Innovative solutions for health, education, and sustainable living.
Empowering Healthier Communities
Innovative solutions for health, education, and sustainable living.
About Community Health Initiative
Our Mission
Our Programs
Our Mission
The vision of CHI is to support the development of healthier and sustainable communities in Nagaland. Within communities, CHI aims to support synergistically government structures, civil society, families and health workers. Furthermore, we provide innovative and evidence solutions to health as well as social challenges in Nagaland,
The vision of CHI is to support the development of healthier and sustainable communities in Nagaland. Within communities, CHI aims to support synergistically government structures, civil society, families and health workers. Furthermore, we provide innovative and evidence solutions to health as well as social challenges in Nagaland, India. At the moment our target are some communities in Nagaland, India but in the future we would like to further upscale to other parts of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).
Our History
Our Programs
Our Mission
Community Health Initiative (CHI) is a Non-Governmental Organization founded in 2012 in Nagaland, India. CHI is dedicated to supporting the development of healthier and sustainable communities in Nagaland, India.
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Our Programs
Our Programs
Our Programs
CHI focuses on innovative and evidence-based solutions to address both health and social challenges by synergistically supporting government structures, civil society, families, and health workers. our focus areas are in Strengthening Healthcare Sevices, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Nutrition and improving Livelihoods
Who We Are
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Founder and Manager
Medical doctor and publci health professional
Loreni Sophia
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Advisor
Lawyer with expertise on women and child rights
Orentsani Suzen
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Orentsani Suzen
Project Leader
Professional health trainer and nutrition expert
Manthungo Kikon
Dr. Rhondemo Kikon
Orentsani Suzen
Project Coordinator
Geologist with expertise on water and climate change
Programs and Projects
Health Education Program
Over 40 community healthcare workers have been trained in the country on primary health skills. 100 percent of the trained community health workers are now working in their communities serving the population and improving health outcomes. Conducted around 20 medical health camps covering a population of 20,000 peop
Training Researchers Program
Capacity building of researchers in LMICs
Trained 45 researchers and development workers on qualitative and quantitative research methods from various sectors such as government hospitals, NGOs, and universities in India and Africa. Including training on participatory approach methods for sustainable development.
Water, Sanitation &Hygiene Program
Improve menstrual hygiene management in schools & colleges
Awareness on menstrual hygiene management and distribution of low-cost quality sanitary napkins and installation of sanitary pad vending machines in schools and colleges in Nagaland. Over 4300 students have bene ted from the project with signi cant increase in school attendance by 40 percent and improve self-esteem
Livelihood Development Program
Promote medicinal plant farmers
Cultivation of traditional medicinal plant (Rungying) in collaboration with the government to promote traditional medicine and improve the livelihood of rural medicinal plant farmers in Nagaland. Over 120 rural medicinal plant farmers have improved their livelihood through the cultivation of "Rungying".
Child-Friendly Villages Project
Improve health & social well-being of vulnerable children
Child-Friendly Villages Project focuses on improving the health and social being of vulnerable children. The project has three pillars health promotion, prevention of child labour, and empowerment through children's parliament. The project has rehabilitated 30 children from the bondage of child labour.
Publications
1. Cáceres ÁL, Ramesh RM, Newmai P, Kikon R, Deckert A. Perceptions, health seeking behavior and utilization of maternal and newborn health services among an indigenous tribal community in Northeast India-a community-based mixed methods study. Front Public Health. 2023 Jul 6;11:1139334. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1139334. PMID: 37483938; PMCID: PMC10358725.
2. Mukherjee A, Kumar G, Turuk A, Bhalla A, Bingi TC, Bhardwaj P, Baruah TD, Mukherjee S, Talukdar A, Ray Y, John M, Khambholja JR, Patel AH, Bhuniya S, Joshi R, Menon GR, Sahu D, Rao VV, Bhargava B, Panda S; NCRC Study team. Vaccination saves lives: a real-time study of patients with chronic diseases and severe COVID-19 infection". QJM. 2022 Sep 2:hcac202. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac202. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36053197; PMCID: PMC9494346.
3. Kumar G, Mukherjee A, Sharma RK, Menon GR, Sahu D, Wig N, Panda S, Rao VV, Singh S, Guleria R, Bhargava B; National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 Team. Clinical pro le of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in rst & second wave of the pandemic: Insights from an Indian registry based observational study. Indian J Med Res. 2021 May;153(5&6):619-628. doi: 10.4103/ ijmr.ijmr_1628_21. PMID: 34259194; PMCID: PMC8555588.
4. Andreas Ruppel, Mohammad Ibrahim Halim, Rhondemo Kikon, Nouh S. Mohamed & Mohammad Reza Saebipour (2021). Could COVID-19 be contained in poor populations by herd immunity rather than by strategies designed for a uent societies or potential vaccine(s)?, Global Health Action, 14:1, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1863129
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