The key objective of the India Primary Healthcare Support Initiative (IPSI) is to strengthen the district primary health care systems and processes. Recognizing that strong district health systems need program managers with the relevant competencies to carry out their functions, IPSI has worked on a competencybased
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IPSI convened a national consultative workshop on January 12, 2026, to refine and validate the core competencies drafted based on formative work. The workshop brought together national-level experts from multiple states and administrative levels, representing government, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations.
Under the Ayushman Bharat- Health and Wellness Centre (HWC) initiative, primary health care facilities are mandated to deliver 12 service packages aimed at extending comprehensive health services to communities. Ensuring that HWCs are ready to deliver these services is essential to make progress towards universal health coverage.
The District Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) Strengthening Workshop was conducted in Tura from 12–14 November 2025 with the objective of strengthening participants’ understanding of CPHC and its core principles.
Better quality of care (QoC) at primary health care facilities is essential for India to achieve Universal Health Coverage . Over the past decade, several national quality initiatives including the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS), Kayakalp, and Labour room quality improvement initiative (LaQshya) have been launched to standardize and elevate quality in healthcare delivery.
A consensus set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for the practice of public health are considered competencies. Core competencies are the consensus set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that each public health worker should possess to effectively deliver essential public health functions in a certain context.
The ACT-QI launch and workshop were conducted over two days on 15th and 16th December 2025, marking an important step in the initiation of the intervention phase of the project.
A state-level sensitisation meeting for senior officials was held on 16th April 2025 in Bhubaneswar, chaired by Dr. D. Brundha, Mission Director of the National Health Mission (NHM).
A consensus set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for the practice of public health are considered competencies. Core competencies are the consensus set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that each public health worker should possess to effectively deliver essential public health functions in a certain context.
A two-day primary health teams coaching training workshop was held in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, on January 19-20, 2026.