Innovations in Health, Nutrition, & Sanitation in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
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Transcript of Innovations in Health, Nutrition, & Sanitation in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
Innovations in Health, Nutrition, Sanitation under
Rural Development: With Focus on Women
Ms. Ministhy S. IASDistrict Magistrate Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
Health &Nutrition Initiatives
• District Backward in MMR, IMR, Health Indicators
• Focus on underweight expectant mothers, malnourished children, women hygiene, sanitation
• Mutti Bhar Anaj Abhiyan- A Fistful of Food• Community participation and awareness of the menace of
malnourishment and effects• Use of unused Village Health and Sanitation Funds under NRHM,
for tackling malnourishment, hygiene
Health &Nutrition Initiatives• Each family contributes a fistful of food…
• Public Weighing of pregnant women and children registered in Anganwadis, to create awareness..tracking increasing weight, haemoglobin levels, safe delivery
NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN
-Total Sanitation Campaign for reducing
Open defecation
-Women and Dignity issues focussed on hundreds of hard hitting nukkad nataks, public oath ceremonies, involvement of school children
-Dovetail with MNREGA-Rs 10,000 /toilet design (MNREGA-4500, NBA-4600, Beneficiary-900 Unicef design, standardized)
-Campaign mode- 6470 toilets created starting November 2012-till now.
The first toilet constructed under NBA of a visually handicaped in Block- Harakh
PROMOTION OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE UNDER NBA- Health &Sanitation
• DSC took decision to start sanitary napkin production unit under NBA on MAHOBA pattern.
• Barabanki is the second district in UP to take up this unique project.
• To establish production unit a training was imparted on 26.06.2013 in DSC meeting
• Unit to be established at Panchayat Udyog Masauli,set up is underway, to be completed by Dec,2013.
• Local women to be trained as a manpower to the unit.
• Low cost but high quality sanitary napkins to be made available in rural areas and specifically in Kasturba Girls residential schools,social welfare deptt. governed hostels, rural PHcs and CHCs.
• Use of sanitary napkins to be made a habit amongst rural women and adolescent girls.
Funding of Sanitary Napkins Production unit
• Estimated cost to set up production unit is approx. 5.0 lakhs
• 3.5 lakhs has to be given from the revolving fund of NBA and rest 5000/- each as share from the 48 GPs of Masauli Block.
• Daily production of 600-700 sanitary napkins is estimated from the unit
IEC done to promote Menstrual Hygiene
• In flood affected areas sanitary napkins were distributed to females ageing 14 - 45 years on 03.08.2013 from CRF.
• In general villages funds from VHNSC is being used to promote habit of use of sanitary napkins
• In talks with NGOs like Anandi to set up more units with NABARD financial support- employment for women, hygiene issues dovetailed approach…
“THANK YOU”
“ What is the use ?” Someone asked the child who was throwing the stranded starfish back into the life giving ocean…
“ There are so many more left on the beach..What do you hope to achieve?”
The child smiled, threw back another starfish and said, “ IT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO THAT ONE!”