Mamta Health Institute for Mother and Child

MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, also known as MAMTA-HIMC, is a registered non-profit organization based in New Delhi, India. The organization works in the field of public health, with a focus on women, children, adolescents, young people, and underserved communities.

MAMTA-HIMC works to improve health and development outcomes through community-based programmes, health systems strengthening, research, advocacy, and partnerships. Its work covers maternal and child health, adolescent health, reproductive health, family planning, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, climate resilience, and community empowerment.

MAMTA was founded in December 1990 by Dr. Sunil Mehra, a pediatrician. It began as a small clinic in Tigri, an urban slum in Delhi, to serve underprivileged communities. Over time, the organization grew from a local health initiative into a public health organization working across several areas of health and development.

The organization is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Its official profile describes it as a registered non-profit organization that has worked for more than three decades to improve health outcomes through evidence-based and community-centered interventions.

MAMTA-HIMC’s vision is to work toward a world that is just, equitable, and inclusive. Its mission is to empower underserved and marginalised individuals and communities through evidence-based, gender-sensitive, and participatory processes for sustainable health and development.

The organisation places equity and gender at the centre of its planning process. Its approach focuses on quality, respect, accountability, empathy, honesty, courage, commitment, excellence, and professionalism.

MAMTA-HIMC works across several public health and development themes. Its key areas include:

• Maternal and child health
• Adolescent health
• Reproductive health
• Family planning
• Communicable diseases
• Non-communicable diseases
• Nutrition
• Health systems strengthening
• Climate change and health
• Community empowerment

The organisation designs and delivers interventions through government health systems as well as public-private partnerships. Its programmes are developed with a focus on equity, gender sensitivity, and sustainable health outcomes.

MAMTA-HIMC’s work is rooted in community-level public health. The organisation began with services for underprivileged communities and later expanded into broader health and development programmes. Its interventions include awareness generation, service delivery support, capacity building, research, advocacy, and community mobilization.

The organization has worked on maternal and pregnancy outcomes, adolescent development, reproductive and child health, HIV-related healthcare access and counseling, non-communicable diseases, mental health, cancers, geriatrics, tuberculosis support, and awareness programmes.

In its early years, MAMTA entered organizational partnerships to support maternal and child health projects in Tigri and surrounding areas. It later facilitated adolescent development initiatives and reproductive child health services in Delhi. The organization also expanded its programmes into rural and urban communities across several Indian states.

MAMTA-HIMC has been recognized for its work in adolescent health, young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, safe motherhood, capacity building, and technical support. Its work has included training, policy advocacy, programme implementation, and support for government-led health initiatives.