HRIDAY

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We are Hiring | Programme Manager

HRIDAY invites applications for the position of Programme Manager for the project: Assessing challenges and opportunities for enhancing early cardiovascular disease risk detection among marginalised communities in India

📍 Location: New Delhi (with travel to project sites)
📅 Application Deadline: 31 August 2026

Who should apply?

We are looking for experienced public health professionals with:

➡️ Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Medicine, Health Sciences, Health Management, or a related field
➡️ Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience in public health research or programme implementation
➡️ Experience coordinating multi-site public health projects
➡️ Experience in digital health interventions is desirable
➡️ Strong communication, stakeholder coordination, documentation, and report-writing skills
➡️ Willingness to undertake field travel

Key responsibilities:

➡️ Lead project planning, coordination, and implementation
➡️ Develop and monitor project workplans, timelines, milestones and deliverables
➡️ Coordinate with investigators, cardiologists, healthcare providers, and project sites
➡️ Oversee CVD screening, referral pathways, and site assessments
➡️ Supervise qualitative research activities, trainings, and SOP implementation
➡️ Monitor data quality, project progress, and technical reporting
➡️ Support stakeholder engagement and evidence dissemination

How to apply

Send your CV along with a covering note to [email protected] by 31 August 2026. Please mention "Programme Manager" in the subject line.

Learn more: https://t.co/Fe20So56KO

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📢 We are Hiring | Project Officer

HRIDAY is looking for a Project Officer to join our project on “Assessing challenges and opportunities for enhancing early cardiovascular disease risk detection among marginalised communities in India.”

📍 Location: New Delhi, with travel to project sites as required
💼 Position: 01
🗓️ Duration: 1 year, extendable based on performance and project requirements
⏰ Engagement: Full-time

What we are looking for

➡️ Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Medicine, Health Sciences, Health Management or a relevant field
➡️ 2–3 years of relevant post-qualification experience in public health research, programme implementation, NCDs, health systems or related areas
➡️ Experience in field-based research, data collection or programme implementation
➡️ Strong communication, coordination, documentation and report-writing skills
➡️ Willingness to undertake field travel

Key areas of work

The Project Officer will support:
➡️ Field implementation and coordination across project sites
➡️ Assessment of CVD screening services, infrastructure, workforce and referral pathways
➡️ KIIs, Community Conversations and FGDs
➡️ Data collection, entry, cleaning and quality checks
➡️ Development and field-testing of IEC and sensitisation materials
➡️ Training and capacity-building activities
➡️ Literature reviews, data summaries and technical outputs
➡️ Project documentation, reporting and stakeholder coordination

📩 How to apply: Send your CV with a covering note to [email protected]

Subject line: Application – Project Officer
Application deadline: 31 August 2026

Learn more: https://t.co/Fe20So4yVg

Join us in generating evidence to strengthen early cardiovascular disease risk detection and more equitable care for marginalised communities.

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At the World Health Summit Academic Alliance Expert Meeting on “Climate & Wellbeing”, organised by NIMS University and UNDP, held on 24 August 2026, Dr. Monika Arora, Executive Director, HRIDAY & Vice President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), joined experts from government, development and public health sectors to discuss how India can build a Climate-Smart National Programme for Prevention and Control of NCDs (NP-NCD).

Dr. Arora highlighted several priorities for moving from recognising climate-related risks to taking concrete action:

➡️ Long-term, sustainable heat action plans are needed to protect people living with NCDs, rather than relying only on short-term emergency responses.

➡️ Communities must be meaningfully engaged to take ownership of climate change mitigation efforts. Every person living with an NCD should receive appropriate guidance on thermoregulation, including condition-specific advice on hydration, monitoring, warning signs and care-seeking during exposure to extreme heat and air pollution.

➡️ Climate and NCD data need to converge. India already has meteorological data from IMD, air-quality, health and programme data, providing a platform for convergence and integration.

➡️ Climate change must be addressed as a multisectoral issue. The focus cannot be limited to estimating risk, we need to translate evidence into mitigation and adaptation measures.

➡️ There needs to be strong focus on policy and economic analysis to inform a comprehensive response to climate change.

