WBVHA promotes

	Community health
	Social justice
	Equity
	Gender Sensitivity
	Human Rights related to the provision and distribution of health services
	Micro Credit
	Community Participation
	Self reliance

WBVHA covers 18 districts of West Bengal i.e. almost the whole of it.

Health care and education coverage through WBVHA work :

• Population covered : 3,00,000

Awareness :

• Student covered : 70,000

Capacity Building :

• NGOs covered : 250
• Health Workers covered : 10,000

Aims & Objectives :

	Assist in providing primary health care services aimed at improving the health of the people.
	Promote community health, social justice and human rights related to the provision and distribution of health service.
	Promote the highest possible level of health care through planned use of the available resources in collaboration with Government. It is considered as a socio-economic and developmental activity.
	Promote education in health care by establishing or assisting the existing institutions.
	Promote greater co-operation among voluntary as well as government health agencies by undertaking joint coverage of community health work.
	Collaborate with other health agencies working in the area to ensure conservation of resources and as wide public health as possible.
	Collect exchange and disseminate health information as well as to do research in the area.
	Conduct Training Programme, Seminar or Workshops, Conferences etc. related to health and development work.
	Represent voluntary health services in conferring with statewide organisation relating to health matters and to present the views of voluntary health agencies to legislative bodies, government units and national or international agencies active in the area of health.

WBVHA fulfils the above objectives through campaigning, Policy Research, Press & Parliament Advocacy, Need based training, Information and Documentation services, Production and distribution of innovative health education materials and packages, in the form of print and Audio-visuals for a wide spectrum of users – both urban and rural.