 |
Focus 1999 October - December Englsih |
|
|
1 Page 1 |
▲back to top |
Foeus
.•f.I'•..•. Volume XIII NO.4
October - December 1999
POPULATION ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT
A BULLETIN OF POPULATION
FOUNDATION
OF INDIA
JRD Tata Memorial Oration
Respect Women·
Dr Nafis Sadik, Executive
Director of United Nations
Population Fund CUNFPA) has
asked men to respect women.
Delivering the fifth JRD Tata
Memorial Oration in New Delhi
on December 13.1999, Dr.Sadik·s
message to men and boys was to
respect all \\vomen. "Whether
they are sisters, daughters,
cousins or strangers; wherever
they are from, whatever 'their
state in life, all women deserve
your respect, If you learn respect
for all women. you will earn
respect from your wife and your
daughters", she said.
UNFPA Executive Director
The 0 ration was organised
by Population Foundation of
India at PHD House. Dr Sadik
spoke on 'A New W om an of India
- A New India for Women', Dr
Bharat Ram, Chairman, PFI
presided,
Dr Nafis Sadik also released
Voluntary Action in Health and
Population - The Dynamics of
Social Transition edited by Prof
Sunil Misra and brought out by
PH The publication is based on
fourteen case studies of action
research projects undertaken by
Dr. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, UNFPA releasing PFI's publication - Voluntary Action in
Health and Population - The Dynamics of Social Transition before delivering the fifth JRDTata
Memorial Oration. The Executive Director and Chari man of PFI, Dr. K Srinivasan and
Dr. Bharat Ram are also seen.
NGOs in the field of health and
family planning in 10 states, The
projects were supported by the
Foundation. Prof Misra was work-
ing as Joint Director in the
Foundation when he edited the
volume.
Addressing a cross section of
audience, consisting of members of
the PFI Governing Board and
Advisory Council, government
officials, representatives
of UN
agencies and NGOs, Dr Sadik said
fight for reproductive rights, against
gender violence
and against
HIV/AIDS are essentially the same
battle and this ., battle will be fought
and won in the same place - in the
minds of men, and to a lesser extent,
the minds of women". Most women
already know the dangers of early
and repeated
pregnancy;
that
Continued On Page 4 .
On Other Pages
• Panchayat Members of Aligarh District
to be Trained in Population Stabilisation
2
• Another Training Programme for Master Trainers for
Haryana Panchayar Members
3
• Polyherbal Formulations Project Exrended
6
• Training for NSS Volunreers
6
• Training in Reproductive Health for NGO
Personnel.
7
|
|
2 Page 2 |
▲back to top |
Empowering Panchayats
Panchayat Members of Aligarh District
Population Foundation in India is engaged in a
major endeavor to empower Panchayat
Members (PMs) at all the three tiers in selected States
on their rights and responsibilities, gender issues,
education and literacy, reproductive and child health
including family planning programmes. Initially, PFI
implemented a model project on a pilot basis in seven
districts in six States, namely, Chitradurga in
Karnataka, Pune in Maharashtra, Sawai Madhopur in
Rajasthan, Dindigul and Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu,
Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh and Bankura in West Bengal.
In this model, first a Consulting Organisation
(CO), which is a lead training and research
organisation is identified after assessing its interest
and skills in undertaking this training programme.
Then a non-government organisation working in the
selected district/s of the State on health and related
programmes is identified as the Implementing Agency
(IA). The IA is first given training by CO and PFI on
various aspects of population and health programmes
including Reproductive and Child Health, Family
Planning, Health and Sanitation, Education of
children, especially, the female children and gender
equity. Thereafter, the IA identifies a set of Local
Resource Persons (LRPs) in the district, one LRP to
cover four or five Panchayats and trains them with
necessary educational materials including printed
modules, wall charts and videos on various aspects
included in 10 modules on which they have to train
PMs. The LRPs visit the villages everyday and
conduct training programmes for PMs on one module
in a week using the educa',ional materials supplied to
him/her. In some districts, instead of LRPs visiting the
Panchayats separately, three or four of them get
together the members of the Panchayats from three to
four villages in one place and conduct the training
programme in all the modules in two to three days.
Thus, this model is a sequential training scheme of
C07IA7LRP7PM.
This programme, which was tested in seven
districts on a pilot basis, proved to be quite effective in
the sense that the knowledge levels of 70 to 80
percent of the PMs who participated in the training
programme had substantially improved in almost all
the aspects on which they were given training.