The panel discussion brought together perspectives on extreme heat, air pollution, continuity of NCD care, climate-health surveillance and the need to strengthen convergence between existing national systems.

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We’re heading to the AVPN Global Conference 2026 in New Delhi!

Join us for the session, “Climate and Health: Strengthening Resilient Primary Health Care Systems,” bringing together experts from philanthropy, climate science, public health, healthcare innovation and impact investing.

The discussion will explore how scientific evidence, community-based cooling, resilient primary healthcare and catalytic financing can come together to protect vulnerable populations from the growing health impacts of extreme heat.

The session will bring together:

➡️ Jack Fisher, Strategic Engagement and Impact Lead, Bayer
➡️ Kyra Constanze Pauly, Managing Director, Bayer Foundation
➡️ M. Bhaskara Rao, President, HRIDAY
➡️ Joy Merwin Monteiro, Professor of Earth & Climate Science and Data Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
➡️ Dr Kunal Oswal, CEO, Karkinos Healthcare
➡️ Seema Chaturvedi, Founder & Managing Partner, AWE FUNDS

📅 25 August 2026, Tuesday
⏰ 4:15–5:30 PM IST

The session will explore climate and health, community cooling, resilient primary healthcare systems, and financing approaches for scalable climate and health action.

Looking forward to engaging with changemakers, investors, philanthropists and policy makers at #AVPN2026.

@ncdalliance @WHO @UNICEFIndia @UNDP_India @UNEP @NRDC @CEEWIndia @NPCCHH @mdncdc @WBG_ClimateEnv @mahilahsg @IIPHG1 @mumbaifirst @JSWFoundation @thePHFI @DrMonikaArora @Bayer @IISERPune @karkinoshealth @AweEquity @avpn_asia

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New Release: Implementation Brief | Visakhapatnam (Q2 2025)

As part of the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC), HRIDAY and consortium partners present the second quarterly implementation brief, spotlighting continued progress in strengthening community-led, person-centred care for people living with MLTCs in Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh.

🗓️ Visakhapatnam Q2 (Apr–Jun 2025): Key Highlights

✅Community Readiness Tool (CRT) used at Nathavaram and Makavarapalem PHCs to understand community readiness and inform future interventions.

✅Community Advisory Board (CAB) meetings conducted at both pilot PHCs, bringing together community members, local leaders, frontline health workers, medical professionals and other stakeholders to jointly plan solutions.

✅Meaningful stakeholder engagement with people living with MLTCs, caregivers, traditional healers, Panchayati Raj representatives, healthcare providers and local and religious leaders.

✅Community voices and lived experiences amplified through the story of Mr. Venkata Siva, a community champion living with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension, who uses his experience to encourage timely care, regular treatment and healthier practices.

✅ Health awareness, screening and outreach activities planned through CAB discussions, alongside efforts to strengthen the MLTC lived experience network for peer support and health information.

✅ Stronger trust and engagement with primary healthcare services, with the initiative contributing to improved community awareness, health-seeking behaviour and connections between communities and health systems.

The Q2 brief reflects how community participation, lived experience and collaboration with local health stakeholders can help shape more responsive and person-centred approaches to MLTC care.

Dive into the full brief to discover the voices, activities, key learnings and progress from the Visakhapatnam/Anakapalli site: https://t.co/50QK4gYcg1

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New Release: Implementation Brief | Nepal (Q2 2025)

As part of the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC), HRIDAY and consortium partners are pleased to share the second quarterly implementation brief, highlighting continued progress in community-led action for the prevention, awareness and management of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) in Nepal.

🗓️ Nepal Q2 2025: Key Highlights

✅200+ community members engaged through health awareness activities and community theatre at pilot sites.

✅175+ community members reached through health awareness camps focused on early identification and prevention of NCDs.

✅Two Community Advisory Board (CAB) meetings strengthened community participation, local ownership and programme planning.

✅10 Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) trained on NCD risk factors, prevention, management and basic health measurements.

✅Community champions, FCHVs and health workers played a key role in mobilising communities and strengthening health awareness.

✅Lived experiences of people living with MLTCs highlighted the importance of information, support and continued engagement in managing long-term health conditions.

✅Community-led approaches continue to strengthen collaboration between communities and local health services.

