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Mother & Child Health Care Initiative (MCH)

UNCEF RSPN2

Donor: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Partner: Rural Support Program Network (RSPN)

Objective: The objective of the project was “To help reduce IMR & MMR in target communities through integrated community-based health interventions” with the purpose to:

Develop a community channel for the dissemination of messages & supplies

Educate the community on various preventive mother & child health care messages.
Extending the outreach of the health department in non-served areas (immunization, TT vaccination & deworming)

 

Major Activities:

  • Involved communities for polio eradication and immunization activities;
  • Organized communities in non-LHW covered areas for Mother & Child Week twice a year;
  • Conducted health education sessions for men and women in target areas about the importance of vaccination, Pregnant women were provided TT services and children in the age of 0-2 year were provided routine immunisation services children in the age of 2-5 years were provided deworming tablets with technical support of concerned health department.
  • Ante-natal care, natal and post-natal care, use of clean delivery kit; danger signs during pregnancy, delivery, and post-delivery, birth spacing, hand washing, latrine use, newborn care, infant and young child feeding diarrhea and pneumonia, and use of iodized salt;
  • Developed a community channel for the dissemination of messages and supplies.
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