Based on this PFI model, UNICEF requested
PFI to undertake the training programme for the whole
State of Haryana in empowerment of the PMs. This
programme is currently in operation as reported in this
issue of FOCUS. We have identified seven NGOs, to
be the IAs in this training programme, and also about
1200 LRPs who are currently undergoing training by
the las. We hope to train about 62,000 PMs through
these LRPs and IAs by the end of September.
• If this large project is successful in the sense
that a high proportion of PMs could be trained in
various aspects of RCH and public health on which
training has been imparted, similar approach can be
adopted fortraining of PMs in other States.
The 73" and 74" Amendments to the
Constitution have categorically passed on, among
others, the responsibilities of family planning, primary
health care and provision of basic educational
facilities to the Pancahyats. One-third of the seats are
also reserved for women. They cannot be expected to
fulfil their responsibilities unless they are empowered
by appropriate training programmes and also
allocated adequate financial resources by the State
Governments.
~~_
to be Trained in Population Stabilisation
A new project, 'Empowerment
of Panchayati Raj Institutions
and Convergence
Approach in
Aligarh District', has been started by
the Foundation.
The project is a
sequel to the recommendations
made by the Round Table
Conference
on Population
Stabilisation
and Related
Developmental
Issues in Uttar
Pradesh
organised
by the
Foundation at lucknow.
The project aims to develop
capacity of Panchayat members and
the community through community
based distribution approach.
PFI
would implement
the project
through local GO and will monitor
its activities by appointing its staff at
Aligarh.
of trained Resource Persons (RP)
would be available for continuous
interactions even after the training.
The training process will strive to
achieve an increase
in the
Contraceptive
Prevalence
Rate
(CPR) by ensuring registration of all
pregnant women, registration of
birth and deaths and complete
coverage of immunisation
of
children and pregnant women.
For empowerment
of
Panchayati Raj members, the project
will follow the well tried methodol-
ogy of PFI already used in the
project of empowerment
of
Panchayati Raj members supported
by PFI. The methodology of the
project, as being tried in different
districts, comprise the following:
The State Innovations
in
Family Planning Services Project
Agency (SIFPSA) has agreed to make
funds available for the two parts of
the projects to be com pleted in 24
months.
The present proposal is
divided into two parts. The first part
aims at developing capacity of
Panchayat members at all the three
levels of Aligarh district to effectively
discharge their duties and responsi-
bilities in the areas of population
stabilisation
and related social
developm ent activities. The second
part is aimed at mobilising a cadre of
Community
Based Distributors
(CBD) to work closely with
Panchayats.
The main objectives of the
project are: (i) to train the Panchayat
members, particularly the women
m em bers on issues related to
reproductive health, maternal - child
health care, family planning, popula-
tion, water and environment,
nutrition, control of com m unicable
diseases and resource planning, (ii)
to develop training manuals and
guides, modules, systems for
supervision
and management
information systems appropriate for
the State of Uttar Pradesh, (iii) to
establish the linkage between
trained Panchayat members and the
comm unity through CBD.
The project would ensure
training of all the Panchayat mem-
bers in their own situations. A cadre
PFI will serve as a Consulting
Organisation and identify a credible
training Institute (or a NGO) in each
of the selected districts as the
Implementing Agency CIA). The
m em bers of the 1m plem enting
Agency w ill be trained by the
Foundation in various aspects of the
salient
features
of 73rd
Constitutional Amendment, role and
responsibilities
of Panchayat Raj
members,
resource
mapping,
decentralised planning, population,
reproductive health including family
planning etc.
Training modules will be
developed on subjects like 73r.d
Constitutional Amendments and its
implications; duties and responsibil-
ities of Panchayat Raj members;
resource mapping and decentralised
planning; gender concerns; health
and diseases; reproductive and child
health; water and environmental
sanitation.
Resource Persons will be
identified and trained who in turn
w ill train Panchayat mem bers at the
cluster level
The second part of the project
will be implemented with the help of
a local based credible NGO who will
act as implementing agency on
behalf of PFI. PFI w ill train the
personnel of implementing agency
who will be responsible for imple-
menting various activities, supervi-
sion and monitoring as envisaged in
the project approach.
0
|
|
3 Page 3 |
▲back to top |
Another Training Programme for Master Trainers for
Haryana Panchayat Members
AFive-day training programme for
Master Trainers for Panchayati
Raj in Haryana was organised by PFI
at Haryana Institute of Rural
Development (HIRD), Nilokheri
from October 25 to 29, 1999.
