SEARCH short for- Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health.. a non governmental organization founded by Doctor couple...in year 1985 Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr. Rani Bang.
Inspired by the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, trained respectively as a physician and a gynecologist, and after studying at the Johns Hopkins University USA, for their Master of Public Health, Drs. Bang returned to India. Their dream was to develop an institution of community health which provided health care to the local population, and generated knowledge for the global community by way of research. "Think globally, act locally!"
SEARCH operates in 123 villages in the Gadchiroli district.
The mission of SEARCH is to work with marginalised communities to identify their health needs, develop community empowering models of health care to meet these health needs, to test these models by way of research studies, and then to make this knowledge available to others by way of training and publications.
You can also learn more about SEARCH by visiting their home page in Quick links...
Enthusiastic students of GMC Miraj who participate in this learning experience shall share their experiences with our students under this site giving us more insight... about where to apply, how to participate and what they learnt... and much more...
