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Integrated Package for Dewas District in Madhya Pradesh |
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Through this joint venture, PFI and Ranbaxy
Community Health Care Society covered half of Dewas block
with a population of around 1,00,000 in Madhya Pradesh. The
main objectives of the project were: |
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Community
sensitization and mobilization activities on safe motherhood,
reproductive health and integrated management of childhood
illnesses. |
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Provision of RCH services through a mobile clinic. |
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Training of grassroot health providers like TBAs, Health
workers, traditional healers, ANMs and volunteers etc. |
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Building of referral linkages with the existing
government health institutions. |
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The following activities were carried out
during the first phase (three years starting from November
2001 to March 2005 including no-cost extension of 4 months)
of the project: |
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RCH services were provided to 29 villages and
five urban centres through the mobile van. |
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The grassroots health personnel like Dais, community
health volunteers, anganwadi workers and Gram Swasthya Samiti
members were trained on RCH and other related issues. |
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Networking was done with Government for health
and contraceptive supplies, training hall, resource persons
for training, care of the referral cases. Linkages were made
with anganwadi centres for awareness programmes. |
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IEC and counseling activities were carried out
and review meetings with stakeholders were held from time to
time. |
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A total of 343 field visits were made covering 9937
beneficiaries in the project area. |
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Maternal and child health services were provided to
the target audience. |
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A total of 15444 home visits
were made. |
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Other activities like group discussions, demonstrations,
video film shows, lectures and meetings were arranged on
days like Blood Transfusion day, World AIDS Day, Mentally
Disabled Day, New born Week, Leprosy Day and the World
TB Day. |
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Campaigns on AIDS and female foeticide were organized
at two of the service centres. |
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Campaigns (lectures and other IEC activities) for adolescent
health were organized in 18 centres where 1500 adolescents
and teachers from 20 schools participated. |
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A hundred and fifty patients were treated at two health
melas organized in collaboration with the Department of
Women and Child Development, District Health Department
and local Panchayats. |
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The project has been extended for another
two years from April 2005. |
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