K E M Hospital Research Centre

In 1973 Banoobai set up the KEM Hospital Research Centre, an NGO whose mission was to conduct problem oriented and problem solving research in subjects which affect the life of common people, with an emphasis on women and children. The areas of research include Reproductive and Child Health(RCH), adolescent health, HIV and AIDS, quality of health services, womens development and various clinical to , Maternal Mortality Study , Abortion Study , Domestic Violence , Youth Sexual Behaviourpics. , Interventional research that would benefit the community was an important focus of the centres activities and these include projects like , 1Integrated Programme on prevention and early detection and treatment of childhood disabilities , 2 A strategy for addressing Reproductive Health Issues concerning married adolescents and young adults in rural areas of Western Maharashtra , 3Care and Support for personsliving with HIV/AIDS , 4 CASP plan KEMHRC collaborative RCH Project , 5 Setting up Adolescent Health Centres modalities , Cohort studies included , 1 Maternal Nutrition and Intra Uterine Foetal Growth , 2 Endocrine, Metabolic and Cardio Vascular Correlates of Low Birth Weight in Indian Children , 3 Child Survival Study , Operational Research Studies , 1 District Project on Reproductive and Child Health , 2Model RCH Project , Development and Training Projects , 1 Womens Health and Development Training and Services Programme , 2RCH Training Project , 3 Vadu Rural Health Programme , 4 Health and Demographic Surveillance System , 5 Hand Washing compliance and risk of Acute Respiratory Infections , 6 The Sprinkles Study , Biomedical Research , 1 Norplant I , 2 Developing clinical approaches for the management of vaginal discharge , 3 Misoprostal abortion Study , 4 Mifeprostone followed by Misoprostal for late first trimester abortions , Drug and Vaccine Trials , 1 Safety and immunogenecity of DTP HB combination , 2 Hepatitis B vaccination in neonates using UNIJECT , 3 New drug for treatment of asthma