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Focus Volume XV No.3
July-September 2001
POPULATION ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT
A two-day workshop was heLd at
Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu on
June 28 and 29, 2001 to
discuss community action for sociaL
Panchayat Leaders Make Useful
Recommendations for Development
().... deveLopment through Panchayats.
,: The aim of the workshop was to share
··-·--lhe·····exp-erfe ri ce"Of the Gfii m
Panchayats of Dharmapuri and
DindiguL districts in Tamil Nadu as
per the objectives of a project funded
by PFI. The Executive Director of PFI,
Dr K Srinivasan and Joint Director
(Programmes), Dr Shantanu Dutta,
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attended the workshop.
Dr G PaLanithurai, Professor, Rajiv
Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj
Studies, Gandhigram RuraL Institute,
l~Gandhigram in his keynote address
dweLt at Length on the roLe of
_.--- ,. community. in achieving sociaL
deveLopment. He said the married
coupLes who were supposed to know
At the workshop at Krlshnaglrlln Tamil Nadu are (from left): Mr L S Jeganathan, executive Director,
sathyamoorthy Centre for Democracy; Dr K Srinivasan, executive Director, PFI; Mr K P Munisamy,
MLA; Dr G Palanlthural, Professor, Rajlv Gandhi Chair for Panchayatl Raj Studies, Gandhigram Rural
Institute and Dr Shantanu Dutta, Joint Director (Programmes), PFI.
about the reproductive heaLth
system were ignorant. He called economic deveLopment in KeraLa was Panchayat Presidents was very usefuL
upon the Presidents of village being made by Gram Sabhas in KeraLa. as it reveaLed the potentiaL of
Panchayats to create awareness
Panchayats. He pointed out that the
among the ruraL peopLe about RCH. Dr Srinivasan in his address remarked centraL and state governments aLone
He disclosed that pLan for socio- that sharing of experience by viLlage
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• Training on Management for NGOs
• Video Film on Foundation
2 • Population Scenario in 'BIMARU' States Discussed
• 'People driven Population Policy' Needed
3 • RCH Services for Rural Areas Near Pune
• Four Projects Evaluated
4 • District Workshops Discuss Development Issues
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Women's Empowerment :
Male's Responsibility
The recently announced 2001 census re-
sults have brought out the poignant fact
that the juvenile sex ratio, the number of
females per thousand males in the age group 0-
6 has declined substantially between 1991 and
2001 from 945 to 927. There are also sharp
'declines in the States of Punjab from 875 to
793, Haryana from 879 to 820, Gujarat from 928
to 878, Maharashtra from 946 to 917 and even
in Tamil Nadu from 948 to 939. Available statis-
tical evidence from a number of sources indi-
cate that a large number of female foetuses in
these states are being aborted and the horren-
dous practice of sex selective abortions is in-
creasingly being practiced.
The differentials in sex ratios will. lead to many
social problems starting from the family itself,
creating an impact on the whole society as
such. The preference for sons over daughters in
India is quite well known. The new technologies
·-----have-made·realization·of.·these-pFeferem:e.more.
feasible. People are misusing the sonographic
techniques available for pre-natal sex determi-
nation. The reason is the mind-set of the people
for gender discrimination and value of the girl
child, social ostracization against women for not
bearing a male child, desire to have male heir
to manage private corporate family businesses
and to perform religious rites. The present day
need is to change the mind set of the people.
Religious leaders from different religions have
come out in open advocating equality of women
in the eyes of major religions of the world and
imposing even religious sanctions.
It has to be remembered that empowerment of
women is a continuous process and not a state
that can be achieved by government action
programmes including passing of laws. Men
and women are not identical biologically, physi-
ologically and psychologically though both be-
long to homo-sapiens who share the same aspi-
rations and goals and have the same innate
potential for development.lneqlialities anddis"
parities among the two sexes have come out to
be detrimental to the female sex.
Empowerment of women including protection
of rights of the girl child, providing her the same
opportunities for growth and development, health
care, education and employment opportunities
are the responsibility not only of women but
mainly of men and the society at large. Only
marginal improvements in the status of women
can be made by feminist groups and by
organising activities by women but the major
responsibility for reducing gender disparities and
empowerment of women in society rests with
men in this country. We hope men will take up
.2.. _ this challenge.
