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Representing Theme: Nutrition and Safety

Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) is a growing network of individuals and organizations with the perspective of strengthening technical and management capacities to take action towards the common goal of ‘Health for All’. Meanwhile, Public Health Resource Society (PHRS) is the core group supporting the network and functions as its secretariat. It is a national-level organization that is working directly in the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Odisha and has contributed to the ongoing work of strengthening public health and nutrition systems in several states.

PHRN’s work uses multiple approaches, including capacity building, advocacy, working with systems, model building, researching public health and nutrition, supporting peoples’ movements and campaigns, and networking. The organization has a particular focus on community-centered approaches. Past work on the theme of nutrition included capacity building of communities, systems strengthening, and leveraging agricultural and livelihood practices. All of this was accomplished under the umbrella of community mobilization. Through its advocacy work, PHRN has also influenced schemes and policies to be more inclusive and technically sound.