About us 

The Tribal India Health Foundation is  501(c) non-profit organization formed by existing tribal health initiatives to significantly improve the health status of their target populations, while also encouraging the formation of more tribal health initiatives throughout India. This will enable tribal populations to break their current cycle of poverty and ill health and enjoy better lives.

The Tribal India Health Foundation to achieve several program objectives:

	Strengthening the capacity of organizations dedicated to tribal health to identify and address the health needs of the communities in which they work
	Spreading the benefits of the foundation to new partners and their respective beneficiaries
	Promoting additional interest, support, research, and funding for tribal health initiatives in the private sector

Our partner organizations and individuals include:

	The American Tamil Medical Association (www.atmaus.org)
	NetMargins, Inc. (www.net-margins.com)
	The University of Illinois Sickle Cell Disease Center (http://www.uicsicklecellcenter.org/Home_Page.html)
	The East West Foundation of India (www.tewfi.org)

The Tribal India Health Foundation, with its partners, also provides stewardship to the Sickle Cell Disease Center in South India to alleviate the burden of sickle-cell disease among the resident tribal and non-tribal populations of the area. Please click the "Sickle Cell Center" link for further information about our Center. We are proud to partner with NetMargins and the American Tamil Medical Association in developing the Sickle Cell Disease Center.

Partner organizations offer a 4-week Public Health and Medical elective program for medical and graduate public health students in the US. See more about this in the “Elective Program” section.