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Video Film on Foundation
P FI has prOdu. ced a video film,
A New Horizon on the
Foundation. The 30-minute
film traces the ongln of the
Foundation as Family Planning
Foundation (which was later
changed to Population Foundation
of India).
The Foundation was set up as an
independent non-government
initiative by the late MrJRD Tata in
1970 along"wrth some' Hke 'minded
industria lists a nd pop u lati 0 n
activists who believed in 'advancing
the cause of human welfare through
family welfare'. The film highlights
the role of Mr Tata as a pioneer in
the field of family planning who was
awarded the UNPopulation Award in
1992 for his services to the cause of
population stabilisation. In the
citation read out on the occasion at
UN headquarters in New York, the
Family Planning Foundation was
described as "the country's pre-
eminent
non-governmental
organisation for the field research on
family planning". He was also
awarded the country's highest
honour - Bharat Ratna.
Dr Bharat Ram, a leading
industrialist, was a co-founder of the
Foundation who succeeded Mr Tata
as the Chairman-and continues to be
in that position. The film provides a
glimpse into the life of Dr Bharat
Ram who at the age of 87 continues
to guide the affairs of the
Foundation.
The story of the Foundation is told
through interviews with senior
members of the Governing Board'tike
Mr Hari Shankar Singhania, Mrs
Avabai BWadia, DrVA Pai Panandiker
and Chairman of the Foundation's
Advisory Council, Dr M S
Swaminathan.
The Executive Director DrKSrinivasan
traces the changing population
scenario in the country and the
contribut1"on made by the
Foundation through its various
programmes. He also gives out
future thrust areas of the
Foundation.
The film was telecast by
Doordarshan News and Doordarshan ,.
International.
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'People driven Population Policy' Needed
Population Foundation of India
organised a Panel Discussion
on ,"Empowerment of Women,
Population Stabili~ation
and
Development" on World Population
Day on July 11, 2001. The Panel
Discussion was initiated by Dr Francois
M Farah, UNFPARepresentative, India.
Mrs Krishna Singh, Member-Secretary,
National Commission on Population
delivered a special address.
e The Discussion was divided into three
·~--,---sessions:-Empowerment of Women,
Empowerment of Women and
Population Stabilisation
and
Empowerment of Women, Population
Stabilisation and Development.
In his opening address, Dr Farah said
World Population Day gives us an
opportunity to initiate discussion on
..-- important issue. Recalling the
paradigm shift made after the
International
Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD) at
Cairo, from mere numbers to issues,
() from quantity to quality and from
figures to people, he said ICPD
redefined health as not merely absence
of a disease. Quoting the example of a
14-year girl who is not sick, he asked,
"Does it me~Jl that she is healthy. If
this girl gets abused, is there any
reporting system? If she is growing, is
there any access to information and
reliable counselling? According to
~ Cairo's definition, Dr Farah said she is
not healthy. "Health is a state and not
a status. One has to continuously work
EMPOWE ..
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Executive Director, Dr K Srinivasan speaking at the panel discussion on "Empowerment of Women,
Population Stabilisation and Development". Dr Francois M Farah, UNFPA Representative, India is
also seen.
on the complexities in relation to
health, whether they are physical,
mental or social well-being". He said
there is no doubt that population is a
developmental issue.
Emphasizing the importance of
advocacy for the programme, he said
that there is a need to facilitate the
process of understanding
by
exchanging views and articulating
them. He was of the opinion that if
people know more, they always do
better. Advocacy is needed to bring
about a sustainable change in the
society. He said what is needed is a
'people driven population policy' and
not a top down agenda for success
of the programme.
Mrs Krishna Singh said that human
development is the key issue. The
investments which we have made,
whether in the form of fina,nce or
human beings, have surprisingly led
us towards paradigm shift. India was
committed to the Plan of Action as
recommended by the Cairo Conference.
Mrs Singh said though male
participation in RCH has increased,
social customs, rituals and traditions
come in the way of women receiving
the respect, dignity and recognition in
the family. It is still important whether
a woman delivers a boy or a girL
Mrs Singh said the issue of women's
empowerment is not a separate issue
but is linked with other things such
as provision of health care facilities,
safe place for delivery of child, say
in planning the family and say in
decision-making process at home.
