The DFID Health Resource Centre’s (HRC) mission is based on the need to develop national and international responses and interventions that directly improve the health and well-being of individuals living in the poorest countries of the world. The HRC shares a management structure with the Health Systems Resource Centre (HSRC), whose business is to strengthen health systems and processes that contribute to the Millennium Development Goals and related health and development agendas.

Within this context, the HRC provides support to the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and its partners on work relating to public health and communicable disease control. Focal areas of expertise include HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, sexual and reproductive health, maternal health, and child health and immunisation.
The HRC provides technical assistance, rapid response policy briefings and knowledge support on all aspects of international public health to DFID and its partners in developing countries. This work includes support to DFID on agendas relating to the new Global Health Partnerships and United Nations agencies such as the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Health Organization, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Roll Back Malaria, and the UN Population Fund.
The HRC is comprised of an international consortium of partners in five countries. These partners act as sources of national and regional expertise, and also work with HSRC partners to develop co-operative policy and practice.

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HRC Partners

• Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Tanzania
• Institute for Health Sector Development, UK
• ICDDR,B - Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh
• SHARAN, India
• The Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH), Switzerland

Sharan actively participates in the work of the HRC through participation on the Governance and Technical Assistance Board (GTAB), engagement of core consultancies and knowledge topics, provision of quality consultants and frequent reviews of health related national priorities.

Sharan is currently engaged in the assessment of TB DOTS services in Delhi through a Rapid Situation Assessment hybrid methodology drawn from a 65 city High Risk Behaviour study conducted by the National AIDS Control Organisation and a Rapid Assessment and Response Manual developed by WHO.