As we worked in this new area of Sexual and Reproductive health (SRH) we realised that NGOs have pioneered new ways of responding to SRH and HIV/AIDS and in some community settings provided the only response to it. But most of it is not shared and remains confined to the area where it was initiated. MAMTA has taken the responsibility of collating and collecting such information and putting it together in a resource centre, which has been established under the Informatics strategy. We have established resource centres at the central (at MAMTA) and state level (SRIJAN network partners) to put together resources on the identified core areas in YRSHR. These resources include documents, research reports, monographs, journals (on sexual behaviour, adolescent health, research) and directories. This resource centre is accessible to professionals working in this field and serves as a resource base for providing data/inputs to related ministries, media advocacy and project planning. The library database is now accessible online through our website, www.yrshr.org

Informatics is also responsible for bringing out new publications and designing training modules. As a part of this activity we have brought out a series of working papers and training modules for Programme Managers and service providers aiming at providing better insight into the SRH. Informatics is also involved in conducting trainings on Sexuality and Gender and youth friendly services and follow-up of participants. This is being jointly undertaken by support from Rfsu, which has an expertise in this area and is a twinning partner of MAMTA.

We have also attempted to widely disseminate the available resources to various stakeholders through a web portal http://www.yrshr.org  and established our resource centre as a clearinghouse.