"Women in the reproductive age
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Mrs Krishna Singh, Member-Secretary, National Commission on Population speaking at the
panel discussion.
scenario of the status of women in
India", Dr B P Thiagarajan, Joint
Director, PFI said that status of woman
in the family and society is largely
determined by the socio-economic,
cuLturaL, politicaL, reLigious and
geographical factors in different
regions of the country. He expressed
his concern over the findings of the
2001 census, especiaLly the decline
in sex ratio in India from 972 in 1901
to 933 in 2001, with the lowest sex
ratio of 861 in the State of Haryana
against 10S8 females per LOOOmales
in the State of Kerala.
group want to plan their families and
want to choose a method for spacing
the children, but they do not have
the means to do it. We have to meet
the needs of the young married
couples as Couple Protection Rate
has not substantially moved up .the
way it should". She emphasized the
importance of education in relation
to empowerment of women.
Ms Justice Leila Seth, Member, PH
Governing Board highlighted the
importance of education and said it
was inter-related with confidence
and courage and was linked with
economic stability of the women. 0
Four Projects EvaJuated
A Four projects, supported by
the Foundation, have been
evaluated and the evaluation
reports received. The project
"Empowerment of Rural Women
with focus on Family Welfare"
implemented during September 1998
to December 2000 by Daudnagar
Organisation for Rural Development,
Aurangabad, Bihar has been
evaluated by Dr Dilip Kumar, Joint
Director, Population Research Centre,
Patna University.
The project "Involvement of National
Service Scheme in Information
Dissemination and Awareness
Generation about Population Issues"
implemented by Agra University
during October 1999 to May 2001
and by MJP Rohilkhand University,
Bareilly during January 2000 to May
2001 has been evaluated by Mr T A
Khan, Director, Centre for Research
Evaluation Analysis Training and
Education.
The project "Supporting Family
Welfare through Traditional Healers,
Rural Medical Practitioners and the
Panchayati Raj Functionaries in Tribal
Area of Dungapur District of
Rajasthan" implemented during
January 1998 to June 2001 by
Population Research Centre,
Mohanlal Sukhadia University,
Udaipur has been evaluated by Dr S
K Chaudhary, Associate Professor, R
N T MedicaL College, Udaipur.
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The project "Intensive Reproductive
Health a,nd Family WeLfare
Programme" impLemented during
November 1997 to December 2000
by Tata Chemicals Society for RuraL
Development in Rajpura block of
District Badaun in UP has been
evaluated by Dr Zulfia Khan,
Chairman,
Community
Department
of' ,
Medicine, Aligarh .,.,
Muslim University.
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BehaVioural
Change
Communication Training:
A total of four Behavioural
Change Communication (BCC)
training programmes have been
organised by the Foundation till
September2001. The training is a part
of the Training and Resource
Development Centre at the
Foundation's office which is
supported by the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare. The three-day
training attracts participation from
NGO personnel working in the field
of reproductive and child health. The
programme includes sessions on
Importance of BCC, Communication
Skills, Counselling, Advocacy, Media
Coverage,Evalu!l1!ollolPril]t, Audio "
and Video Materials. To assess the
increase in the knowledge of
participants, pre and post evaluation
questionnaires are filled in by the
participants. The group photograph
shows the participants of a training
programme along with members of
the Faculty.
Training on Management for NGOs
Ithas been observed by PFI
during the training of NGO
e , personnel on RCH that inspite
of being equipped with technical
skills, the programmes conducted
by NGOsdo not achieve the desired
results due to poor management
skills of NGO personnel. The
, grassroots level NGOsin most cases
are only able to employ managerial
staff who do not have proper
management skills. It was felt that
management training given to these
-t managers will help generate a cadre
of skilled functionaries at the
grassroots level and facilitate
The main objective of the project is
capacity building of management
staff of grassroots level NGOs so
as to bring about an improvement in
their skills pertaining to need
assessment and programme planning,
programme
implementation,
programme management, staff
management, team building,
problem solving and decision making
skills, resource generation and
management.
for the State of Rajasthan where PH
is also planning to launch Regional
level TRDCfor RCH. The idea is to
train selected management
representatives of the same NGOs
who would have received RCH
training to improve the overall
impact of the programme. Indian
Institute of Health Management
Research (IIHMR) will conduct the
training. There will be a total of
four workshops, each workshop will
have 25 participants. Both mid-term
and end-line evaluation will be
carried out. Each workshop will be
for six days.
