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POPULATION
FOUNDATION
OF INDIA
World Population Day - July 11, 2003
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To observe the World Population
Day, an experience-sharing work-
shop was organized by the Popula-
tion Foundation ofIndia on July 11, 2003
at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on
'Communication Strategies for Reproduc-
tive and Child Health: Lessons for
Programming and Research'. Representa-
tives from government and non-govern-
ment, UN and international organizations
and media were present.
The main objective of the workshop was
to provide a forum to various organizations
to share their experiences on various
communication strategies used for promot-
ing Reproductive and Child Health
programmes.
The focus of discussion was on the
changing scenario of Population and
Development, with greater emphasis on
the rights-based approach and quality of
care. Dr Francois M Farah, UNFPA
representative, shared with the partici-
pants that population programmes, in
the present context, should be perceived
not only from the number perspective but
also from the social perspective. As
advocacy plays an important role in
promoting population and development
programmes, while designing advocacy
(From Right) Dr Francois M Farah,
UNFPA representative; Dr Arvind Singhal,
• Presidential Research Scholar and Professor,
School of Communication Studies, Ohio
• University, USA; Mrs Usha Agrawal,
• Executive Secretary, (BGMS) and
Dr Roshan B Khan, Coordinator, PFI
project, U]ALA.
• and communication
• strategies, one should know
what kind of challenges are
ahead, what kind of mindsets
: people have and the type of
• socio-cultural scenario
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prevailing in the count~
Dr Arvind Singhal,
• Presidential Research Scholar
and Professor, School of
• Regional Training and Resource
Developmenr Cenrres in Orissa
and Uerar Pradesh
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• Capacity Building of Healrh
Personnel on BCC.
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• Role of PRIs in Effective Managemenr
of Primary Healrh Cenrres-A
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• Empowering Members of
Panchayari Raj Insrirurions on
Popularion, Health and Social
Developmenr Issues
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• Parriciparioll in Meerings/
Worksh ops
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• Phone-in Programmes for
Empowering rhe Community
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• Meering YARSH Needs
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• PH's New Iniriarives on
HN/ AIDS
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Reproductive Health and
Quality of Care
The proponents of the teproductive health approach believe
that reproductive health is inextricably linked to the subject
of reproductive rights and freedom, and to women's status
and empowerment. This encompasses all aspects of human sexuality
and reproductive health needs during the various stages of the life
cycle. In addressing the needs of women and men, such an approach
places emphasis on development programmes that enables clients to
make informed choices, receive education and counselling services for
responsible and healthy sexuality, access to services for preventing
unwanted pregnancy, safe abortion, maternal care and child survival,
and for the prevention and management of reproductive morbidity
including reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases
including HIV/AIDS and other gynaecological problems. Reproduc-
tive health programmes are, therefore, concerned with a set of specific
health problems, identifiable clusrers of client groups, and distinctive
goals and strategies.
While some interventions can be implemented at the peripheral
levels of the health delivery system, others require more sophisticated
facilities and higher level of professional skills and can, therefore, be
implemented at the higher levels of the system. Studies have been
carried out for understanding the socio-cultural gaps between the
providers and the receivers, and a matrix has been made for providing
each of the health services from the provider's level, at the commu-
nity level, the sub-centre level, the primary health centre level and
the community health centre level and above all, availability of skilled
health manpower and equipment available at each level of facility. A
'systems approach' is taken with the assumption that the facilities at
each level are coordinated and that referral systems are established.
For that SHGs, CBOs, PRIs, NGOs have to work closely with the
community to generate demand for the health services at aJllevels.
Since reproductive health programmes are designed to address
clients' needs, an important implication for their implementation is
to ensure that the quality of services improves, particularly from the
perspective of the clients. On the one hand, the clients' perception of
quality may be influenced by social and cultural concerns. On the
other, the providers usually stress the need for technical competency,
as well as infrastructure and logistical support. A nine-element
'quality' framework for reproductive health programme can help
build a balance between supply of and demand for quality services.
