of outgoing faculty and personnel
is given in Annexure-3. During the reporting period, the
Institute has contributed towards health systems
development through active involvement of its
representatives in national and state level bodies as
given in Annexure-4. All of you are aware that
the academic programs have been suspended as we do not
have adequate space. Hence, there was no scope to
receive the visiting faculties during the years.
Reporting
Period (2009-10) Events and Activities:
As you are all aware, the Institute pursues five broad
type of activities towards improvement of public health.
These are;
Research and Consultancy
Academic Programmes
Training Services
Public Services, and
Publications
A.
Research and Consultancy
Two research and four consultancy projects were
completed during the reporting period as shown in
Table-2. One of the consulting project for APYP, we
completed and delivered to the extent they released the
amount. As there was no further response from them for
the rest of the project we closed the file after duly
informing them. A brief summary of each of these
projects is given in Annexure-5.
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Table
2: Research & Consultancy Projects Completed in 2009-10
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Sl |
Project |
Sponsor |
Start Year |
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Research |
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1 |
Baseline Assessment of Nutritional and health status of
primary school children in selected areas of AP |
The World Bank, Delhi |
2009-10 |
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2 |
Epidemology of Road Traffic Accidents in Hyderabad |
ICMR |
2004-05 |
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Consultancy |
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3 |
State Level Health Budget and Expenditure Tracking for AP,
MP and Kerala |
National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC) |
2008-09 |
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4 |
Mapping Public Health Education, Training in India:
Institutions and Courses |
National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC) |
2008-09 |
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5 |
Medium Term Expenditure Framework for Health in Andhra
Pradesh for 2008-09 to 2012-13 |
Department of Health, Medical and Family Welfare, GoAP |
2007-08 |
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6 |
Andhra Pradesh Yogadhyayna Parishad Systems and Procedures:
Assessment and Documentation |
APYP (GoAP) |
2007-08 |
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7 |
Development of National health Accounts (NHA) Training
Manual for India |
WHO, India |
2007-08 |
One research project "Andhra Pradesh Civil
Registration System Study" was taken up in the
reporting period and continuing in the current year as
shown in Table 3. A brief summary of this project is
given in Annexure-6.
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Table-3:
Continuing Projects Taken Up in Reporting Period (2009-10)
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Sl |
Project |
Sponsor |
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1 |
Andhra Pradesh Civil Registration Systems Study |
Planning Dept, AP Govt. |
In
addition to the above, certain research and consultancy
projects as shown in Table-4 are continued in the
reporting period, which were taken up in earlier
reporting years
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Table-4:
Continuing Projects Taken Up in Previous
Reporting Periods
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Sl |
Project |
Sponsor |
Start Year |
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Research |
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1 |
Air Pollution and Cause of Deaths in Hyderabad |
GoI - Min.of Env.&Forests |
2004-05 |
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2 |
Doctor Availability in Primary Health Centers in Andhra Pradesh |
Planning Dept, AP Govt. |
2008-09 |
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Consultancy |
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3 |
Cause of Death Coding for CHAMPION Trial |
Naandi Foundation |
2008-09 |
The first phase of the research project on "Air
Pollution and Cause of Deaths in Hyderabad" was
completed in 2009-10, the report was submitted in
September 2009 and it was accepted by Integrated Finance
Division (IFD) of MoEF. Further, we requested to assign
the 2nd phase and it was agreed by them to be submitted
by March 2010. But, IHS has requested to extend the
project period upto September 2011 and sent expenditure
statements and utilisation certificates upto September
2010. At present it is in consideration of IFD of MoEF.
However, IHS is continuing this project in anticipation
of clearance. A brief summary of each of these projects
is given in Annexure-7.
B.
Academic Programs: 1.Masters
in Public Health (MPH) (a)
Affiliation Statute and Board of Studies for
International
Programme:
Given the paucity of institutional mechanisms to develop
public health manpower with multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary skills, and our long term objective to
develop a college of public health, the Institute has
striven to consolidate its efforts in public health
capacity building and developing a masters level
programme in public health. The Advanced Studies in
Public Health programme builds on the Institute's past
work and represents our future aspirations for improved
public health capacity in the country. The program aims
to create deeply committed public health professionals,
well equipped with essential public health competencies
in such areas as health care management, policy analysis
and health systems research. We sought affiliation from
the NTRUHS to offer the same as a Masters in Public
Health programme. The University has granted provisional
affiliation and has included the course under the
purview of the Board of Studies for paramedical courses.
The Institute supported the University in preparing the
statutes for recognizing a school of public health and
affiliating the Masters in
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