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Popu~at]onScenario in '8IMARU~States Discussed
A brainstorming meeting on the
four large north Indian
States:- U.P., Bihar, M.P. and
NGO, the results are not replicable
when adopted to a larger population
through other NGOs in different
of Uttar Pradesh; Mr Abhimanyu
Singh, IAS (Retcf.) and Dr Rekha
MasiLaimani on Bihar, Dr Ishwar Das
Rajasthan was held at the areas. The major problems faced in and Dr Surwade on Madhya Pradesh
Foundation's office on August 10, these states were: poor quality of while Mr M L Mehta, Dr Devendra
2001. Dr Bharat Ram, Chairman of reproductive and child health Kothari and Mr Arvind Ojha discussed
the Foundation inaugurated the services; deep apathy and gross the position of Rajasthan.
meeting. Experts and retired senior inefficiency of the government
bureaucrats from the four states system as a whole in meeting the In his inaugural address, Dr Bharat
participated and presented papers needs of the people; lack of Ram said the Foundation's emphasis
on the states' population policies, commitment on the part of in the four states has been in the
problems being faced by each state bureaucracy due to political
on implementation and suggestions instability to any policy adopted by
f6f-imp"f6vefife"f!'C'-Tffe-sessfbns-On-t ne-g b ve rnrtl e n tin c la di rig th e
.,> areas of advocacy and 'networking' •
while implementing population
policies and programmes. He said
different states were chaired by Mr A population policy; frequent social that more organised and synergic
R Nanda, Secretary, Ministry of Health conflicts arising out of rigid caste efforts will be made in the four
and Family Welfare, Mrs Avabai B structure, religious feuds and feudal states.
Wadia and Dr V A Pai Panandiker nature of the society and lack of
(both members of PH Governing adequate number of credible and Executive Directo r Dr K Sri nivasa n
Board). Ms Aradhana Johri, lAS, committed NGOs.
said that the National Commission on
Executive Director, SIFPSA also
Population has ranked 565
participated in the deliberation.
Low levels of social and
districts in the country on the
basis of specific health and
As a foLLow up measure, the
Foundation is planning to have
one-day seminar in each of the
four states. The experts, who
economic development
coupled with early
marriage and low status
population parameters and
among the bottom 114
districts (lowest quartile) aLL
but 10 districts are in the A
pa rti ci pated in the different
sessions, have been requested
to submit proposals for
organising the seminars.
of· women are the
major hurdles of
BIMARU states.
BIMARU states.
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Dr B P Thiagarajan, Joint
Director, PFI made a
presentation on the profile of
It may be mentioned that
the BIMARU states. He
during the last five years, the It was with this background that the mentioned that low levels of social
Foundation has implemented about brainstorming
meeting was and economic development coupled
25 projects in the four States. organised so that the Foundation with early marriage and low status
Evaluation of these projects indicated can plan its future direction and focus of women are the major hurdles in
that while substantial impact can be its activities in the four States. Ms BIMARUstates. The service delivery ""'"
achieved working in ·a smaLL Aradhana Johri and Dr Sunil Misra systems are grossly inadequate and
population through a committed made a presentation on the status ill-equipped. Health and family
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welfare programmes need a major to have a constant follow-up either promoted. He also mentioned that
review and revamping. There are through NGOs, Corporate Sector or the percentage of anemic women in
successful innovative experiences in Private Sector. Because of family Bihar is over 60% leading to high
the states which need to be pressure, the first child cannot be maternal mortality. Though the state
publicised and adapted to wider delayed but the programmes should government provides free iron and
areas in order to achieve the policy focus on the spacing issue. folic acid tablets/syrup to all
goals. The need is to organise Government' has agreed in principle pregnant women, distribution covers
intensive and regular training to privatize some government only 20% of such women because of
programmes for health staff.