35 resource persons from seven
implementing agencies joined the
training. Two district level officers of
Haryana: District Training Officer
(Health) and District Family Welfare
Officer also attended the training. It
may be mentioned here that four
resource persons per district are to be
trained as master trainers. With 19
districts in Haryana, a total of 80
trainers are required. The first batch
of 33 resource persons attended
Master Trainer's training at CCS
Haryana Agricultural University at
Hissar in July 1999.
The training programme at
Nilokheri was inaugurated by Mr
Devender Singh, lAS, Deputy
Commissioner, Kamal. He lauded
the PFI's efforts in collaboration with
UNICEF to train panchayat mem-
bers and assured his support and co-
operation to the Foundation in
implementation of the project. He
urged participants to make it a
meaningful exercise with a sense of
devotion and dedication because
"democracy and development will
thrive only when grass-root opinion
leaders are empowered in real sense of
the term". The state government was
represented by Mr Panchm Singh,
Joint Director, Panchayats.
Mr. Devender Singh, lAS, Deputy Commissioner of Kamal (third from left) inaugurating the
training programme for master trainers for Panchayati Raj in Haryana at Haryana Institute for
Rural Development (HIRD), Nilokheri. Also seen are (from left) Dr. Surat Singh, Associate
Professor, HIRD, PFI's Executive Director, Dr. K Srinivasan and Mr. Panchm Singh, Joint
Director, Panchayats, Haryana.
Dr K Srinivasan, Executive
Director, PFI in his welcome address
gave a brief account of the project and its
objectives which aimed at enabling the
members of Panchayati Raj institutions
to understand their duties and responsi-
bilities so that they can play an effective
role in the over all development of rural
areas.
The topics covered during the 5-
day training programme were : (i) 73rd
Constitutional
Amendment
and
Haryana Panchayati Raj Act; (ii) Duties
and responsibilities of PRls; (iii)
Resource mapping and decentralised
planning; (iv) Population and develop-
ment: issues and concerns; (v)
Reproductive and child health; (vi) Child
Survival and safe motherhood; (vii)
Health and nutrition; (viii) Health and
illness; (ix) Water, sanitation and
environment; (x) Education and literacy;
(xi) Social and gender equity; (xii)
Information, education and communi-
cation; (xiii) Participatory learning and
action; (xiv) Programme implementa-
tion and monitoring; and (xv) Plan of
action.
A module in Hindi prepared by
PFI covering the above topics was given
to the participants prior to the com-
mencement of the training programme.
The idea was to enable the participants to
read the modules thoroughly so that the
training could be more meaningful.
The valedictory session of the
training programme was chaired by Mr
H S Dhankhar, IAS, Additional Deputy
Commissioner, Kamal. In his valedictory
address, he appreciated PFI's efforts and
urged the participants to pay special
attention to empowering women leaders
at the grass roots level. He distributed
certificates to the participants.
Dr Surat Singh, Associate Professor,
HIRDproposed the vote of thanks. 0
|
|
4 Page 4 |
▲back to top |
Respect Women· UNFPA Executive Director
Dr. Nafis Sadik answering a question from the audience. Also seen are Dr. Bharat Ram and
Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Member of PFI's Governing Board.
Continued from Page 1
malnutrition
and
anaemia
threaten the safety of their
pregnancies; that unsafe abortion
can kill them; that abstinence and
safe sex can protect them from
both unwanted pregnancy and
HIV infection, "It is not clear
whether men know these things,
or, if they do know, whether they
care" ,
Dr Sadik appreciated the
bold steps that India took in 1996
towards giving women the power
to make their own decisions,
renouncing demographic goals
and targets in favour of compre-
hensive approach to reproductive
health, "The move from family
planning to reproductive health
calls for a fundamental change in
approach, treating the users of
health services as valued and
respected clients,"
Dr Sadik said the first steps
have been taken,
She was
optimistic that with political commit-
ment, good leadership and goodwill,
India can look forward not only to
better reproductive health, but to
smaller families and slower popula-
" No woman deserves
harassment or violence.
No woman deserve an
unwanted pregnancy.
