Public Health Research Institute of India

Founded in 2007, Public Health Research Institute of India is a charity based in Mysuru, India working on health, medical research, mental health +1 more.

Public Health Research Institute of India (PHRII) is a non-profit, service-oriented scientific institute based in Mysuru, Karnataka, established in 2007 as a non-profit charitable trust and recognised as a scientific and industrial research organisation by the Government of India. It promotes health through research, capacity building, advocacy and care. Its work includes the Prerana Health Initiative, which runs walk-in and mobile clinics offering non-communicable disease screening, reproductive health, family planning, cancer screening and laboratory services for low-income and marginalised communities in urban, peri-urban, rural and tribal areas. PHRII also runs health education programmes, community-based research, an Institutional Ethics Committee for research projects, and internship and fellowship programmes. Its focus areas include cervical and breast cancer prevention, HPV, HIV and sexual health, cardiovascular risk screening, mental health and social well-being, and occupational health for vulnerable groups such as beedi workers, tobacco farmers, sex workers and truck drivers.