Five of the generic elements, to a great extent, help in creating
service-environment, client-provider interaction, enabling the clients
to make informed choices, women's participation in management,
and integration of services. The service-specific elements focus on
access to services, equipment and supplies, maintenance of profes-
sional standards and technical competence and continuity of care.
What is required is management of referrals and reverse referrals with
the objective of providing proper quality of services to enable them to
achieve their health and reproductive goals.
Communication Studies, Ohio University,
• USA, while sharing his experience empha-
sized that communication strategies would
• work better with the continued support of
• community based organizations though
• the process may be slow. He shared with
• participants the findings of the research
work he had done on radio soap operas in
• the villages of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Population Foundation of India also
• shared its strategy and methodology
• adopted in developing and bringing the
• community radio programme from air to
the ground with the community support in
• Madhya Pradesh. Dr Roshan Benjamin
• Khan, Coordinator, PFI's Community
• Radio Programme, Ujala, Indore, who
• coordinated with All India Radio, Indore
• and production of the radio programmes;
• shared with the participants how she
selected the script writers, the artists who
• gave their voices and her role as a sutradhar
: for promoting the listenership of the
• programme. Mrs Usha Agrawal, Executive
Secretary, Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh
(BGMS), an NGO, explained how the
• community was motivated to listen the
programme regularly by linking with their
• other regular programme interventions on
• health and social issues in the community.
Dr Sarita Sharma, Poetess recited a
• heart-rending poem on female foeticide.
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On-going Projects/Programmes
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Papulation Foundation of India (PFI)
has set up its two more Regional
Training and Resource Development
• selected master trainers are trained by the
PFI, who in turn, impart training to the
• NGO personnel with the technical support
Centres (RTRDCs), one at Agragamee,
: from PFI and the implementing agency.
Rayagada, Orissa and the other at India
These RTRDCs are normally set up for a
Literacy Board, Lucknow. With these, PFI
duration of 3 years with the idea that all
has at present thirteen RTRDCs in
NGOs working in the district and outside on
different states.
RCH are provided training. Agragamee is in
The main objective of setting these
the process of selecting about 100 NGOs
RTRDCs is the capacity building of middle- • from six districts of undivided Koraput and
level managers ofNGOs working in the
Kalahandi districts of Orissa and India Lit-
field. The topics covered during the training
era~y Board, Lucknow, about 150 NGOs
are programme planning, goal-setting,
from 8 districts of Uttar Pradesh namely
resource mobilization and implementation of Badaun, Rampur, Bahraich, Shravasti, Gonda, •
reproductive and child health programmes
Balrampur, Maharajganj, Siddarthnagar for
through community participation. The
imparting training to them.
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collaboration with Centre for Rural
Education and Development
(CRED), District Madurai, Tamil Nadu, is
promoting RCH programmes through
SHGs network.
The members of the Self-Help Groups are
keen to know more and more about various
components of Reproductive and Child Health
programmes. The knowledge on various issues
not only empowers them but also makes them
the change agents in the community.
The issues discussed during the capacity
building programmes of the animators of
the SHGs include:
• Major risk factors causing RTIs/STDs
and Urinary Tract Infections.
• Importance of using condoms and how
animators should make it accessible to
the needy couples.
