CEHAT, in Hindi is “Health”. CEHAT, is the research centre of Anusandhan Trust. It is involved in research, action, service and advocacy on health and allied themes.
Socially relevant and rigorous academic health research and health action at CEHAT is for the well being of the disadvantaged masses, for strengthening people's health movements and for realising right to health care. CEHAT acts as an interface between progressive people's movements and academia. OUR STRATEGIES
Undertake socially relevant research and advocacy projects on various socio-political aspects of health.
Establish direct services and programmes to demonstrate how health services can be made accessible, equitably and ethically.
Disseminate information through databases and relevant publications, supported by a well-stocked and specialised library and a documentation centre, including our website, www.cehat.org. We have over 9,000 books and reports, 4,000 reprints and also various journals, newsletters, newspaper clippings, databases and audiovisual material. The facilities are open to researchers, students, activists, journalists, public health workers and others.
As a principle, we do not regard society as an object of experimentation and data collection merely for intellectual gratification.
All efforts in CEHAT endeavour to create space for the participation of people without compromising on academic rigour. Our ethical guidelines for research are structured around informed consent, confidentiality and relaying information back to relevant segments of society. Projects are reviewed for their ethical content by an Institutional Ethics Committee, a body consisting of 6 external and 3 internal members.
A Social Accountability Group, comprising individuals other than the CEHAT team and Anusandhan Trust members, periodically evaluates our functioning as an institution.