From community theatre and health camps to FCHV training and Community Advisory Board engagement, this quarter demonstrates how local participation and shared ownership can help build more informed, engaged and healthier communities.

Read the full brief to explore the stories, activities, achievements and next steps from the Nepal pilot sites: https://t.co/ASp8svpjBn

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@INDIACCDC @ucl @lborouniversity
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#HRIDAY #NIHR #MLTCs #CommunityHealth #NepalUpdates #FCHVs #PWLE #PublicHealth #NepalHealth #NCDs #CommunityEngagement #HealthForAll

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Strengthening partnerships. Advancing person-centred care.

The National Strategic Roundtable concludes with a shared commitment to strengthening collaborative action on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic diseases.

Today's discussions have brought together diverse perspectives on prevention, integrated care, research, policy, capacity building and meaningful lived experience engagement, with the aim of advancing more integrated, equitable and person-centred responses to CKMDs.

We thank all speakers, participating organisations and stakeholders for contributing to this important dialogue and for helping shape the way forward for collaborative CKMD action in India.

Together, we can move towards care that is not only integrated, but also empathetic, equitable and centred on the people it serves.

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@aiims_newdelhi @ncdalliance @HIA_NCD @IAPSM_Official @DakshamA_Health @DakshamAHealth @AcademyPatient @gmhalliance
@YogDFoundation @DrMonikaArora @kidney_warriors
@novonordiskfond @iDiacare

#CKMDs #HealthyIndiaAlliance #HRIDAY #PersonCentredCare #HealthEquity #IntegratedCare #LivedExperience

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During her Expert Address, Dr. Ashoo Grover highlighted the importance of translating research findings and learnings into programmes and policy.

“We need to take the findings and learnings of research into the programme. If we want to understand what works, what the barriers are, and how digital interventions can be meaningfully integrated, we have to go to the ground and understand the realities.”

She emphasised that while digital platforms offer significant opportunities, their impact depends on how well frontline health workers are trained, connected and supported to use these tools.

Equally important is ensuring that frontline health workers see how the data they collect translates into action and policy. When data becomes a pathway to decision-making, reporting can move beyond a routine task to become a tool for change.

Addressing NCDs, therefore, requires a multidimensional, multidisciplinary and multistakeholder approach, one that connects research evidence, programmes, digital innovation and ground realities.

@aiaarocon @diaindiatrust @thePHFI
@ICMRDELHI @aiims_newdelhi @ncdalliance
@HIA_NCD @IAPSM_Official @DakshamA_Health
@DakshamAHealth @AcademyPatient @gmhalliance
@YogDFoundation @DrMonikaArora @kidney_warriors
@novonordiskfond @iDiacare

#NCDs #NonCommunicableDiseases #DigitalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSystems #FrontlineHealthWorkers #HealthData #ResearchToAction #EvidenceToAction #HealthInnovation #MultistakeholderApproach #India

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Reimagining India's Response to CKMDs Prof. (Dr.) K. Srinath Reddy shares a vision for strengthening partnerships, prevention and person-centred care in India's response to cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic diseases.

“NCDs have been an expanding basket over the years.”

Prof. K. Srinath Reddy highlighted how the NCD landscape has evolved from the initial focus on four major diseases and four risk factors to a broader understanding that now includes mental health, renal and liver diseases, and oral health.

He also pointed out that debates around whether conditions such as hypertension and obesity should be classified as “risk factors” or “diseases” can distract from what matters most: their interconnectedness.

From obesity and insulin resistance to hypertension and cardiometabolic diseases, these conditions share common pathways and risk behaviours. This makes it essential to look beyond individual diseases and work towards integrated and collective action.

Prof. Reddy further emphasised that partnerships are vital to mobilise collective resources, identify common strategies and amplify the impact of individual efforts.

But meaningful partnerships must go beyond multidisciplinary collaboration. Translating them into action requires multisectoral efforts and meaningful multistakeholder engagement.

The meeting, therefore, provides an important platform to build consensus on future priorities and create multiple pathways and platforms for coordinated action on NCDs.

Together, collective action can move us from fragmented responses to a more coherent NCD response.

