FUTURES GROUP INTERNATIONAL INDIA (P) LTD

http:// www.futuresgroup.com

The Futures Group International India Pvt. Ltd specializes in the design & implementation of Public Health and Social Programs. Its mission is to develop and deliver innovative, locally relevant, evidence- based solutions to improve health and well- being of people worldwide. Since its inception in 1971, it has had a presence in over 100 countries in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Caribbean. In India, it has been working in the states of Orissa, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Northeast Region, Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh. The staff consists of more than 1400 full time employees and a large number of short- term and long- term consultants. In India it has more than 70 highly qualified staff and a large pool of consultants located in the country office in the NCR region and in its various project offices in the different states.

The Futures Group’s core expertise includes Public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Capacity, Operational Research, Economics and Health Finance, Demography, Epidemiology, Gender, Social Marketing and Communications, Public Policy, Law and Human Rights.

Futures Group has been implementing large scale projects in India and elsewhere in the areas of HIV & AIDS, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child health, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Avian Influenza, Environmental Health and Geosciences.

Its key clients in India include Government of India (GOI), State Governments, DFID, USAID, GFATM, World Bank, BMGF, UNAIDS, UNDP, NGOs and Professional Associations, Indian Nursing Council, Indian Medical Association, CBCI.

India Office:

Futures Group International India, Pvt. Limited.

DLF Building No. 10 – B, 5th Floor, DLF Cyber City,

Phase – II, Gurgaon – 122002 (Haryana), India

TRAINING OF NURSES ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT.

This project aims at strengthening and capacity building of 55 nurses training institutes and 90,000 nurses on HIV/AIDS and ART within a period of 5 years (2008-2013). It is supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) and will be implemented by the Indian Nursing Council in co-ordination with the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) with support of the management agency Futures Group International (India) Pvt. Limited. It involves 55 nurses training institutes that have been identified from all over the country. The Indian Nursing Council is the Principal Recipient (PR) under this project. Five of these institutes (SRs) will be developed into Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) that would conduct the trainings of the master trainers and also monitor the SSRs (Sub Sub Recipients) where the training of the nurses will be conducted.

The objective of the project is to enhance the institutional capacities of 55 nurse training institutes and nurses on HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral treatment (ART).

The Futures Group as the Technical and management support agency to this project is facilitating the Indian Nursing Council in the effective implementation of this project.