Health of the Urban Poor Program (HUP)
The Population Foundation of India (PFI) is assisting the central government and eight state governments in India, by leading a consortium of technical and implementation partners, in designing and implementing urban health programs, under the USAID-funded Health of the Urban Poor (HUP) program. The PFI-lead consortium works towards strengthening the planning and monitoring systems to deliver innovative models of healthcare, especially maternal, neonatal and child health services (including choices of family planning), while integrating the other determinants of health (nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene), for the urban poor. These interventions are designed within a larger governance and convergence framework, in partnership with the available private and non-government sector, and supported by effective community engagement at the slum level.
The Health of Urban Poor (HUP) project strives to support, strengthen, and improve Government of India’s comprehensive package of maternal and child health services, and nutrition interventions, including promotion of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services in urban slums. HUP provides technical and capacity -building support to government of India, state governments, local self-governance institutions, line departments, and local civil society organizations to design and implement comprehensive health programs for urban poor in eight states.