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#NCDs #NonCommunicableDiseases #PublicHealth #Partnerships #CollectiveAction #MultisectoralAction #HealthEquity #NCDPrevention #IntegratedHealth

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"Globally now, obesity is defined as chronic relapsing treatable disease caused by multiple genetic, environmental, socio-cultural, ethnic, and industrial factors." Dr. Dr Brij Mohan Makkar discusses the importance of collaborative approaches to addressing obesity as part of the broader cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic disease landscape.

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"Meaningful community engagement and involvement is an area that we are working on, ensuring that people receive person-centred, equitable, empathic, and responsive integrated care." Prof. Monika Arora sets the context for today's roundtable, highlighting the need for a strong multi-stakeholder platform to advance collaborative action on CKMDs.

The discussion introduces the vision of the HIA/India NCD Alliance Network for CKMDs, alongside its purpose, expected outcomes and next steps.

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#CKMDs #CardiovascularHealth #KidneyHealth #MetabolicHealth #NCDs #NonCommunicableDiseases #PersonCentredCare #HealthEquity #EmpathicCare #IntegratedCare #CommunityEngagement #LivedExperience #MultiStakeholderPartnerships #CollaborativeAction #PublicHealth #HealthyIndiaAlliance #HRIDAY #IndiaNCDAlliance #HealthForAll

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The roundtable begins with welcome remarks by Dr. Dr. Banshi Saboo (MD, Ph.D.), Secretary, Diabetes India and Chair, International Diabetes Federation Southeast Asia Region. As stakeholders come together from across the CKMD landscape, today's discussions set the stage for stronger partnerships and coordinated action towards person-centred and equitable care.

Dr. Saboo says "What is required in this time in India, is to prioritise obesity as a disease and increase awareness on it."

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Today, HRIDAY, Healthy India Alliance (HIA/India NCD Alliance), All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO) and Diabetes India are bringing together professional medical associations, public health associations, academia, government, civil society organisations, researchers and healthcare professionals for the National Strategic Roundtable on Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Diseases (CKMDs): Strengthening Partnerships for Person-Centred and Equitable Care at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi.

The roundtable seeks to strengthen coordinated research and action on CKMDs and advance empathic, integrated, person-centred and equitable care.

Objectives of the Roundtable

➡️ To introduce the Healthy India Alliance (HIA) (India NCD Alliance) as a national multistakeholder platform and strengthen engagement with professional medical associations and public health associations to advance coordinated research and action on CKMDs.

➡️ To identify shared priorities and opportunities for collaboration across prevention, empathic and integrated care, research, policy, capacity building, and the meaningful involvement of people living with CKMDs, with a focus on advancing empathic and person-centred care.

➡️ To foster strategic partnerships and establish an HIA Network for CKMDs to promote knowledge exchange, collaborative research, capacity building, and integration of HIA priorities within professional platforms and scientific meetings.

Expected Outcomes

🔹Recommendations for strengthening integrated, equitable and person-centred prevention, care, research and health system responses for CKMDs.

🔹Priority actions to institutionalise the meaningful engagement of people living with CKMDs and advance empathic, person-centred care across policies, programmes, research and service delivery.

Stay tuned as we bring you key insights, perspectives and discussions from today's roundtable meeting.

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The 19th session of the HRIDAY-Healthy India Alliance-ECHO India Webinar Series was successfully conducted on 14 August 2026, focusing on “Addressing NCDs with IDEA – India Diabetes Education Alliance.”

The session explored IDEA as a collaborative platform bringing together diverse stakeholders to strengthen diabetes prevention and education in India, with discussions highlighting the importance of collective action, evidence, innovation, technology, and systems thinking.

Key Highlights:

➡️ Explored the vision of IDEA and the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration for diabetes prevention and education.

➡️ Highlighted the need for coordinated, prevention-focused approaches to address the growing diabetes challenge in India.

➡️ Emphasised life-course prevention, including the role of schools, families, communities, and early healthy-habit formation.

➡️ Discussed systems-level drivers of diabetes, including food and lifestyle environments and the wider contexts shaping health behaviours.

➡️ Highlighted the importance of evidence, research, implementation, and scalable interventions that can be adapted to local contexts.

