A consortia including GoK, KHPT, and Landmark Group's CSR wing implements a pilot project in Mysuru since 2017, aiming to scale up NCD programs and address health system gaps like poor awareness and human resource issues. KHPT, GoK, HSTP, and SJRI collaborate to extend NCD care efforts to a broader primary healthcare model through research. Consultation workshops were held to finalize implementation plans. This report summarizes key discussions from a workshop in Mysuru on February 15, 2020, focusing on primary healthcare requirements and implementation plans.

In this context, KHPT in partnership with the Government of Karnataka, Health System Transformation Platform (HSTP), and St. John’s Research Institute (SJRI) have collaborated to advance learning and experience from the existing efforts in NCD care in Mysuru city to a broader, comprehensive primary health care (CPHC) urban model through an implementation research design.

A preliminary State Level Consultation Workshop was held in Bengaluru on the 8th of November 2019 with a wide range of stakeholders. This workshop has culminated in the implementation of research design, strategies, tools, and processes to develop a CPHC model in Mysuru city.

Following this workshop, a second consultation workshop was organized at Mysuru city on 15th February 2020 to engage with a wider group (health and non-health) of stakeholders and build consensus on the proposed implementation research design, tools, and processes. This report captures detailed proceedings and key takeaways from this second workshop organized at Mysuru city on 15th of February 2020. The main objective of this workshop was to consult on the primary health care requirements of Mysuru city and to consult on the implementation plans of this proposed comprehensive primary health care model in Mysuru city.