services. Private nursing homes will slackness on the part of
also be involved to meet the unmet administration. The supervision and
Ms Johri presented a brief scenario need.
control of sub-centres and primary
of the status of contraceptive usage
health centres should be handed
in Uttar Pradesh. She mentioned Dr Misra emphasized the need to have over to the Panchayats for better
that the data on spacing methods is regional based population policies monitoring of RCH services, he
f'J very encouraging. Knowledge and instead of state-level population suggested.
awareness have gone up from 30% policies. He said that a totally
-~~----._t.o--jO%:---R"eg ararn g"safe-aeHveri es, dHlere"n1:cidvc)cacy programme is Dr Surwade said that infant mortality
she mentioned that maternal needed for the teenage pregnancy. rate in Bihar has been low since
mortality rate is very high - around Family Life Education is an another 1991 as compared to other BIMARU
707. It also leads to high neo-natal important issue.
states. The newborn is given too
mortality. One-third of the births are
much importance in the family. The
attended to by trained Dais and
girl child is not neglected till
half of the births are still not
the age of seven years' unlike
attended by any skilled person.
A large number of Dais are yet
to be trained in safe delivery
procedures and handling high
Though Bihar Government
provides' free iron and
folic acid tablets to all
in Punjab,
Haryana,
Maharashtra and Delhi (as per
2001 census).
risk pregnancy cases. She
stressed the need to take
() precautions
during the
im munisatjon .programmes.
. pregnant 'women~
distribution covers. only
_20%_ofwomen .because .of
He said people in Bihar prefer
to use private medical facilities
and are ready to spend money
leading to improvement in the
She said while there have been
too many campaigns on
different
immunisation
slackness on the part of
administration.
quality of services. Rural
medical practitioners are the
preferred choice for providi ng
programmes, there is no
Reproductive and Child Health
routine provision of the
services though public
services in the villages.
About Bihar, Mr Abhimanyu Singh sector is the major source for
said that the newly elected Panchayat family planning services.
Ms Johri also mentioned that we have representatives need to be informed
to bridge the gap and provide services about
their
roles
and About Madhya Pradesh, it was
, for the unprotected sex of almost 15 responsibilities. Vulnerable groups mentioned that the non-availability
years. The girl gets married at the age (0-10 years) should be approached of the basic minimum Reproductive
of 15 years and till 30 years, she has and family life education should be
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cannot eradicate poverty. The local
bodies functioning at village level
could playa significant role. He
advised the Presidents to take
initiative on their own rather than
wait for a signal from their
political bosses.
Panchayat L,eaders Mak,e Useful
Rfec't);mm,end,at~rons Tor D;ev:eloprmfent
I
mi .
Dr Sri nivasan referred to the
fi nancial allocation to local bodies
in states like Kerala and West Bengal,
where 40 to 50 % of the state
revenue were earmarked for local
""b~~i~"s":H~ hoped the situation in
Tamil Nadu would improve.
Dr Dutta appreciated
the
performance of Tamil Nadu
Panchayat Presidents in the areas of
rural development and sanitation.
He was happy that the village
Presidents in the two districts under
the project have been able to achieve
as per the specified indicators.
autonomy to decide and
prioritise the issues of the
people for action for which
funds could be granted to
Panchayats.
health departments should have
functional lin kages with
Panchayats. The interaction with
the officials would benefit the
Panchayat leaders.
Mr K P Munisamy, MLA, • Personnel working in the various
Kaveripattinam
Assembly
departments should be brought
Constituency, in his inaugural
under the supervision of the
address, .called upon .the leaders of
Panchayats.
local bodies to work together and
serve the villagers who did not know • Matching grants could be given
how to lead a healthy life.
to those Panchayats which
augment resources from
A number of Panchayat Presidents
common properties.
including women Presidents spoke
about their experience.
• Panchayats could be vested with
powers to issue license for using
The workshop made a number of
natural resources with the
recommendations. It suggested
approval of Gram Sabha.
• Panchayats can be given social
responsibilities with achievable
social development goals for
which the personnel working in
such departments can be >
brought under the control of
Panchayats.
