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STATE HEALTH SOCIETY, BIHAR

  • The State Health Society, Bihar has been established to guide its functionaries towards receiving, managing (including disbursement to implementing agencies e.g. Directorate, of Medical & Public Health District Societies, NGOs etc.) and account for the funds received from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
  • Its resources will manage the NGO / PPP (Public-Private partnership) components of the NHM in the state including execution of contracts, disbursement of funds and monitoring of performance. Bihar Govt. has decided that SHS Bihar will function as a resource Centre for the Department of Health & Family Welfare in policy/situational analysis and policy development (including development of operational guidelines and preparation of policy change proposals for the consideration of Government).
  • SHS Bihar, strengthen the technical / management capacity of the Directorate of Medical & Health Services Patna as well as of the District Health Societies by various means including through recruitment of individual / institutional experts from the open market and mobilize financial / non-financial resources for complementing/supplementing the NHM activities in the State.
  • It will organize training, meeting, conferences, policy review studies / surveys, workshops and inter-state exchange visits etc. for deriving inputs for improving the implementation of NHM in BIHAR.