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1. SFT Orientation 8th Feb 2008 Child Health
2. Goal for IMR Overall & Annual Goal to be realistic in sync with current levels of IMR e.g. Uttarakhand currently has an IMR of 41 and reduction by 11 points over 4 years till 2010 is realistic
Maximum annual IMR reduction in India in the past 3 decades has been 5 points(92-93)
3. Situational analysis Progress to date in districts which had already been implementing IMNCI/FBNBC/Breastfeeding/SHS
Progress to date in districts which initiated IMNCI/FBNBC/Breastfeeding/SHS in past year
Progress in training to be measured in terms of total training load
4. Activities under Child Health Promotion of breastfeeding
Integrated Management of Neonatal & Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI)
Facility Based Newborn Care
Micronutrient supplementation Vitamin A, Iron folic Acid
School Health Programme
Management of malnutrition
Some or all of the above activities would be reflected
5. Home Based Newborn and Child Care Reflected only in UP, MP, Orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar
2 districts in each of the above states
Agency selected - SEARCH
Implemented with funding from the India Norway Partnership Initiative (NIPI)
6. Promotion of breastfeeding Training
Incentives to health care personnel eg Uttarakhand would pay Rs 50 to ASHA for every child with early initiation of breastfeeding
Provision for IEC material
Activities for health facilities eg BFHI
7. IYCN: Early Initiation of Breastfeeding Children under 3 yrs breastfed within 1 hr of birth
8. IYCN: Exclusive Breastfeeding Children age 0-5 months exclusively breastfed
9. Children 6-9 months receiving solid or semi-solid food and breast milk
10. IMNCI Planning for complete coverage of the state
Implementation by our department or in conjunction with MWCD?
Number of districts implementing IMNCI
Number of districts envisaged for expansion, if any
Basis of prioritization of districts
Which areas of districts/ which levels of facilities are to be covered on priority
11. IMNCI (contd..) Levels of saturation with training envisaged
Printing of training materials J&K
State, district and block level trainings
Maintenance of quality aspect of trainings
Concomitant training of ASHAs?
12. IMNCI - unfinished agenda Health system strengthening
district and block level planning
supervision of health care personnel
referral chain in place
equipment & medicines provided to workers & facilities regularly
AMC for all equipment
13. IMNCI - unfinished agenda Community based initiatives
Involvement of PRIs/SHGs
Involvement of ASHAs
Joint action with ICDS sector
Educational activities planned
Organization of VHNDs envisaged
14. High focus states ambitious but performance lags behind!
15. School Health Scheme Designated health care personnel to visit school
Frequency of visit determined/micro plan prepared (Tamil Nadu)
Services to be provided defined
List of equipments and drugs specified
16. Management of malnutrition States like Bihar, Maharashtra have dedicated Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres being set up, but only 1-2 per state. This needs an upward revision
But since no state is free of malnutrition among children, more NRCs needed
Selection of districts based on prevalence rates
Basically, training of health care personnel (cascade model) and supply of therapeutic foods needs to be incorporated
17. Strategy in sync with goals? All states need to focus on breastfeeding promotion, facility strengthening
Focus in high IMR states/districts needs to be on survival strategies
Well performing states can focus more on facility based newborn & child care, school health: States with thriving facility based programmes - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu
18. Supplies Kit A Co-trimoxazole, ORS packets, IFA tablets, Vitamin A, Paracetamol tablets
Equipments for health facilities: warmers, weighing machines, suction equipment
Plan in place for quantities & place of delivery?
Plan in place for procurement?
Under which head is procurement envisaged?
19. Funds MUST be allocated from RCH flexi pool for the proposed activities It is crucial to ensure the above