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| Reproductive
and Child Health (RCH) Field Interventions : |
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| RCH Projects with NGOs and Other
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Training
Providers, Benchmarking Services and Delivering Family
Planning Services through Public, Private and NGO Sectors
in Bihar
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The Population Foundation of India has undertaken the project titled ‘Training
Providers, Benchmarking Services and Delivering Family Planning Services through
Public, Private and NGO Sectors in Bihar’in association
with an organization called JANANI. The project covers three Divisions of Bihar,
namely, Purnia, Motihari and Gaya over a period of three years including a one-year
extension phase starting from April 2005. The main objectives of the project
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Create
easily accessible training facilities for doctors and ANMs
from the private NGO, and public sectors in the respective
districts of Bihar. |
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Deliver large volumes of family
planning services at affordable prices to the low and low-middle
income groups, and |
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Benchmark and promote quality
of care and pricing of social franchise products and services. |
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Three clinics, one in each
divisional headquarters of Purnia, Motihari and Gaya, have
been started. The coordinator of the project has been appointed
and the clinic staff and the field staff have been trained.
The training of doctors and ANMs in deliveries, family planning
and other surgical procedures has been done at the JANANI
owned clinic at Patna, as the PFI supported clinics have
not been registered for Medical Termination of Pregnancy
(MTP) as yet. JANANI has applied for MTP registration of
these clinics and the clearance of the district administration
is still awaited. Initiatives have been started to insure
these clinics as well.
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| A local entrepreneur has been identified to
run the Purnia clinic, which is functioning round the clock
(24 hours). The clinic is providing services like delivery,
gynaecological and general surgical procedures. The Purnia
clinic has the highest number of contraceptive acceptors among
the three clinics. The adoption of family planning services
as well as MTP/MR varies between twenty one percent and fifty
six percent. The Motihari clinic is also showing good response
and a decision has been taken to convert the Motihari clinic
into a 24 hours clinic. The referrals are mainly for sterilizations.
The Gaya clinic has been shifted to a new address. A permanent
doctor has been recruited who will also be the entrepreneur
of this clinic. |
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| These clinics serve as centres providing quality
services on reproductive health/family planning for the region. |
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