What we do

Areas of Operations

• Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response
  DPMF addresses GBV by transforming harmful gender norms and promoting human rights, dignity, and safe workplaces. We conduct community awareness campaigns, provide information on GBV forms and available support services, strengthen survivor empowerment, and build the capacity of teachers, health workers, law enforcement, and community leaders to prevent and respond to GBV effectively.
• Tuberculosis (TB), HIV, Leprosy, and Hepatitis Prevention and Care
  We implement integrated, community-centered TB, HIV, hepatitis and leprosy programs that promote early screening, treatment adherence, and stigma reduction. Through strategic communication, peer support, and community mobilization, we improve health-seeking behaviors while strengthening service delivery, research, and innovation.
• Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR)
  DPMF promotes comprehensive, youth-friendly ASRHR services and information, focusing on vulnerable adolescents and young people. Our interventions support access to SRH education, HIV and STI prevention, family planning, and protection of sexual and reproductive rights through community outreach and health-facility-based services.
• Non-communicable Diseases (NCD), Climate change, and Environmental Health
  DPMF addresses non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a core priority by integrating prevention, early screening, referral, and care with environmental and climate-related health interventions in urban communities. Our work targets key risk factors such as air and water pollution, poor sanitation, unsafe housing, and heat stress while promoting healthy lifestyles and climate-resilient behaviors through community outreach and strengthened NCD services.
• Community Empowerment and Social Protection
  We strengthen community resilience through empowerment programs that enhance self-esteem, economic inclusion, and social participation of women, youth, PLHIV, TB and leprosy survivors, and other marginalized groups. Community networks are developed to provide care, referral, and psychosocial support.
• Harm Reduction, Substance Use, and Rehabilitation Services
  DPMF implements harm reduction and rehabilitation interventions for people who use drugs, grounded in public health, human rights, and social reintegration. Our work includes prevention education, risk reduction services, referral for treatment and rehabilitation, psychosocial support, and linkage to HIV, hepatitis, TB, mental health, and social services, while working with communities to reduce stigma and discrimination.

OUR APPROACH
DPMF addresses the root causes of vulnerability through prevention-focused, rights-based, equity-driven, and community-centered interventions. We prioritize inclusion, stigma reduction, equitable access to quality primary healthcare, and strong partnerships to ensure sustainable health and social outcomes for the most vulnerable and underserved populations.