• What is the difference between Medical
• Dr Amutha,Project officer (RCH) District Public Health Services, •
: gave special guest address & lecture. (Mr Bhooma, Medical
lecturer (DPHS); Dr B P ThiagarajanJD, PH is on the chair)
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The Foundation in collaboration with
Synodical Board of Health Services
(SBHS), Church of North India, is
o cation and Role of Folk Media" in promoting
o and advocating various health and social
issues in the community.
conducting workshops on Behavioural
Mrs Geeta Malhotra from Population
Change Communication (BCC) in relation o Foundation of India discussed on How to
to population and development health and
Develop Target Specific BCC Strategies'.
social issues for a period of one year.
o With various illustrations, she emphasized
The first three-day Master Trainer's (MTs) o on the role of BCC in Health/RCH
workshop was organized on August 5-7,
o programmes, involvement of the stakehold-
2003 at CNI Bhavan, New Delhi. Around o ers, identifYing the target population,
52 participants from 26 dioceses, covering 10 designing behaviour change strategies,
states and three union territories of North
o implementation, monitoring and evaluation
India were present during the workshop.
• of BCC Programmes.
Mr A R Nanda, Executive Direcror, PFI,
Mrs Alka Tomar from Centre for Media
encouraged the participants to become
studies elaborated on "How to assess the
o good Master Trainers so that after being
o needs of your audience". She threw light on
o benefitted they could benefit others in their o the process, channels, message, material,
respective areas.
medium and techniques and explained the
Mr Vincent Victor, Joint Director (IEC), o Seven Cs of effective communication which
PH, addressed the participants on the
o can command attention, clarifY the mes-
"Significance of BCC and Techniques of Skill o sage, communicate a benefit, build consis-
o Enhancement". He elaborated on various
tency, cater to the heart and head, create
communication skills which are necessary
trust and call for action.
o while promoting
Mr E S Issac from Doordarshan
o and implement-
International Channel, New Delhi
mg programmes
explained "Media Planning Skills"
on health and
and ''Listening and counselling
other related
skills': as one of the vital compo-
issues and at
nents of communication. Counsel-
ling the young adults is indeed a
challenging job and one needs to
be open, flexible, trustworthy,
patient and with good under-
the same time o standing while dealing with youngsters.
discussed the
The group discussions and the exercises
significance of all through the workshop made it more
these skills. He o participatory and interactive. The trained
also described
Master Trainers will in turn conduct similar
the "Channels
workshops in their own dioceses in collabo-
of Communi-
ration with the Regional Boards.
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family welfare & health
programmes are being polarized/
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verticalised through government
health functionaries from the starting itself
The Tenth Five-Year Plan has prioritized the
re-organization and re-structuring of existing
health care infrastructure at primary, second-
ary and tertiary levels so that they have the
capacity to render health care services to the
population residing in well defined geographi-
cal areas and have the appropriate referral
linkages with each other.
Considering this, PFI felt a need to assess
the quality in health care delivery systems to
provide substantial support to improve the
working conditions and functioning of the
health systems through a model study. This
study will be carried out in three PHCs of
the selected blocks in Gurgaon district of
Haryana.
The main objective of this study is to
identifY the gaps in the health services being
• rendered through the PHC system and the
rural recipients. The idea is to prepare a strategy
• involving panchayati raj institutions for an
· effective management ofPHC set up and create
a model PHC that not only sustains, but also
• provides quality of health care.
The study will be carried for a period of
two years and will be done in two phases.
Phase- I involves benchmark data collection to
· identifY gaps in the PHC services from both
• perspectives - the service providers at various
• level as well as beneficiaries in the villages.
During Phase-II, sustainable strategies would
• be designed and the volunteers from non-
government organizations and other civil
• society organizations would be trained to
• sensitize the members of PRIs on quality of
health care services.
This study will help design a model PHC,
which can be replicated in other parts of the
• country with appropriate modifications
needed.
Strategic Planning Exercise for PFI
Over the last 32 years, Population
Foundation ofIndia has been
• PFI. It was a two-day exercise and was done
during 7-8 August 2003. Mr Deepak Bhandari,
dedicated to promote
President and Mr Rajesh
effective formulation
Jha, Vice-President, EPOS
and implementation of
Health Consultants India
gender sensitive
Pvt. Ltd. conducted this
population and
exercise. The following
development policies,
issues were addressed:-
strategies and
• Re-examining the role
programmes. The
that PFI has been playing
need was felt to revisi t
to move towards its social
its approach to see
VISIon.
how it can build upon what it has already • • Leveraging on funds for getting better institu
achieved and what strategic direction
tional mileage and visibility.
does the organisation need to take.
