CHD Group
| Formation | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Dr. Prof. Edmond Fernandes, Cynthia Fernandes |
| Type | Health Organisation |
| Legal status | Public charity |
| Purpose | Public Healthcare, Sustainable Livelihood, Education, Disaster Risk Reduction, Road Safety, Humanitarian Diplomacy, Community Development, Policy, Nutrition, Non Communicable Disease Management |
| Headquarters | Mangalore |
| Origins | Mangalore |
| Services | Public Health Initiatives; CSR Programme Implementation; Academic Co-operations; Monitoring and Evaluation; Consulting |
| Fields | Public Health |
| Affiliations | Non Partisan, Non Discriminatory |
| Volunteers | 15500 |
| Award(s) | ASSOCHAM NGO Award 2020, Businessworld Healthcare Award 2022 |
| Website | www |
CHD Group is an Indian non-profit global health organisation headquartered in Mangalore. Founded on 27 June 2014, CHD Group works in the field of public health, disaster management, primary healthcare, road safety, women's health, skill development, monitoring and evaluation of programmes, implementing CSR programmes for corporate companies and livelihood for rural communities and partners with other Indian and foreign organisations, government ministries, diplomatic missions, United Nations agencies for capacity development, supportive supervision, technical support, CSR programme implementation and strengthening public health systems.
The organisation advocated for a more robust public health bill in 2017, and also released the Karnataka Mental Health Report that gave the landscape of mental health situation in the state.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the NGO supported over 50,000 farmers by providing PPE in partnership with Corteva agriscience and also donated 50 oxygen concentrators to BBMP Hospitals by importing them from China totally impacting over 4,56,000 in the middle of a lockdown alone.
The organization received a Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2021 and was granted observership status to UNFCCC in 2022 and has impacted in total over 4 million lives in India alone in urban and rural areas.