➡️ Explored technology and innovation, including digital platforms and AI-enabled approaches, as potential enablers of scale.

➡️ Emphasised the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience and patient advocates in shaping the future of the Alliance.

Our sincere thanks to all speakers, panellists, moderators, and participants for contributing their expertise, reflections, questions, and ideas to this important conversation.

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New Release: Implementation Brief | Jodhpur (Q2 2025)

As part of the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC), HRIDAY along with consortium partners is pleased to share the second quarterly implementation brief, capturing progress, community voices and key activities from Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Implementation briefs in local languages and English are being developed across sites in India and Nepal to document local progress, promote cross-site learning, amplify voices of people with lived experiences, and recognise the contributions of frontline health workers in strengthening care for people living with MLTCs and the wider community.

🗓️ Jodhpur Q2 2025: Key Highlights

✅Community readiness assessment undertaken at Beru PHC to better understand local priorities and preparedness related to MLTCs.

✅Meaningful engagement of community and local leaders, including people living with MLTCs, caregivers, traditional and faith leaders, Panchayati Raj representatives and healthcare providers.

✅Community champions and caregivers brought to the forefront, with lived experiences contributing to discussions on compassionate and community-responsive care.

✅Sensitisation workshop held on strengthening collaborative approaches to supporting people living with MLTCs, with participation from community champions and caregivers from Pheench.

✅Community Advisory Board (CAB) meetings at Pheench and Beru strengthened dialogue between community members, local leadership and healthcare providers, and supported planning of upcoming activities.

✅Greater engagement with primary healthcare services, encouraging community members to make timely use of PHC services for prevention, early identification and management of NCDs and MLTCs.

Hear the experiences of community champions and people living with MLTCs who are contributing to stronger, more connected and community-responsive approaches to long-term care.

Dive into the full brief to learn more about the progress, community voices, key learnings and the way forward from Jodhpur: https://t.co/kETVoufRvM

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@INDIACCDC @ucl @lborouniversity
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#HRIDAY #NIHR #NIHR4GHRC #MLTCs #Jodhpur #Rajasthan #CommunityHealth #CommunityEngagement #PWLE #CommunityChampions

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Strengthening community engagement for better management of multiple long-term conditions in Jodhpur.

The HRIDAY team undertook a field visit to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, from 28 July to 1 August 2026, as part of the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions.

The visit focused on strengthening the implementation of Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) activities and supporting locally responsive approaches for the prevention and management of multiple long-term conditions.

During the visit, the team engaged with field teams, community champions, healthcare providers, district health officials and other key stakeholders.

Key activities included:

🔹Planning upcoming field activities, including Community Readiness Tool data collection and data entry
🔹Pilot-testing Information, Education and Communication materials at implementation sites
🔹 Visiting existing and proposed CEI implementation sites and Primary Health Centres
🔹 Reviewing Community Readiness Tool data-collection processes
🔹 Discussing the project’s objectives, implementation strategy, expected outcomes and stakeholder roles
🔹 Conducting field observations and planning for the next phase of implementation

The visit provided an important opportunity to strengthen collaboration between the research team, communities and local health stakeholders, while ensuring that CEI approaches remain contextually relevant and grounded in community needs.

The HRIDAY team included Prof. Monika Arora, Dr Mansi Chopra, Dr. Saurabh Gupta and Ms. Tanvi Dhadwal, who worked closely with the Jodhpur field team, including Mr. Virendra, Mr. Surja and community champions.

Together, we are advancing meaningful community participation and supporting more equitable, people-centred care for individuals living with multiple long-term conditions.

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#CommunityEngagement #CommunityInvolvement #MultipleLongTermConditions #MLTCs #CEI #PrimaryHealthCare #ImplementationResearch #CommunityHealth #PublicHealth

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Young people may grow up in different social, economic and geographical contexts, but many share common aspirations: to be healthy, heard, respected and able to shape their own futures.

On International Youth Day 2026, under the theme “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations,” HRIDAY celebrates young people as partners in building healthier, more equitable and sustainable communities.

Meaningful youth engagement goes beyond inviting young people to attend an activity. It means creating opportunities for them to contribute ideas, participate in decisions, develop leadership skills and take action on issues that affect their health and well-being.