No woman deserves
to be infected. "
tion growth overall. "The move
from family planning to reproductive
health, and from demographic
targets to goals based on broad
indicators of social development,
have the potential to transform not
only the lives of millions of women,
but the development prospects of
India," she said,
Dr Sadik was happy that
literacy among India's Women was
58 per cent today, compared with 8
per cent at independence,
"The
Panchayat revolution is bringing
unprecedented numbers of women
into the political process, ending
forever the idea that women are not
interested or cannot contribute to
political life," Amartya Sen has al~o
said freedom to make decisions
about fertility was the cornerstone
for women's empowerment,
she
said,
According to Dr Sadik, much
of the suffering of India's women
can be traced to active discrimina-
tion starting even before birth,
Relative neglect decreases girls'
chances of survival. Poor health
care and nutrition in infancy,
together with sex-selective abortion,
results in a skewed ratio, of girls to
boys, 93 to 100,
Dr Sadik said it was important
to instil in women respect for each
other and themselves, "No woman
deserves harassment or violence,
No woman deserves an unwanted
pregnancy, No woman deserves to
be infected," Self respect is basic to
health and strength of the family, to
the new Indian woman and to the
new India,
Exhorting the good men of
India - the leaders and the teachers,
the responsible men of affairs and in
government at all levels, she asked
them to stand up against the
dehumanisation
of half of the
population, "India is changing; and
there is no room in the new India for
violence of any kind against
women," she said,
Dr Sadik was hopeful that the
new direction in India's population
programme would help create a
culture of respect for women, But
first the programme must respect
itself and those who work for it.
Workers in reproductive health are
some of the most valuable public
|
|
5 Page 5 |
▲back to top |
Servants in the new India - they
themselves deserve respect as
professionals:
good training,
support and supervision, and
earnings that reflect their true
value. Removal of quotas and
targets should not mean loss of
focus or direction: there are good
standards for quality of care and
results will be measured in
maternal and child survival, and
in healthier, smaller fam ilies.
Calling Mr JRD Tata as "one
of the pioneers of fam ily planning
services in the workplace", Dr
Sadik said the late leader believed
that no women should have more
children than she was ready and
able to support. He did much to
promote the idea that voluntary
fam ily planning should be a
normal part of every day life ...
Earlier, in his Chairman's
address, Dr Bharat Ram said as a
part of its advocacy programme,
the Foundation instituted in 1990
'Encounter with Population Crisis'
lecture series inviting important
international and Indian celebri-
ties to deliver lectures and focus
on critical issues related to
population and to carry the
debate forward. Nobel Laureate
Dr Normal E Borlaug, Dr M S
President of PFI, Dr. Bharat Ram giving a bouquet to Dr. Nafis Sadik
Swaminathan, Dr Asok Mitra, Dr Foundation, Dr Bharat Ram said the
Abid Hussain and Mr Vasant Sathe
" India is changing; and
'Encounter with Population Crisis'
series was rechristened as 'JRD Tata
Memorial Oration' in memory of the
there is no room in
founder of the Foundation.
Mr
the new India for violence Ramakrishna Hegde, Mr Chandra
of any kind against women. " Shekhar, Dr Najma Heptulla and Mr I
K Gujral have been the speakers.
were some of the speakers.
In the Silver Jubilee Year of the
In his welcome address, Dr K
Srinivasan, Executive Director of the
Foundation said the International
Conference on Population and
Development held in Cairo in 1994
of which Dr Sadik was the Secretary
General, was an important milestone
in the population movement in the
world. It has changed for ever the
ends and means of family planning
programmes.
Dr Sadik played a
crucial role in this historic
Conference.
She has consistently
underlined the important role of
women and the need to involve
them in population program ems and
deve!opmentwork,
0
|
|
6 Page 6 |
▲back to top |
Polyherbal Formulations Project Extended
P FI has been funding clinical
trials of the two Polyherbal
Formulations
developed
by
Dr G P Talwar using extracts from
N eem and other herbs. The
Praneem Polyherbal
Vaginal
Tablets (PPVT) have found to be
totally safe and free from side
effects and highly effective in
treatment ofRTIs and STDs. The
tablets are effective in curing
various forms of RTIs which are
widely prevalent in rural and low-
income communities.
These
tablets also serve as spermicides.
Clinical trials have shown it to be
effective in prevention of AIDS,
herpes and Chlam ydia infections.
For treatment of RTIs, one tablet is to
be used vaginally for 7 continuous
days and for prevention of AIDS and
as a contraceptive, one tablet has to
be used by the woman vaginally one
hour before coitus.
