The Antara Foundation
Public health delivery at scale
In 60 seconds
What
Maternal and child health - maternal deaths, under-5 mortality, malnutrition among children
Why
- To improve the health of mothers and children in rural India
- Known solutions, require knowledge of scaling up
How
- Working with and through the government
- Partnering with frontline workers and village communities
- Simultaneously managing supply and demand
Who
- A young entrepreneurial team passionate about making a huge difference to some of India's worst health outcomes, backed by cross-sectoral experience
Where and since when
- Rajasthan, 2015 - 2019
- Chhattisgarh, 2019 - 2022
- Madhya Pradesh, 2019 - ongoing
Beside service providers. By the community. With the Government. In the field. At scale.
Watch a ~5 min film, Ace of Queens to get a glimpse into our work in rural India
The Power of a 'Bindi'
TED talk by our Founder-Director
Our Thinking
Ashok Alexander started The Antara Foundation, drawing on his experience of leading the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Avahan, the world's largest HIV prevention program. The founding belief is that solutions to public health problems are well known. The missing ingredient in public health delivery is scale.
Our Work
To achieve scale, we work on three sets of factors:
- Demand side: Getting the community to demand public health services
- Supply Side: Building frontline effectiveness, leveraging data and technology
- Enabling ecosystem: Establishing collaborative relationships with Government and other stakeholders
These factors inform the design and implementation of our interventions and programs.
Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition - Walking the walk, talking the talk.
Partners
Our programs have been sponsored by Aditya Birla Group, Bajaj Auto, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the H. T. Parekh Foundation, Tata Trusts, and The India Nutrition Initiative (TINI). Our sponsors have been active partners, offering their expertise and guidance.
Organisation
We are a young, diverse and entrepreneurial group
We are actively mentored by eminent leaders
We are grateful for the opportunity to serve
We actively solicit feedback and are driven by it
We have dirt under our fingernails
We apply business thinking to social problems
We do serious work
We do not take ourselves too seriously
We are The Antara Foundation
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