Reproductive child health program

Within the overall umbrella of reducing infant, child and maternal mortality. The second phase of RCH program i. The main objective of the program was to bring about a change in mainly three critical health indicators i.

Priority interventions for each thematic area have been included in this to ensure that the linkages between them are contextualized to the same and consecutive life stage.

Saving Mothers, Giving Life Initiative. Maternal and Reproductive Health in Tanzania Project. The Role of Monitoring and Evaluation.

Investigating the causes , circumstances, and preventability of each maternal death to learn how future deaths might be prevented. Documenting the reductions in specific causes of maternal death, such as obstetric hemorrhage and sepsis infection. Intensive monitoring of every birth outcome for both mother and infant in health facilities.

Monitoring the implementation of project interventions , such as improving health facilities and transportation and referral systems. Designing tools, questionnaires, trainings, and data management systems so programs can collect and analyze their data in a scientifically sound manner.

Under the RCH programme the FRUs will be strengthened through supply of emergency obstetric kit, equipment kit and provision of skilled manpower on contract basis. To promote institutional deliveries, provision has been made to give additional honorarium to the staff. Control of reproductive tract infection RTI.

The assistance from the Central Government is in the form of training of the manpower and drug kits including disposable equipment. RCH camps:. In order to make the services of specialists like gynaecologists and paediatricians available to people living in remote areas, a scheme of holding camps has been Initiated in districts covering 17 states from January, Camps are being organized in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan.

Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya. RCH out-reach scheme. During , an RCH out-reach scheme was initiated to strengthen the delivery of Immunization and other maternal and child health services In remote and comparatively weaker districts and urban slums in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar. Assam, Orissa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The RCH programme implementation is based on differential approach. Inputs in all districts have not been kept uniform because efficient delivery will depend on the capability of the health system in the district.

Hence, basic facilities are proposed to be strengthened and streamlined in the weaker districts. More sophisticated facilities are proposed for the relatively advanced districts. All the districts have been divided in to three categories on the basis of crude birth rate and female literacy rate. Category A having 58 districts. Category B having districts and Category C having districts. All the districts will be covered in a phased manner over a period of three years.

The programme was formally launched on 15th October