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and Child Health (RCH) Field Interventions : |
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Total management of Essential RCH & Primary Health Care through Public Private
Partnership : A model and innovative project. |
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This innovative project is being implemented by Karuna Trust, Karnataka, aims to demonstrate models of public Primary Health Centers that effectively delevers the essential RCH & primary health care services. The project is covering one Primary Health Center area in each of the five socio - demographically backward districts of Bagalkot, Bidar, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur and 2PHCs in Bellary district of Karnataka. This intervention would benefit more than two lakhs of population in this region.
The main objectives of this project includes: |
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To manage routine functioning of select Government Primary Health Centers and strengthen them into model PHCs. |
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To maximise utilisation of RCH services at the sub-centers of the select model PCHs |
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To influence and facilitate change for improved health seeking behaviour in the communities covered by the modelPCHs |
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0000The RCH services were started after the baseline survey
with the help of a mobile van in April 2002. Liaison was
established with the government for supplies and support
through ANMs and Anganwadis. A midterm evaluation was carried
out by TCSRD in ten villages, which revealed that the IEC
coverage needs to be improved and priority should be given
to the field level activities for strengthening the RCH coverage,
even though a sizeable number of women are availing the RCH
services.
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| The services like maternal health, treatment
of RTI/STI, family planning and immunization are provided.
Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities are
directed towards bringing attitudinal changes in men and women
towards family planning, increasing acceptance of services
offered by Primary Health Centres and dispelling myths related
to immunization. |
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| The group meetings of women and men were held
in every village on various RCH issues, like vaccine preventable
diseases, diarrhoea and contraceptive choices (specially highlighting
spacing methods). Banner exhibitions on different health issues
were conducted in different parts of the village. Skits were
organized with school children in six of the villages addressing
issues like age at marriage. |
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Training on first aid for village level volunteers
was organised in collaboration with St. Johns Ambulance and
training on “five cleans” for TBAs/Dais was organised
in collaboration with PATH, Lucknow. |
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