• Periodic sensitization of the
people could be done on the
development issues at the Gram
Sabha level.
• Certificates relating to income, •.
birth and death could be issued
by the Panchayats.
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,RrCH Services for Rural Areas Near Pun;e
P FI has collaborated with
Pariwar Mangal Trust (PMT) at
Pune. to launch a project for
All pregnancies will be registered
by the health workers. All the
pregnant women will be provided
introduction of semi solids from the
fifth month; primary immunization and
Vitamin A; home-based management
improving Reproductive
and with tetanus toxoid immunization; of diarrhoeal diseases and acute
Child Health Services by iron folic acid tablets for respiratory infections and their referral
community mobilisation in remote prophylactic and treatment of to health centres and identifying and
rural villages.
anaemia; three antenatal check ups treatment of anaemic cases and their
including checking b~ood pressure referral to health centres.
The project has been taken up at and ruling out complications;
Nasarpur Primary Health Centre of encouraging safe deliveries by Contraceptive methods will be
BHOR Taluka of Pune Distt which is trained personnel in hygienic promoted among eligible couples for
nearly 50 km away from Pune. The conditions; institutional deliveries
Cf project covers a population of and referral services for emergency
healthy family life and cases of
medical termination of pregnancies
2"'7;OOO'spread' over in '2Svillages; obstetric cases; three post natal of women desiring abortion will be
The project is for a period of three check ups and birth spacing for at referred to Health Centres.
years. The project activities began in least three years.
February 2001.
Adolescents will be
counselled on Family
The project aims to tackle
the pr~blem of RTIsj
STIs, prevent their
The ..main objectives of ..the
project include reducing levels of
Life Education.
,
The main objectives of
occurrence
and
consequences.
The
strategy will comprise of
health
education,
.f~rt:ili1Ygn<;l.~p~lgtiqn. grqwth,
improving health ·status of· women
of .~tt~'~=.~~~~Jng..i~.~.gf~~~~:a!n~d
the project are : reduce
levels of fertility and
population growth,
improve health status of
counseling,
disease
detection
through
screening, case finding,
diagnosis' bydirilc:,il arid
children, providing effective
family planning .s. ervices,
.."'adotescenteducation .and .social
women of child-bearing
age, improve health
status of infants and
children,
improve
laboratory procedures,
treatment of cases and
the management of
sexual
contacts,
mobilisationby forming community
basee:tor9a,!i~Clti()~ like AAClhiia
Manda Is and Self Help Groups.
quality, coverage and
effectiveness of family
planning
services,
adolescent education,
wherever required by
social mobilisation by
syndromic approach.
forming community
The newly born children will get new based organisations like Mahila
The five components of RCH have born care like keeping the baby warm; Mandals and Self Help Groups,
• been covered by the project. Services recording the birth weight; breast- women empowerment through
for all these components would be feeding within half an hour after birth income generating activities and
provided.
and for the first four months; strengthening
of health
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infrastructure by better delivery of
RCH care in remote villages.
lEe activities will be carried out
through village action groups, focus
group discussion and training of
men and women on issues related to
anatomy and physiology of
reproduction, maternal and child
health care prevention of unwanted
pregnancy, RTI/STD, HIV/AIDS and
nutrition will be covered. Health
education to adolescent girls from
6th standard onwards will be
imparted and efficient MIS system
for monitoring of the project will be
-evolved.-·
A mobile van with a lady medical
officer and nurse will visit villages
and examine and treat cases of RTI/ schedules
were pretested.
STD in the presence of Community Investigators were trained in filling
Health Worker/ANM. These cases will up forms. During the household
be followed up and untreated cases survey, Mahila Mandals and Self
will be investigated and referred. Help Groups were energized. A RTI/
Menfolk will also be' encouraged to STD camp was' organised in May
take
treatment.
Proper 2001 in the project area where
documentation of this will be eminent doctors participated.
done which will be made available Medicines were donated by a drug
to Government functionaries of com pany.
The mobile
the area.