The project, which was
initially sanctioned for one year
(November 1998 to November
1999), has now been extended by
another year to test the effectiveness
of the Praneem Polyherbal Vaginal,
Tablets, both as a contraceptive and
as a method of treatment of RTIs and
STDs in a slum population of
Chandigarh where the RTIs and
STDs have been identified using the
syndromic approach recommended
by WHO. Dr Sarala Gopalan, Project
Director at Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh will be incharge of the
project.
It has also been decided to
introduce the tablets in all the slum
projects funded by Population
Foundation of India: Tughlakabad
and Hari Nagar slums at Delhi, at
Nagpur, Aligarh and Mumbai.
Tablets will be introduced as their
effectiveness is very high and side
effects are almost nil. Initially, these
will be introduced for treatment of
RTIs and STDs and later as a contra-
ceptive
and preventive
for
HIV fRTIs.
0
Training for NSS Volunteers at Agra
Athree-day training programme for
National Service Scheme (NSS)
Programme Officers and Master
Volunteers was organised at Agra from
October 22 to October 24, 1999. Five
Programme Officers and 25 Master
Volunteers (5 from each core unit)
participated in the training. A number of
female volunteers also took part in the
programme. The volunteers were trained
in RCH issues along with orientation to
conduct project activities including
undertaking baseline survey ete.
The Executive Director of PFI,
Dr K Srinivasan inaugurated the
programme. The senior executives of
PFI, who travelled to Agra, conducted the
various sessions of the training
programme. A field visit was organised
on the last day of the training to give the
trainees an idea about the project
activities to be undertaken by them later.
After the training programme, a
two-day orientation course for other
volunteers of the core units was organised
at each participating college. These
courses were conducted
by the
Programme Officers and Master Trainers.
In all the programmes, Jan Mangal
couples, selected from the adopted
villages, were also imparted training.
Student volunteers from all the
WORKSHOP
POPULATION STABL'*ISATION CAMPAIGN
S"."'_Oaltl 'I"
POPULA~ FOUNDATION OF INOII
Oll'iAH1S EQ lY
"05.5. eEL..·. ... 1.1.A~I£OI.UHlVlLqTy. Mia
Executive Director Dr. K Srinivasan inaugurating the training for National Service Scheme (NSS)
officers and master volunteers at Agra.
participating colleges visited their respective
villages during the months of December
1999 to February 2000 as per their schedule.
The baseline survey has been completed in all
the 25 villages.
Due to college examination, the
students would be able to resume visits to
their adopted villages only in May. In the
meantime, the motivational activities by the
Jan Mangal couples are being undertaken.
Earlier, the NSS cell of Dr B R
|
|
7 Page 7 |
▲back to top |
Ambedkar Universtiy, Agra agreed to
implement the project 'Involvement of
National Service Scheme (NSS)
Volunteers
in Information
Dissemination
and Awareness
Generation about Population Issues.'
The basic aim of the project is to train the
youth- to understand the meaning of
family planning, small family norm,
RCH and to motivate them to propagate
these ideas among people living in rural
areas with a view to bringing about a
qualitative improvement in rhe lives of
these people, especially women.
Five core units from the following
colleges of the university were identified
to participate in the project: '(i) RBS
College, Agra; (ii) Shri Brij Bihari
College, Kosi Malan, Dist. Mathura; (iii)
Lok Rastriya College, Jasrana, Dist.
Firozabad; (iv) Institute of Oriental
Philosophy, Vrindavan, Dist. Mathura;
and (v) Stjohn's College, Agra.
0
The participants of the NSS training interacting during a field visit.
Training in Reproductive Health for NGO Personnel
A total of 12 training courses on
Reproductive
and Child
Health for middle level managers
of GOs working in the slums of
Delhi have been completed. The
participants for the courses have
generally been drawn from
various backgrounds with varied
experiences,
both in health
related and other social develop-
m ent fields. Considering the
average score of the trainees in
the pre-evaluation
and post
evaluation tests, it can be said that
even for those who have some
prior experiences in health and
family welfare related areas of
work, the training has been useful
in enhancing their understanding
as well as clarity about the issues
and the subject matter.
An interesting feature of the
training courses has been that the
participants are asked to evaluate
each speaker at the end of their
session.
A questionnaire
is
developed consisting of seven
specific areas on comprehensive-
ness, content and coverage,
clarity and understandability,
style and attractiveness of presen-
tations, the language
i.e.