• • Mainstreaming PFI's role in national level
EPOS Health Consultants (India), has.
advocacy.
conducted strategic planning exercise for • • Strategies for institutional sustainability.
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To sensitize elected representatives
on population, health and social
development issues through elec-
tronic media in Vikasnagar and Sahaspur
blocks of Dehradun district and Jaunpur
block ofTehri Garhwal district, the Foundation
has started a project on Panchayati Raj and
Community Awareness Programme in
Uttaranchal with Emmanuel Hospital Asso-
ciation, Dehradun for a period of one year.
• The main objectives of the project are:
(a) to sensitize the Panchayati Raj Institutions
about the responsibilities given to them
after the 73rd Amendment in relation to
health and social issues;
(b) to build the capacity oflocal governance
in relation to health and related social issues;
• (c) to empower women members of com-
munity based organizations like self-help
groups, village management committees/
village development committees through
training on health and social issues; and
(d) to provide a forum for empowerment
of community through SHGs/CBOs.
These selected master trainers would in
turn conduct the training workshops for
members of Panchayati Raj Institutions,
CBOs and SHGs in the target villages. In
the project, 44 panchayats are to be covered
in 51 workshops. Training programmes
have been started and the training module
has been given to all members of PRIs/
SHGs/CBOs in the villages. VCDs of the
nine modules prepared by the Foundation
have also been given to these members.
Community Radio Programme
in Bihar
As a part of its Advocacy programme, the Foundation
launched a Community Radio programme in 14 districts
of Bihar in association with Bihar Voluntary Health Asso-
ciation and All India Radio, Patna. The first programme of
52 episode series went on air on July 6, 2003 from All
India Radio, Patna and the broadcast will go on every
Sunday between 6.30 to 7.00 P.M. till June, 2004.
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• Mr A R Nanda participated in a Work- • ing Programme on "Sexual & Reproductive
shop on 'Training of Trainers in Emergency • Health and Rights of Young People"
Contraception' organized by WHO Col-
organized by MAMTA, New Delhi on
laborating Centre for Research in Human • September 14, 2003.
Reproduction at the Department of Obstet- • Mr A R Nanda delivered a lecture during
ric & Gynaecology, AlIMS and also chaired • the workshop on "Non-consensual sexual
a session on "Special Issues related to
experience of Young People" organized by
Emergency Contraception" on
Population Council at New Delhi, on
July 23, 2003.
• September 22, 2003.
• Mr A R Nanda attended a Consultative • • Mr A R Nanda participated in the
meeting to discuss the study on "Realizing • Conference on "Saving Women's Lives:
Reproductive Choices and Rights: Abor- • The health impact of unsafe abortion"
tion and Contraception in India" organized
organized by Safe Motherhood Inter-
by ICRW I lIPS and Govt. Medical Col-
• Agency Group and WHO at Kuala
lege, Nagpur at New Delhi on
• Lumpur, Malaysia during September 29-
July 24, 2003.
October 2, 2003.
• Mr A R Nanda attended a Meeting on
• Dr B P Thiagarajan, Joint Director
'District Action Plan for Population Stabili- • (M&E) attended Packard Foundation's
zation - Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Chhatarpur
Partners Workshop on working towards
(MP), Alwar (Rajasthan) and Badaun (UP)
programme effectiveness and convergence
organized by Centre for Policy Research on • during August 4-5, 2003 at Patna.
July 30, 2003.
