The Center for Community HealthCare, Research & Development``FREE HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES’ DWELLERS``
The Center for Community HealthCare, Research and Development (CCHRAD), is a non-profit, non-governmental organization with the main aim of providing healthcare and enabling easy access to people living at the grassroots by implementing community-based health projects relating to HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Maternal/child health, Mental health care and other non-communicable diseases that are common among low-income community dwellers such as those leaving in the hard-to-reach settlements, villages, ophanages and slums.
VISION
The vision of the center is to foster healthier communities through evidence-based community health interventions which would contribute to economic growth and social development.
MISSION
The mission is to work with forces of positive change to create health care access to low-income communities through volunteering, advocacy, collaboration, networking, community mobilization and participation for sustainable development.
OUR VALUES
- Integrity
- Passion
- Commitment to innovation and excellence
- Creating and sustain a healthy environment and community
- Respect for culture and people
- Transparency
- Service to people at the grassroots
- Community-focused
- Accountability
- Community Mobilization and Participation
- Volunteering
The aims and objectives of the center
- To implement community-based health projects relating to HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Cancer, Maternal/Child health, Mental health care and other non-communicable diseases among low-income community-dwellers.
- To conduct and support evidenced-based/operations research to scale up community proven strategies and best practices to achieve wider health impact in other communities across the nation/region.
- To create access to healthcare for community dwellers by strengthening the primary health care systems as a contribution to economic growth and nation/regional development.
- To support and sponsor community-based developmental projects using locally available resources and appropriate technologies.
- To establish research, academic, grant collaborations between institutions locally and abroad to promote evidence-based and innovative community healthcare interventions.
