Organization:The Healthy Indian Project

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The Healthy Indian Project
AbbreviationTHIP
TypeHealth information platform
Fact-checking organization
Legal statusActive
PurposeHealth literacy,vaccine awareness, public health communication, and combating health misinformation
HeadquartersIndia
Region served
India
ProductsTHIP Media, THIP Care, THIP BOT (Raksha)
ServicesHealth information, medical fact-checking, vaccine information, public health education
Official language
English language English and multiple Indian languages
AffiliationsWorld Health Organization Vaccine Safety Net (VSN)
Websitewww.thip.media

The Healthy Indian Project (THIP)[1] is an Indian healthcare information and fact-checking organization operated by THIP Healthtech Private Limited.[2][3][4][5]

History

The Healthy Indian Project was established in 2019 as a health information initiative in India. According to Startup India,[6] it operates as a registered entity under the Government of India’s Startup India programme. In June 2021, The Times of India reported that The Healthy Indian Project was selected as a third-party fact-checking partner for Facebook (now Meta) in India.[7] The report stated that the organization’s role involved reviewing and identifying health-related misinformation circulating on the platform, forming part of Facebook’s broader third-party fact-checking programme in India.[8]

Operations

The organisation’s health information division, THIP Media, is listed as a member of the World Health Organization’s Vaccine Safety Net, a global network of websites providing reliable vaccine safety information.[9][10]

THIP Media is also a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network(IFCN) Code of Principles, administered by the Poynter Institute.[11]

Media coverage

In 2024, Channel NewsAsia featured The Healthy Indian Project in its documentary Fact vs Fiction – India’s Disinformation War, which examined misinformation in India and referenced the organisation’s work on health-related misinformation.[12][13][14][15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Healthy Indian Project (THIP)" (in en). World Health Organization (WHO). https://www.who.int/teams/regulation-prequalification/regulation-and-safety/pharmacovigilance/networks/vaccine-safety-net/vsn-members/thip. 
  2. ↑ "THIP Enters Health Insurance Sector With IRDAI Broking License". 23 July 2025. https://www.bwhealthcareworld.com/article/thip-enters-health-insurance-sector-with-irdai-broking-license-564540. 
  3. ↑ EH News Bureau (23 July 2025). "The Healthy Indian Project (THIP), a health literacy and misinformation-focused platform". The Indian Express Group. https://www.expresshealthcare.in/news/thip-receives-irdai-broker-licence-enters-health-and-term-life-insurance-distribution/449927/. 
  4. ↑ "The Healthy Indian Project". World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/teams/regulation-prequalification/regulation-and-safety/pharmacovigilance/networks/vaccine-safety-net/vsn-members/thip. 
  5. ↑ "Facebook adds Healthy Indian Project as fact-checking partner in India". The Times of India. 22 June 2021. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/facebook-adds-healthy-indian-project-as-fact-checking-partner-in-india/articleshow/83582875.cms. 
  6. ↑ "Startup India profile – THIP Healthtech Pvt Ltd". Startup India. https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/profile.Startup.609f5a2be4b0286b8445e78a.html. 
  7. ↑ "Facebook adds Healthy Indian Project as fact-checking partner in India". The Times of India. 22 June 2021. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/facebook-adds-healthy-indian-project-as-fact-checking-partner-in-india/articleshow/83582875.cms. 
  8. ↑ "Facebook adds Healthy Indian Project as fact-checking partner in India". The Times of India. 22 June 2021. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/facebook-adds-healthy-indian-project-as-fact-checking-partner-in-india/articleshow/83582875.cms. 
  9. ↑ "Ask RAKSHA: A health information WhatsApp chatbot initiated by THIP Media". Economic Times HealthWorld. 7 April 2022. https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/health-it/ask-raksha-a-health-information-whatsapp-chatbot-initiated-by-thip-media/90723692. 
  10. ↑ "A new era in health awareness: Life Raksha gives patients the doctor's voice". Medical Dialogues. https://health.medicaldialogues.in/health/a-new-era-in-health-awareness-life-raksha-gives-patients-the-doctors-voice-158519. 
  11. ↑ "THIP Enters Health Insurance Sector With IRDAI Broking License". BW Healthcare World. https://www.bwhealthcareworld.com/article/thip-enters-health-insurance-sector-with-irdai-broking-license-564540. 
  12. ↑ "Misinformation Combat Alliance launched to fight misinformation in India; JNM CEO elected as President". Daily Jagran. https://www.thedailyjagran.com/india/misinformation-combat-alliance-launched-to-fight-misinformation-in-india-jnm-ceo-bharat-gupta-elected-as-president-10041097. 
  13. ↑ "Ask RAKSHA: A health information WhatsApp chatbot initiated by THIP Media". ETHealthWorld. https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/health-it/ask-raksha-a-health-information-whatsapp-chatbot-initiated-by-thip-media/90723692. 
  14. ↑ "THIP Media launches WhatsApp chatbot for health info, fact-check". Outlook India. 7 April 2022. https://www.outlookindia.com/national/thip-media-launches-whatsapp-chatbot-for-health-info-fact-check-news-190510. 
  15. ↑ "THIP Launches ‘Life Raksha’ — A Doctor-Led Health Magazine for Patients". MediCircle. https://medicircle.in/thip-launches-life-raksha-a-doctorled-health-magazine-for-patients. 




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