HEALTH
PRAKALPA is one of the leading Health NGOs in Orissa. frpm setting up of model hospitals to carrying out lobby and advocacy to ensure that the entitlements of the rural poor reach them on time. We have provided consultancy to national and internal government and non government agencies on best practices.
Reproductive Child Health
Given the status of a Mother NGO by the Government of India in the year 2000-2001.
Its main aim is to chanelize the funds released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to the Field NGOs of the district of Keonjhar and by identifying such prospective, potential NGOs and providing them with trainings, technical support and to monitor and evaluate them.
The RCH Phase II has increased the responsibility that we traditionally had. From shifting our attention from IEC to Service Delivery, from working in isolation to creating partnerships with the Government Health and ICDS Department we have come a long way. Our newer responsibility has helped us complement rather than supplement the existing services. And now our attention has shifted to the unserved and underserved areas, working in the most backward and inaccessible areas where the health services have failed to reach.
Objectives:
To identify the unserved and underserved areas of the District with the help of the District health Administration,
To assist Field NGOs in Keonjhar district for promoting and furthering Reproductive and Child Health interventions, in the four components of 1. Mother and Child Health, 2. Family Planning, 3. Adolescent and Reproductive Health and 4. Reproductive Tract Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV-AIDS
Our Field NGOs
1. Tribal and Rural Development Social Service Organisation, Banspal
2. Ramadevi Village Development Organisation, Telkoi
3. Forum for Economic and Cultural Advancement, Champua
4. Biswa Gyana Chetana Samaj, Ghasipura
Safe Motherhood Adalat
A special programme was conducted with the support of the State Commission for Women, Orissa to address various issues, complaints and litigations against the service providers to ensure Safe Motherhood in the district of Keonjhar.More than 1200 persons attended the adalat from all over Keonjhar with representation from each block
NHRM PIP Development
NRHM PIP…
AIM:
To prepare the DISTRICT NRHM PIP and Conduct Village level Exercise in 80 Villages covering four blocks.
The aim of the project is to map the existing services and infrastructure available and come up with possible areas of improvement and suggestions for bridging the gaps found.
Purpose of the Exercise will be:
1. ACCESS & UTILIZAITON of services
2. AVAILABILITY of services and QUALITY of the services to come up with possible areas of improvement and suggestions for bridging the Demand Gap and means of community participation and collaboration
3. Enabling factors and barriers in providing the services
OBJECTIVE
To conduct an analysis of the existing services and infrastructures of Health & ICDS for preparation of NRHM-PIP.
To organise special training programmes for the mapping team to give them a comprehensive knowledge of resource mapping.
To develop tools and resource materials for conducting this mapping
To identify areas of collaboration and interventions for better reach of health services
To act as a resource center for all stakeholders and present an analysis of the existing situation by the end of 35 days.
IMNCI Training
After working with UNICEF in the BCC project, we were given the opportunity to work with them again in a very special project called IMNCI or the” Integrated Management of Neonatal And Childhood Illnesses. This programme has helped us gain insight into the role of field functionaries in bringing about a change in the IMR and MMR of an area.
Objectives:
LONG TERM OBJECTIVE
To Decrease the IMR and MMR of a Given Area (Mayurbhanj District)
To inculcate IMNCI as an integral part of RCH programme.
To empower the MNGO to be able to facilitate understanding on and use of BCC by the FNGO and other stakeholders (District Health Functionaries) to improve the RCH status of the community through a positive change in the behaviour.
SHORT TERM OBJECTIVE
To empower the Health and ICDS workers to address the IMR and MMR
To organise special training programmes for the Health and ICDS Functionaries and other stakeholders
To give them a comprehensive knowledge of IMNCI and its application in the field.
To give them a first hand experience and training to handle partum and post partum care.
To act as a resource center on BCC for all stakeholders
Area of work:
The Districts of Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar
Safe Motherhood(FPAI)
Community Mobilization for Immunization
The purpose of assignment is to support NID, special immunization week, Vit-A May round and weekly routine immunization sessions through quality monitoring, community dialogue/group meeting, household visits and social mobilization around routine immunization to increase the overall immunization coverage of the District. The Strategy would be to intervene in the low Performing Blocks of our District, i.e., Banspal, Harichandanpur, Telkoi, Joda, Barbil and some very interior and inaccessible pockets of Champua and Ghatgaon.
OBJECTIVES
Increase booth immunization coverage of NID from the existing 69.55% to at least 80% in the two project months.
Increase information on Immunization points (IPs) and advocate for receiving all immunization in IPs.
Mobilize involvement of PRI and community based group (like SHG etc) in NID and routine Immunization through 120 GP level meetings.
Monitor quality of implementation of NID, special immunization week, Vit-A round and routine immunization.
Monitor reach and use of communication materials
Health Rights
AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMMES
We have conducted and organised various AIDS awareness campaigns and programmes with the collaboration of AIDS Control society, Health Department, As a part of the MNGO Programme etc at various points of time.HIV -AIDS is one of our key focus areas and is integrated in each and every programme we undertake.
LOBBY, ADVOCACY AND POLICY MAKING
We have been taking up various policy & advocacy related issues i.e. ensuring people's health entitlements through strong community monitoring programmes and health advocacy at block, district and panchayat levels. We have conducted various seminars, meeting and workshops at various levels right from the village to the District level to do advocacy of various programmes. We have conducted Blood Donation Camps, Organised Road Safety Programmes, First Aid Trainings, AIDS Awareness along with various line Departments and NGOs such as RED CROSS,RTO, Keonjhar, UNICEF, etc.We have been amongst the first in the state who started advocacy on PC & PNDT Act, MTP Act, Gender Issues, Women Health Rights, Quality Health Services, Community Monitoring in NRHm, Consitution of Gaon Kalyan samitis, advocacy of Janani Surakshya Yojana, Utilisation of Untied Fund at Sub Centre and of RKS Funds at PHC (N) till District Levels.
BCC in RCH
AYUSH
Development of operational guidelines for sub-centre management
THE PILOT PROJECT FOR MANAGEMENT OF SUB CENTRES BY ANM
The management of sub-centres in one of the key areas where the government needed to take concrete steps. PRAKALAP developed the guidelines based on the findings of the ground reality, by understanding the major gaps and loopholes in the existing system, the shortfalls in resourcesnd infrastructure and this has been accepted by the UNFPA and the Government of Orissa. This document will go on to become the backbone of all operational guidelines for all states.
VISION:
To strengthen the Primary Health care services at Sub Center level through increased knowledge, responsiveness and accountability of the ANMs
LONG TERM OBJECTIVE
To strengthen the health delivery system at the Sub Center Level
To increase the accountability and responsiveness of ANMs at Sub Centres
To improve the RCH status of the community through a positive change in the behaviour of service providers at Sub center Level
Improve the quality of services
Improve the health indicators through effective management, supervision and reporting by ANMs