Ours is a community- led story.
Powered by our unique Community Health Entrepreneurs.
Ours is a community- led story.
Powered by our unique Community Health Entrepreneurs.
Who is a CHE?
Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHEs) are rural women from resource-poor communities who are selected, trained, and supported to become health catalysts in their villages. They are a unique initiative by HFF, envisioned as an evolving, well-trained team of rural health change agents. Today, CHEs are successfully transforming healthcare across 7,500+ villages.
What do they do?
Rural women from resource-poor communities are selected, trained, and supported to become health change agents in their villages. They lead health education in their own communities, drive positive changes in health behaviors, and serve as the first point of contact for first aid and non-emergency health services in remote areas.
Our trained Community Health Entrepreneurs facilitate access to government entitlements through a digital application, sell essential health and hygiene products for a marginal profit, and collect data using digital tools. As telehealth facilitators, they support a continuum of care—conducting screenings, identifying health concerns, connecting patients with remote doctors via telehealth platforms, and ensuring adherence to medical advice through follow-ups.
Our School Health Education program trains adolescent girls and boys in resource-scarce government and private schools to become peer educators. The program focuses on adolescent health, hygiene, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, reproductive health, addiction awareness, and domestic violence, fostering a holistic understanding of health and well-being.
We begin by understanding the rural health landscape, then design targeted interventions. We empower communities with forward-thinking phygital solutions—blending physical outreach with digital tools—and align our efforts with existing governance mechanisms. All of this is implemented in a modular manner within the framework of our Continuum of Care model.