Reproductive Child Health Program
Partner Organization: Local Self Government
Area of Operation: Jabalpur District
Objectives:
- To lay the foundation of proper psychological, physical and social development of the child
- To mobilize masses and ensure universal immunization for children in the age group of 0-6
- To effect empowerment of the mother to look after health and nutritional need of child through proper nutrition and health education
- Improving access, capacity building of village health workers and strengthening of infrastructure
- To encourage safe deliveries by trained personnel in hygienic conditions
- Promoting use of contraceptive methods among eligible couples for advocating healthy family life and responsible parenting
- To generate awareness among mother children, eligible couples, women and adolescents for future sustainability of the project
Approach:
- Sensitization and mobilization of rural community
- Capacity building of the untrained village health workers
- Empowerment of community specially of women for developing greater understanding and functional skills on matters related to child care
- Establishing live dialogue with adolescents, to improve their knowledge about reproductive health and functions and grooming them to be responsive parents
- Arranging for health and nutrition education in the context of local condition and available resources
- Strengthening of referral services
- Facilitating creation of self sustaining health support system at village level
Target Population:
- 8,650 Children (0-6 year age group)
- 6,356 Eligible Couples
Impact Assessment:
- Higher level of awareness among the villagers, especially women on matters of RCH
- Universalization of vaccination and immunization for mothers and children under the age group of 0-6 years
- Increase in number of institutional delivery by 45%
- Reduction in IMR by 6 points
- Better nutritional status of children
Milestones for each output:
- Demand for health care services.
- Reduction in incidences of IMR and MMR and Reproductive Tract Infections.
- Lesser Children per couple and spacing between birth of siblings.
- Reduction in instances of Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS cases.
- Sensitized and active and government health personnel and there participation in delivery of health services
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