Region
South Asia + MENA
Focus Areas
- Adolescents & Youth
- Contraception & Family Planning
- Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
- Primary Health Care
- Safe & Comprehensive Health Care
- Women’s Leadership & Economic Empowerment
Approaches
- Advocacy & Policy
- Country-Led Strategy: A Foundation for Localization
- Digital Health Innovation
- Gender Equity
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Local Capacity Strengthening
- Social & Behavior Change
Pathfinder has worked in India since 1963, partnering with the government of India to bring information and services to the people who need them most. From long-acting contraception for adolescents to emergency care for pregnant women who live far away from a health facility, we go where the need is greatest.
One in eight young people in the world lives in India, and Pathfinder’s work in the country focuses on this growing population. Pathfinder has designed and delivered more than 15 innovative projects in the country within the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Delhi, and Maharashtra. Pathfinder has improved sexual and reproductive health outcomes, with a focus on vulnerable and hard to reach populations, by delivering projects aimed at averting unintended pregnancies and promoting healthy timing and spacing practices.
Working with Adolescents and Youth
Pathfinder works to make sure young people can prevent unintended pregnancy and space their births, increasing the number of outlets and service providers delivering appropriate, responsive, and quality sexual and reproductive health services to young people including LGBTQI and differently abled youth. Pathfinder also works to reach young people where they are through digital technologies/telemedicine and self- care, expanding their access to and use of sexual and reproductive health products.
Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Pathfinder delivers innovative service delivery models to expand the reach of family planning services, specifically for vulnerable populations such as Mahadalits, young couples, and traditionally underserved communities. To increase the provider base and to complement the government provision of services in rural areas, Pathfinder engages with private sector in models such as accreditation facilitation, quality improvement, social marketing, and social entrepreneurship.
Social and Behavior Change
Pathfinder delivers innovative communication campaigns that target key stakeholders. Pathfinder using digital technologies, capacity-building modules, and social behavior change toolkits to address barriers to reproductive health. Pathfinder supports health facilities to address service provider attitudes and biases, including counseling, method choice, and quality of care.
Reproductive Agency and Autonomy
Pathfinder’s programs increase women’s and girls’ reproductive agency and autonomy. This includes addressing stigma held by individuals, communities, and service providers that hinder access to safe abortion care. At the community level, Pathfinder conducts awareness campaigns about India’s abortion laws, the dangers of unsafe abortion, and the availability of safe abortion services.
Digital Health Innovation
Pathfinder India leverages existing technology interfaces like smart phone and AI-technology to help improve access to digital healthcare for people. AI-enabled TB screening, digital SBCC innovation and use of immersive technology like Virtual Reality (VR) for social behavior change, online capacity building platforms, App-based provider training on family planning are some of the evidence on the efficacy of digital health platforms for greater good.
Contact Us
Pathfinder India
91Springboard Business Hub Private Limited
B-1 / H-3, Mohan Estate, Mathura Road, New Delhi- 110044
Delhi, India
