Learning to Teach Health (Marathi Version)
In May 2005 the Hindi and English versions of the Institute’s Health Curriculum were published. It met with great success,
the English has been sold in many countries, including Pakistan, Zambia, Qatar, China, USA and UK. The Hindi version has
also been appreciated in Madhya Pradesh and many other States of India. Several NGOs to have have already started
using it.
Learning to Teach Health has now been translated to Marathi by Macmillian India ltd and is used by the Government of
the State Maharashtra as a health curriculum for it's anganwadi  (mother and childcare) workers.
The Institute’s health curriculum, culminating in this manual, has been developed over almost two decades and through
continuous consultation with trainees, trainers, health workers, professional and experienced social workers, doctors in
Ayurveda, Allopathy, Homeopathy and Naturopathy, academic experts in education, personnel working in the fields of
women and health, and staff and volunteers at the Institute. The process of developing this manual has also included rigorous
field studies, cooperation from national and international organizations, and various questions and queries asked by past
trainees. The staff of Barli has also been involved in the continuous collecting of indigenous knowledge from the trainees,
their families and communities. This includes the collection of local names of herbs, plants, food and diseases, as well as
everyday items such as clothes so that trainees can relate the manual to themselves. Special care has been taken to make the
language of this manual simple, understandable and accessible for the trainees.

Holistic Approach to Health Education

With a life-cycle approach, all subjects are taught in an integrated manner, using participatory and peer-tutoring methods in
an enabling environment. Health education is one of the integral subjects of all training programs of Barli Institute. The focus
of this approach is to build the capacity of trainees to become agents of social change in their own communities.
This book Learning to Teach Health in Maharati is available to purchase from Macmillian India Ltd IBSN
No.1403-929564
Published by Barli Development Institute for Rural Women
To download the first 9 pages of the Manual Learning to Teach Health in Marathi, this includes information about the
manual, about the institute, table of Contents  File name: health-maharathi.pdf size 712 KB.
Development of the Health Manual