For over two decades, HRIDAY has worked to inform, engage and empower young people through school-based health promotion, youth-led communication, capacity building and participation in action on noncommunicable diseases and assocated risk factors, oral, mental and environmental health, and sustainable development.

Across different realities, young people share the aspiration to learn, contribute and lead. Our responsibility is to create spaces where their voices influence programmes, communities and decisions.

Listen to young people. Invest in their leadership. Build healthier futures together.

@UNinIndia @UN @UNICEFIndia @UNICEF @WHO
@Youth4health @ncdalliance @thePHFI @NMT21C
@ICMRDELHI @MoHFW_INDIA

#InternationalYouthDay #IYD2026 #DifferentContextsCommonAspirations #YouthEngagement #YouthLeadership #YouthForHealth #MeaningfulEngagement #HealthPromotion #PublicHealth #HRIDAY #YouthForHealth

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Building Better Interventions, Together: The SHIELD-A Co-Design Workshop

Today, HRIDAY and AIIMS, along with stakeholders, came together at AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi), for the first Co-Design Workshop of the School-Based Healthy-Heart Intervention Program for Early Lipid Disorders among Adolescents (SHIELD-A), funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

The workshop brought together diverse perspectives to strengthen the intervention prototype and ensure that it is relevant, feasible and responsive to the realities of adolescents and schools.

Through discussions and small-group design exercises, participants:

🔹Reflected on findings from focus group discussions and interviews
🔹Reviewed the proposed intervention components
🔹Identified barriers, facilitators, strengths and areas for improvement
🔹Proposed and prioritised modifications to strengthen the intervention
🔹Shared additional perspectives to guide the next stage of development

Co-design puts the people who will shape, deliver and experience an intervention at the centre of its development. By bringing these voices together, SHIELD-A aims to build a practical, context-responsive approach to promoting healthier hearts among adolescents, and a meaningful step towards preventing early cardiovascular risk in the next generation.

@aiims_newdelhi @NIMHANS_BLR @thePHFI @INDIACCDC @ncdalliance @MoHFW_INDIA

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Turning community stories into pathways for better health.

As part of the Community Engagement and Involvement activities under the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions, the Nepal team conducted its third participatory health-awareness drama in Dadhikot Gamcha, Nepal.

Performed by MBBS students from Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, the street drama engaged more than 50 community members through a relatable story exploring multiple long-term conditions, particularly asthma and diabetes.

Through the journey of Shanti and her family, the performance highlighted the importance of:

🔹Recognising symptoms and seeking timely healthcare
🔹Challenging disease-related stigma and the normalisation of women’s pain
🔹Supporting women’s right to make informed health decisions
🔹Understanding Electronic Medical Records and telemedicine
🔹Adopting healthy lifestyles and following appropriate treatment
🔹Sharing household responsibilities when a family member is unwell
🔹 Using health insurance to reduce the financial burden of long-term conditions

The drama used familiar language, local experiences and interactive questions to make complex health information accessible. Audience members connected the storyline with their own lives, with women reflecting on their right to seek care, men discussing the importance of supporting an unwell spouse, and community members expressing greater awareness of Nepal’s National Health Insurance scheme.

At HRIDAY, we are proud to contribute to this multi-country collaboration and support culturally grounded approaches that move beyond information-sharing to encourage dialogue, reflection and meaningful community participation.

Together, we are strengthening community voices and advancing more equitable, people-centred care for individuals living with multiple long-term conditions.

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🌱 The conversation around breastfeeding doesn’t end with World Breastfeeding Week.

World Breastfeeding Week (1 - 7 August) may have come to an end, but the importance of breastfeeding for both the child and the mother and being aware of the myths and misconceptions regarding breastfeeding continues every day.

As we continue the conversation, we’re pleased to share the first episode of The HRIDAY Podcast, featuring an insightful discussion on why breastfeeding matters, and the myths and misconceptions that we hear surrounding this topic.

🎙️ Listen to the conversation with Dr. Nupur B. from @bpniindia (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India), and hear perspectives that go beyond the week, because supporting breastfeeding is a year-round commitment.

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