The Gujarat Environmental Health Improvement Programme (GEHIP) was a two-phased programme initiated in 2001 and designed to improve the health and well being of families living in the districts of Junagadh, Patan and Banaskantha in Gujarat. The overall goal of GEHIP was to contribute to improving the health status and living conditions of rural communities, especially women in the reproductive age group, children under five years of age and the socially disadvantaged in the selected programme areas of Gujarat.