| |
Reproductive and Child Health Project |
||||||
Projects : Gateways for: |
Reproductive and Child Health Project About Project | Target Area |Objective | Management Team | Implementation Team | Technical Team | Programe Strategy | Task of MNGO
Background The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has recognized Pravara Medical Trust (PMT), Loni as a Mother NGO for implementing its World Bank assisted Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Scheme in Maharashtra in 1998. The Project has been sanctioned to PMT in recognition of its 25 years service to the rural population through innovative, need based community health & development projects. The constituent institutions run by the trust include
The community based major innovative projects implemented by PMT for the last 10 years in the field of Reproductive and Child Health have given adequate experience and expertise, which include
^TOP About the Project The Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Program being implemented by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) through Mother NGOs, supports various interventions aimed at enabling clients to receive councelling and education for responsible and health sexual behaviour, make informed choices, access user-friendly services for preventing unwanted pregnancy and safe abortion, maternity care, child survival and management of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases. One major thrust of the RCH Program during the ninth plan will be to increase NGO involvement through participation in innovative projects. NGOs have the advantage of flexibility in procedures, rapport and credibility with local communities. They are therefore often placed to try innovations than the government system. Recognizing that small grassroots level NGOs has limited technical and managerial capacity provision is being made for larger NGOs to serve as mother NGOs to mentor smaller NGOs and provide support for their capacity building. Pravara Medical Trust, Loni is one of the four Mother NGOs recognized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for implementing its rural RCH Program in Maharashtra. ^TOP Target Area The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India has alloted Aurangabad, Beed and Jalna districts of Maharashtra to Pravara Medical Trust, Loni to implement its RCH Program. The Target area falls under the Marathawada region of Maharashtra, which is known for its extreme drought and low socio-economic profile. The total inhabitant population of the three districts was over 5.4 million in 1991. Majority of the population belongs to scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and other backward communities. They migrate every year, along with women and children to greener pastures as sugarcane harvest labour. ^TOP Objectives of Mother NGO-RCH Scheme To increase the participation of Non-governmental organizations (NGO) at the community level in improving the Reproductive and Child Health by:
^TOP Programe Strategy
^TOP Task of Mother NGO in Programe Management
|
|||||
| ||||||