State Health Systems Resource Centre, Kerala (SHSRC-K), was established in 2008-09 as a technical support organization for the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Kerala. The main objective of SHSRC-K has been to undertake research, evaluate and provide technical support aimed at strengthening the health system of Kerala. During the initial years, it mainly functioned as an ASHA resource center and in the year 2013-14, Government of Kerala accorded SHSRC-K as an autonomous body under the Department of Health And Family Welfare with the objective of advising the government on a regular basis on policy and strategy development and to mobilize technical assistance for specific health system issues. SHSRC-K has been formed on the lines of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, a technical support organization to National Health Mission, Government of India.

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