(whether technical or simple), the
clarity in concepts and way of
packaging the topic so as to make
the contents understandable to the
participants.
This consolidated
evaluation result presents the extent
of clarity of each speaker while
conducting the sessions as per the
judgement of the participants. Each
speaker has generally been rated as
'highly satisfactory'. . As per the
participants'
observations,
the
speakerf are not only good at
delivering lectures but also effective
in involving the participants in the
discussions.
The trainees have
appreciated
the participatory
approach in the class room which
enables them to understand the
topic easily.
Almost all the speakers who
conduct the various sessions, use
audio-visual aids, overhead projec-
tors and models extensively while
conducting the sessions.
In each session, one mem ber
of PFI internal faculty sits through in
rotation and observes the class room
sessions and acts as a facilitator and
raises questions in between to
enhance the interaction between the
speaker and the participants.
As a part of the training
course, the participants are taken for
a field visit to a slum area to have
practical work experience. The Task
Force group at PFI has worked out a
'workbook' to be used in the field.
The participants are divided into
groups having three to five members
in each group. Each candidate of
the group is asked to fill up two or
three household schedules assigned
to them in the slum area. While
doing the household survey, they
are asked to identify some issues on
which they are asked to provide
individual counselling in the same
household.
An internal faculty
mem ber accompanies the group and
observes the way counselling is
done. On return to the class room,
presentation of the group is made by
the leader of the group. Other group
mem bel'S are asked to note down
their com ments and clarifications
about group presentation which are
discussed on com pletion of the
presentation.
The trainees have expressed
their satisfaction with the field visit
as they get the guidance and feed-
back from the faculty on technical
issues, techniques of counselling
and organisation of group discus-
sion on the spot.
The trainees of the past grou ps
were asked their opinion about the
training in the concluding session.
Most of them were happy that such a
Continued On Page 8
|
|
8 Page 8 |
▲back to top |
training programme was organ-
ised, specially for NGO personnel
which is not done otherwise,
They found the training as
'comprehensive, very useful and
need-oriented',
They expressed
their satisfaction that they could
clarify their doubts on several
issues, gained knowledge,
particularly in relation to RCH
programme,
its components,
reasons for paradigm shift from
family welfare program m e to
reproductive and child health
programme, Some of them said
they gained more information in
the five-day training course than
that they had learnt in a course of
one month duration elsewhere,
They found the modules quite
easy to understand and expressed
the view that they will always use
it as a reference book,
The trainees found one-day
field visit 'very educative' as they
have to practically test their newly
acquired knowledge and skills in
a real field situation under the
proper supervision of PFI faculty
who are always available in the
field to guide them and demon-
strate to them, They found
Executive Director Dr. K Srinivasan inaugurating a training course on Reproductive and Child
Health for middle level managers of NGOs working in the slums of Delhi. Also seen are
(from left) : Ms. Sunita Arora, Research Associate and Dr. Amita Bardhan, Course Co-ordinator.
counselling session in the class room
and film shows followed by discus-
sion, a very useful learning tech-
nique,
The trainees suggested that
the training be opened for more
num ber of middle and grass-root
level personnel from each NGO
rather than two persons per NGO as
at present,
The participants found the
five-day training 'very short' and
suggested that fhe duration of the
course be increased for a longer
period,
The participants also said that
they would like to undergo another
spell of short training at PFI, may be
of three-day duration, wherein they
would like to share their persisting
problems which they might face in
the field on return to their job
situation after training, They would
like to seek clarification and guid-
ance to solve these problems as well
as get exposure to new issues in
relation to RCH programme,
Most of the participants
suggested that some sessions like,
monitoring and evaluation, counsel-
ling, concept of reproductive health
should have more time than what
was given, PFI has agreed to the
suggestion and is going to allocate
more time for these sessions,
The training courses con-
tinue to be held at the
Foundation, Those interested may
contact the Course Coordinator,
Dr Amita Bardhan, at Population
Foundation of India, B-28, Qutab
Institutional Area, New Delhi -
110 016; Tel: 6523741, 6523743,
6523783;
Fax :6852766,
Em ail:popfou nd@deI2,vsnl.net.in,
o
Published by POPULATION FOUNDATION OF INDIA, B-28, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi- 110016, Tel.: 6867080, 6867081
Editorial Direction & Guidance: Dr. K. Srinivasan Editor: Ajay Sunder
Printed by Graffiti, 11737 Street No.3, Sat Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-5 Tel.: 5816396, 5816308