• • Dr B P Thiagarajan has taken a session
• Mr A R Nanda attended the Interna-
• on Monitoring and Evaluation of RCH
tional Conference of Sourh Asian Parlia-
issues in the training course on Demogra-
mentarians (SAARC) on ''Advocacy role of • phy for district level statistical personnel
elected represenratives in prevention of
• during August 25-29, 2003 organized by
HIV/AIDS" organized by IAPPD on
the National Institure of Health and Family •
August 1, 2003 and shared his views on
Welfare, New Delhi.
"RCH and HIV/AlDS" in the session on
• Dr Kumudha Aruldas, Joint Director
'Thematic Partners'. Dr Lalitendu Jagatdeb, (programmes) attended a meeting on
Consultant (Advocacy & Communication)
"Implementing Best Practices" at Agra
also attended the conference.
during september 21-25,2003 sponsored
• Mr A R Nanda attended the Launching
ceremony of UNFPA's 6th Country
• by CARE.
• Dr Sharmila Neogi attended a strategic
Programme in India (2003-07) at
• review meeting organized by ADITHI,
New Delhi on August 13, 2003.
• during August 24-25, 2003 at Patna
• Mr A R Nanda attended a meeting on
• Mr CSN Murthy, Accounts Officer
"Juvenile Sex Ratio" organized by Punjab
• participated in the seminar on "Emerging
Voluntary Health Association at
• communities' focussing on raising funds for
Chandigarh on August 23, 2003.
• NGOs" organized by South Asian Fund
• Mr A R Nanda attended the inaugura-
• Raising Group at Agra during September
tion of first Advanced International Train- • 23-26, 2003.
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Tempower the community on the
issues of population, health and
social development through phone-in
• the listeners. Under phase-II, the recorded
phone-in-programmes will be re-packaged in
• audio-cassettes with the voice of the local
programmes, community radio and audio-
community. These cassettes will be circulated
training modules, PH in collaboration with
amongst the villagers for regular listening as all
Aravali VIkas Sangathan (ARAVIS), Gurgaon is of them might have not listened the scheduled
preparing and experimenting the three-in-one • phone-in programmes. The third stage will be
communication package for a period of one
to convert these audio-cassettes into audio
year in 20 villages of Gurgaon, Haryana.
• training modules and the issues addressed
The programme will be prepared in two
during the phone-in programmes will be
phases. Phase-I will cover 26 one-hour phone- • addressed in these modules with more clarity
in programmes, broadcast every Sunday
• on the queries raised during the phone-in
through All India Radio, Rohtak from 6.30
• programmes. The idea is to empower the
p.m to 7.30 p.m. The issues to be addressed in • NGOs, service providers and panchayats with
phone-in programmes will be announced in • detailed information on population, health and
advance by AIR-Rohtak to generate interest of • social issues.
Topics and schedule of phone-in-programmes
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Topics
Role of women in healthy family
Importance of girl child in the family
Empowerment of women
Gender equality
Food and nutrition
Child health & immunisation
Adolescent health
Female foeticide
Girl education
Prenatal care, natal and post natal care
Female foeticide
Gender equality
Family planning and family welfare
Personal, home and environment hygiene
Female foeticide
Empowerment of women
Safe and clean drinking water
Acute respiratory infections
Safe abortion and medical termination of pregnancy
Diarrhea and its prevention
Responsibilities of parenthood
Population control & family planning
Empowerment of women
HIV/AIDS/RTIs & STDs
Role of women in sustainable development
Role and responsibilities of panchayats
Date of broadcast
16.11.2003
23.11.2003
30.11.2003
7.12.2003
14.12.2003
21.12.2003
28.12.2003
4.1.2004
11.1.2004
18.1.2004
25.1.2004
1.2.2004
8.2.2004
15.2.2004
22.2.2004
29.2.2004
7.3.2004
14.3.2004
21.3.2004
28.3.2004
4.4.2004
11.4.2004
18.4.2004
25.4.2004
2.5.2004
9.5.2004
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Population Foundation of India has
launched a project on "Building
supportive environment for popula-
tion stabilization by meeting reproductive
and sexual health needs of young adults
through advocacy initiatives in Bihar and
Jharkhand for a period of three years with
effect from September 2003. The David
and Lucile Packard Foundation is providing •
the financial support.
