{"id":223,"date":"2025-12-30T13:52:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:14:09","slug":"profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"223\" class=\"elementor elementor-223\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3f4b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab3f4b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f80a7b4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f80a7b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e685b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7e685b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18d494 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a18d494\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe958f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe958f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37252dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37252dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief about VHAG<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3682461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3682461\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Voluntary Health Association of Goa\u00a0(VHAG) is a non-profit non-government organization committed to the improvement of people\u2019s health in the state of Goa by conducting research to identify problem areas in health, implementing field interventions, advocacy, policy formulation and recommendations to the government and monitoring the implementation of laws related to public health through active involvement and co-ordination with the public, other NGOs and government. VHAG is an important state unit of the\u00a0Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI).<\/p><p>VHAG\u00a0was initially established in November 2001 as the\u00a0Goa Health Collective (GHC). The GHC owes its birth to a project of Sangath, a Goan NGO that has been engaged in clinical services and research on child and family mental health issues in Goa. The project was launched in January 1999 following a request by the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) to document the public health scenario of Goa. In keeping with the earlier VHAI publications, \u201cThe State of India\u2019s Health\u201d, the new project was titled\u00a0\u201cThe State of Goa\u2019s Health\u201d\u00a0. The project was coordinated by Dr.Vikram Patel and Ms. Rinea Dourado.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ffee66 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ffee66\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-932e105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"932e105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-435\" alt=\"non-profit non-government organization\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp 600w, https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5-278x300.webp 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8ceaa3 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8ceaa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"57\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellipse-11.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-213\" alt=\"Voluntary Health Association of Goa\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5777173 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5777173\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98428d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98428d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the release of the State of Goa\u2019s Health Report, the Sangath project was completed. At a meeting to discuss future steps, one of the key recommendations was the need for a public health advocacy and monitoring group in Goa. In keeping with this recommendation, it was unanimously agreed to set up a new NGO, which could implement the recommendations of the Report. Thus, the\u00a0Goa Health Collective\u00a0was born with an Executive Board of seven persons who reflected the inter-sectoral and multi-disciplinary nature of public health, with the objective of advocating for public health issues affecting the people of Goa. Acknowledging the exemplary work done by the GHC, the Voluntary Health Association of India, within a span of just 2 years accorded state membership status to GHC and hence was then termed as the\u00a0Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG)\u00a0in November 2003. This was a significant achievement for a young organization.<br \/>The head office of \u00a0Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG) is located at St. Inez, Panjim. And Our project office is located at Sanguem, South Goa<\/p><p>It is said that\u00a0\u201cWhen a collection of brilliant minds, hearts and talents come together expect a masterpiece\u201d. It is this collection of vastly experienced board members that have come together to make \u201chealth a reality\u201d to the people of Goa. We have representatives from the fields of medicine, pharmacy, social Field, the civil society and so on; whose expertise is what gives the organization its unique identity.<br \/>There\u2019s is no substitute for hard work. It is this hard work and motivation invested by our staff members that helps us take our projects forward through coordination, planned action, goals and targets. Also their enthusiasm to learn new things has rewarded the organization in its own way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profile Brief about VHAG Voluntary Health Association of Goa\u00a0(VHAG) is a non-profit non-government organization committed to the improvement of people\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VHAG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T11:14:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VHAG.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VHAG.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/\",\"name\":\"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-30T13:52:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-14T11:14:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp\",\"width\":600,\"height\":647,\"caption\":\"non-profit non-government organization\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Profile\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/\",\"name\":\"VHAG\",\"description\":\"VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GOA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO","description":"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO","og_description":"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.","og_url":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/","og_site_name":"VHAG","article_modified_time":"2026-01-14T11:14:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VHAG.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO","twitter_description":"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VHAG.webp","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/","url":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/","name":"About VHAG - Voluntary Health Association of Goa | Public Health NGO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp","datePublished":"2025-12-30T13:52:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-14T11:14:09+00:00","description":"Learn about the Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG), a non-profit NGO committed to improving people\u2019s health in Goa through research, advocacy, and public health initiatives.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rectangle-25-5.webp","width":600,"height":647,"caption":"non-profit non-government organization"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/profile\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Profile"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/","name":"VHAG","description":"VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GOA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhag.teaminertia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}