About Mamta
Registered non-profit organization under the Society Registration Act, 1860.
Registered non-profit organization under the Society Registration Act, 1860.
Over the last thirty years, Mamta has successfully demonstrated that human rights transcend beyond rhetoric that actual action necessitates collaborations. The team specializes in designing and delivering interventions on maternal and child health, adolescent health, reproductive health, family planning, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, and nutrition. Interventions are designed to keep equity and gender at the heart of the planning process. The delivery of these interventions is done through government health systems as well as through public-private partnerships.
“Working together in building a world that is just, equitable and inclusive”
“To empower the underserved and marginalized individuals & communities through evidence based, gender sensitive participatory processes for sustainable health and development”
Mamta stands for:
Performing work with timely sensitivity and high standards of quality
Recognizing the worth, uniqueness, and importance of ourselves, our co- workers, partners and donors
Accepting responsibility for our actions cultivates the trust of our co- workers, employer, partners and donors. Be prudent in the use of institutional resources as that shares a major proportion from tax payers money
Being aware of the feelings of others and how our actions affect them, enabling us to be responsive to the needs of the community, co-workers, partners and donors
Acting in a truthful, ethical, and professional manner that builds confidence within organization, our community, partners and donors with us
Recognizing the need for innovation and being willing to change and strengthens our ability to meet future challenges and opportunities
Serve to the institution & community with passion and diligence
Maintain the highest standards in all we do
Paediatrician, Dr Sunil Mehra Founded Mamta in December 1990. It was started as a small clinic in Tigri (an urban slum in Delhi) for the underprivileged.
Mamta entered its first organisational partnership with SIDA, Sweden. Mamta developed and started the implementation of ‘The Integrated Maternal And Child Urban Development Project’. The project focused on improving the maternal and pregnancy outcomes for women in Tigri and surrounding areas.
The First Adolescent Development Centre (ADC) facilitated by Mamta in Sangam Vihar was a self funded initiative. Staff members raised money through small fund raising activities, including selling the book written by Mamta's founder, Dr Sunil Mehra. The same year, Mamta launched the Reproductive Child Health Centre in Sangam Vihar with support from the British High Commission wherein the life course approach model became a benchmark in adolescent health. The following year, the Government of India started its Reproductive Child Health Program in the same premises.
Mamta was regarded as a pioneer in adolescent health and young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights. In addition to urban slums, programs were also expanded into rural Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu districts.
White Ribbon Alliance awarded Mamta for its Safe Motherhood Program. This led to systematic partnerships with organizations such as RFSU and Oregon State University. Further, ECOSOC, United Nations gave a special consultative status to Mamta.
As HIV spread rapidly in India, a new challenge was uncovered, stigmatization of patients living with HIV (PLHIV). Since then, Mamta's operational strategy has included addressing their needs, providing healthcare access and counseling to PLHIV.
Mamta in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) started managing the Regional Resource Centres (RRCs) in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. Additionally, this created opportunities for Mamta as a stakeholder in government's initiatives and since then it has been a key player for active advocacy in policy formation and regulation.
MAMTA was recognized as a pioneer in the field of capacity building and technical support at the international level. The same year, the institution also partnered with National Institute of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Health to conduct National Training Program for government officials, public health service providers and INGOs across 25 states.
Mamta formed a separate vertical for non-communicable conditions/diseases. This was based on Mamta's ongoing work in the core sectors of MNCHN and SRHR and the need for advancement in epidemiological evidences. The team was now implementing programs for non-communicable diseases in remote areas starting from Jammu to Karnataka and Rajasthan to Manipur length and breath of India.
As of December 2015, Mamta has completed 25 years of passionately working for care, transformation, discovery, success, and gratitude. Above all, it was able to garner smiles and transform lives in remote areas in India.
Mamta is now a well-established organisation working in the key areas of RMNCH+A, NCD prevention and management, issues of mental health, cancers, geriatrics, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, comprehensive needs of HIV survivors and key support to TB patients and the awareness program.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mamta developed and implemented a COVID Relief Response across 20 Indian states. Further, it conducted the training of the workforce for reaching out to the maximum population, existing front-line workers were sensitized on COVID-19 prevention and management methods and the importance of continued management of other health issues, especially maternal and child health.
Mamta initiated its work on climate change and its effects on maternal and early childhood health. In addition, the team is strengthening the technology and digital platforms for implementing initiatives and disseminating information.