The goal of the project is to create a
supportive policy and programme environ-
ment for meeting the reproductive and
sexual health needs of young adults in states •
of Bihar and Jharkhand.
PFI intends to conduct the model
advocacy interventions on YARSH issues in
two districts each, Vaishali and Gaya in
Bihar and Ranchi and Hazaribagh in
Jharkhand. Sixty one blocks from these four
districts have been selected for advocacy
interventions as these four districts have
composite index less than 50, which is
calculated based on the following selected
indices:
• Female literacy rate
• Gender equity in literacy
• Child sex ratio
• Proportion of 0-6 population
• Percentageof women married below 18years
• Percentage of birth order - 3 or more
• Percentage of current use offamily planning
• Percentage of safe delivery
• Percentage of complete antenatal care
• Percentage of complete immunization
The strategy for advocacy interventions
will be based on 'bottom up approach'.
Initially, it will be a sub-district (block) level
advocacy with the Panchayati Raj Institu-
tions (PRIs) and the public-private health
care providers on YARSH issues and popu-
• Iation sta biIisation. Later, advocacy at the
• district and state level will be done with the •
• multi-sectoral public-private stakeholders
involved in health, media, education etc. on •
: YARSH issues and population stabilization
towards reorienting policies and
• programmes in tehState. Non-government
organizations will be involved in promoting
• advocacy programmes at all levels.
Specific Objectives of the
Programme:
• To orient various government constituencies (comprising
politicians, bureaucrats, public-private health care pro-
viders, and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) which is
the local self government), towards meeting young adult's
reproductive and sexual health (YARSH) needs in order
to contribute to population stabilization.
• Prepare district plan of action on YARSH services based
on the district level intervention and suggest recommen-
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dations to the State governments towards incorporating
them in the State Health Policy and Plan.
• Documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt and
best practices from the field for advocacy on YARSH
Issues.
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HIV/AIDS prevention within the frame-
work of Reproductive Health is the emerging
strategy of PFI's on-going as well as new
programs to fight against the disease. Follow-
ing objectives are envisaged in the ongoing
and future plan of action:
• HN prevention is being designed to be
integrated into the reproductive health
programmes in selected states in the
country.
• Promotion of safer sexual behaviour
among young and adolescent population
through effective and culturally sensitive
commumcatlon.
• Promotion of community based strategies
using social marketing of contraceptive
products for safer sex.
• Empowerment of women for promoting
the rights based approach to reproductive
and sexual health to protect themselves
and their children, against HIV/AIDS and
encouraging men to make a difference.
• Advocacy at every level of Governmentl
Civil Society Development partners and
development of messages in every
medium.
Formation of Technical Advisory Group
· (TAG) on "RH & HIV/AIDS"
PFI formed a Technical Advisory Group
• (TAG) on "RH & HIV/AIDS". The aim is
• to provide technical support to Foundation's
• strategy in the process of integration of'RH
· & HNIAIDS', especially to reduce overlap
• of community based reproductive & child
• health (RCH) interventions and bringing
synergy in meeting the Foundation's commit-
: ment to strengthen national capacity as well
• as priorities of National AIDS Control
programmes.
· Participation in Important
· Consultations on HIV/AIDS
• • Consultation with UNFPA on PARSHI
(Partnership for Adolescent Reproductive
and Sexual Health and HIV/AIDSISTI
interventions in India)-An adolescent
Reprodutive Health and HIV/AIDS
Prevention Initiative" for further
development into a programme strategy.
• Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI,
delivered a key-note address during the
National Workshop on 'Reducing HIVI
AIDS related Stigma and Discrimination
in the World of Work' at VVGiri
National Labour Institute, Noida, on
July 7, 2003. This was jointly organized
by International Labour Organization,
VV Giri National Labour Institute and
Indian Network of People living with
HIV/AIDS.
• Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI,
presented a paper on ''Addressing young
people's sexual & reproductive rights:
issues and perspectives" at a research
priority setting meet on 'non-consensual
sexual experiences of young people',
organised jointly by Population Council,
WHO Dept. of Reproductive Health &
Research and Family Health lnterna
tional/Youth Net Program, from
September 22 to25, 2003 at New Delhi.
• • Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI,
presented a paper on 'Reproductive
Health and HIV/AIDS in South Asia' at
the International Conference of South
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Asian Parliamentarians on 'Advocacy
Role of Elected Representatives in
Prevention ofHIV/AIDS', India,
New Delhi, on August 2, 2003.
Publication of Chart-book and Fact-
sheets on HIV/AIDS in India
Population Foundation of India and
Population Reference Bureau, Washington
D. C. with assistance from Bill Gates
Foundation Global support initiative has
prepared chart book and fact-sheets on
HIV/AIDS in six high prevalence states in
India, namely Tamil Nadu, Andhra
• Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur
• and Nagaland.
The main aim is to disseminate informa-
• tion on HIV/AIDS to all government
officials, from Centre to State/district/block
• level; NGOs, members of PRIs and all
• grassroot level workers.
The chart book is in English and Hindi.
• The fact-sheets are in English and respective
• vernacular languages except for Nagaland.
• Both these publications are being released
on November 13, 2003.
Advocacy on Pre-Birth
Elimination of Females:
PFI and Plan India has organized
advocacy workshops on female foeticide
for MLAs and Corporate sector/Indus-
tries in the states of Orissa and
Rajasthan during April-June 2003.
(Details covered in the last issue of
FOCUS). Based on the response
received from the Industry/MLAs, PFI
and Plan India are planning to organize
similar workshops in seven states within
a period of 2 years.
During the first year, Haryana,
Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat
and during the second year,
• Maharashtra,
• Uttaranchal and
• Uttar Pradesh will
• be covered.
The advocacy
• materials will be devel-
• oped in English and in the local language
• of the selected states. The
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• non-government organIzations campalgn-
• ing against female foeticide in the states
• will be invited for key participation
• during the workshops with Industries as
• well as with Members of State Legislative
Assemblies in these seven states.
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Termination of Pregnancy(MTP) and
illegal abortions and cautioning the com
munity about illegal procedures prevail-
ing in rural areas.
• Male responsibility and their role during
pregnancy and safe delivery.
• Need for concentrated care during delivery.
• Importance of institutional delivery;
availability of transportation; postnatal
care and the requirement of medical
consultations to identifY any risk factors ete.
• • Importance of immunization for protec-
tion of the children from diseases.
• • Anaemia and how it adds to the high rate •
of maternal deaths.
The animators feel confident to gain
• knowledge on RCH issues and these issues
• form the basis of discussions during the
regular meetings of the SHGs.
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Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI, addressing the Media Workshop;(right)
Dr Carl Haub, Senior Demographer, PRE, Washington;Mr 0 P Sharma, India
Coordinator, PRE; (left) Mr Manoj Kar, Consultant, RH & HNIAIDS, PF!
Amedia workshop with international
press was organized by the Founda-
tion in collaboration with Popula-
tion Reference Bureau, Washington D.C
on August 1, 2003 at New Delhi. The
objective of the workshop was to inform
the media about the collaborative project
on publication of chart book and six-state
fact-sheets on HIV/AIDS issues in India.
The Media Workshop was addressed by
• Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI
· and Dr Carl Haub, Senior Demographer,
Population Reference Bureau (PRB),
Washington. Mr 0 P Sharma, India
• Coordinator (PRB), Mr Manoj Kar,
• Consultant, Reproductive Health and
• HIV/AIDS, PFI were also present.
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