Catholic Health Association of India Started in July 1943, founder Dr.Sr.Mary Glowery an Australian sister doctor landed in Guntur Andhra Pradesh with new mission &Vision.

:-Started with 15 sisters with a goal of providing curative care to people especially to poor women and children.

:-First 14 year it was managed by sisters in a very disciplined way with rich commitment & service.

:-CHAI was registered in 1944 & it was the first largest NGO

:-Sr.Dr.Mary Glowery was the first President

:-1956 it was managed by Sr.Dr.Glowery

:-1957-Fr.James was appointed as first Executive Director belongs to Archdiocese of Delhi

:-1990 CHAI developed 3 tier System Management

• National
• Regional
• Diocesan

With a Mission &Vision of Networking & Building Healthy Communities.

Vision :-  The Catholic health association of India upholds its commitment to bring  ‘Health for all’. It views health as a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well being and not merely an absence of sickness.

 

Mission :-  In order to realize the vision, CHAI endeavors to

 

1. Promote community health, understood as a process of enabling the people, especially the poor and marginalized, to be collectively responsible to attain and maintain their health and demand health as a right, and ensure availability  of quality health care at reasonable cost.

 

2. Prevent and control communicable and non communicable diseases as they cause a huge public health burden as well as take a heavy toll on human life in the country.

 

 

3. Provide relief to disaster victims in the country and bring the affected to normal level of functioning.

 

(d) Sustain advocacy for the cause of the poor and needy.