'team of Pariwar Mangal Trust has
been visiting for OPD treatment and
Monthly and quarterly meetings of follow up.
field staff as well as community-
based organisers will be arranged so Video shows on subjects of health
that those women are motivated to care, planned parenthood, safe
seek treatment of RTI/STD.
motherhood and child care, RTI/
STD, HIV/AIDS and male
The project activities' began in March responsibility were organised in the
2001. The baseline survey .villages.
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Population Scenario in 'BIMARU' States Discussed
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and Child Health services is a major mortality should be addressed by population status report for each state
impediment to the progress of pressure groups who should should be brought out each year in
population stabilisation efforts in formulate media strategies and share which success stories in the state can
the State and is responsible for these with assembly members.
be published as role models.
persistent high maternal, infant and
child mortality in the State.
Summing up the deliberations, Dr
Srinivasan reiterated advocacy
Mr M L Mehta suggested to
develop an index on
Non-availability of b~ic
programmes for BIMARU
States should be issue-
management support for
reproductive and child health
programmes in BIMARUstates.
He favoured the creation of a
minimumReproductive and
Child Health services in
'Madhya Pradesh is a
specific. Self-help groups
cutting across all barriers
should be promoted for
development of health and
database for looking at
regional variations, trends and
analysis for policy implications.
Issues like girls' education,
major impediment to the
progress of population
stabilisation efforts.
socio-economic programmes.
NGOs can join hands with
Government for successful
't
implementation of population
maternal mortality and infant
policy in the States, he said.O
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District Workshops Discuss Development Issues
The ·two-day
Conference
State Level
on 'Health,
Development and Population
10, 2001 prior to the district level
workshops. 'It was attended by Mr J
C Pant, Member of PFI Governing
Kathgodam/Haldwani, Almora,
Dewalikhel and Baijnath.
Stabilisation Issues in Uttaranchal', Board, Dr Shantanu Dutta, Joint The aim of the workshops was to
organised by PFI at Dehradun on Director and Prof B K Joshi, Ex-Vice reach the people at grass root
May 22 and 23, 2001, had Chancellor, Kumaon University, who level and motivate the local NGOs
recommended that district level has been actively associated with to provide advocacy for the
workshops with the same theme the Foundatien in organising the recommendations of the two-day
be organised in collaboration with two-day State Level Conference. State Level Conference. The
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officials. The aim was to get
The planning workshop finalised the
modus operandi for district level
workshops and defined the role of
workshops created better
understanding of the specific
issues. An elaborate agenda had
population stabilisation, health UPVHA in coordinating this work. It been worked out. The issues of
and development issues widely also provided guidelines for health, development
and
disseminated.
organising these workshops.
population stabilisation were
discussed in great detail in
It was proposed that the
thrust areas relevant to
each district would be
identified
at
Thrust areas .relevant to
each district were identified
.at the district level
the context
conditions.
of local
The workshops were
the district
level
workshops and micro
level recommendations
would be made to the
workshops and micro level
recommendations were .made
to Uttaranchal Government
attended by grass root level
workers, officials ~rom
Government
and
representative of NGOs.
states government and
NGOs to formulate
strategies on health,
development
and
and NGOs to formulate
.·sfrCifegies··on healfh,
development and population
Nearly 30' participants took
part in each of the workshop .
Most of the workshops were
attended by PFI officials.
population stabilisation
issues. The UP Voluntary
stabilisation issues.
Another batch of district level
Health
Association
workshops, covering the
(UPVH) was given the A total of seven district level remaining districts would be held
responsibility of organising the workshops were organised by soon. The recommendations of
workshops.
UPVHA in collaboration with local these workshops would be
NGOs. The districts covered compiled and a final report would
A two-day planning workshop was included Haridwar, Pithoragarh, be submitted to the Government
held at Dehradun on July 9 and Champawat, Udhamsingh Nagar, of Uttaranchal.
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Reproductive and Child
Health Training: A total
of 28training courses have
been conducted till September
2001by the Foundation's Training
and Resource Development
Centre, New Delhi. These have
been attended by middle level
managersof NGOsworking in the
slums of Delhi. The participants
for the course have been drawn
from various backgrounds with
varied experience, both in
health related and other social
development fields. The project
has been supported by the
Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare. The photograph shows
a session in progress in one of
. the training courses.
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