Other Interventions

Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF)

The Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) was observed from 11th to 23rd July 2016 across the country.The importance of this activity is that ORS will be available in the household when needed at the time of diarrhea.

National Deworming Day (NDD)

The National Deworming Day, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, was observed on 10 February 2016.It is the largest ever single-day public health campaign in the world targeting approximately 27 crore children aged 1-19 year throughout the country at risk of parasitic worm infection, through the platform of schools and anganwadi centres.

Kiklari

Kilkari, which means ‘a baby’s gurgle’, delivers free, weekly, time-appropriate 72 audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and child care directly to families’ mobile phones from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child is one year old.

M-Cessation

M-Cessation aims at reaching out to those willing to quit tobacco use and support them towards successful quitting through text messages sent via mobile phones.When offered along with traditional services, M-Cessation has been found to be cost-effective in comparison to traditional options for cessation support.

National e-Health Authority (NeHA)

National e-Health Authority (NeHA) will be an integrated health information system. It will help avoid problems arising out of uncoordinated induction of IT systems in hospitals and public health systems. It will also enforce the laws and regulations relating to the privacy and security of patients’ health information and records.There would be a provision of Electronic Health Records (EHR) of patients.

Injectable Contraceptives & Family Planning Policy

The government has introduced injectable contraceptives for women in district hospitals, in accordance with a decision taken last year.

What are injectable contraceptives?

  • Deoxy medroxy progesterone acetate (DMPA) is an injectable drug that prevents pregnancy by stopping ovulation, which is the release of an egg from the ovary.
  • It does this by blocking the rush of Luteinising Hormone (LH) that causes ovulation. Without ovulation, the egg and sperm cannot meet to form a zygote, whose possible implantation makes a woman pregnant.
  • The drug also makes the processes of fertilisation and implantation more difficult. There are other injectable contraceptives such as Norethindrone enanthate (NET-EN), and monthly injections of combined Estrogen and Progestin, which are not yet available in India.

When did India decide to include DMPA in its contraceptive basket?

  • In August 2016, the Drug Technical Advisory Board of the Drug Controller General of India recommended that India should provide the option of DMPA in its family planning programme to widen the basket of contraceptive choices for women.
  • The programme currently relies heavily on spacing methods such as condoms, intrauterine contraceptive devices and birth control pills, apart from male and female sterilisation.

Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme

It entails provision of weekly supervised IFA tablets to in-school boys and girls and out-of-school girls and biannual albendazole tablets, besides Nutrition & Health Education. Upto Q2 of 2017-18, 3.9 crore beneficiaries (adolescent boys & girls) benefitted under WIFS.

Menstrual Hygiene Scheme

The scheme is being implemented for adolescent girls in the rural areas. From 2014 procurement of sanitary napkins has been decentralized. This year Rs. 42.9 Crores have been allocated through NHM to 16 States for de-centralised procurement of sanitary napkins through the process of competitive bidding.Eight states are implementing the scheme through State funds.

Peer Education Programme

Under the programme four peer educators (Saathiya) - two male and two female are selected per 1000 population to orient the adolescents on health issues. The Peer Education programme is being implemented in 211 districts and till date 1.94 Lakh PEs have been selected and training of ANMs and Peer Educators is under process

Mission Parivar Vikas (MPV)

Launched in 146 districts of 7 States for substantially increasing the access to contraceptives and family planning services in districts with TFR of 3 and above.

MPV encompasses the following gamut of activities:

  • Roll out of Injectable Contraceptives
  • Sterilization Compensation Scheme
  • Condom Boxes in public health facilities
  • MPV Campaigns and Saarthi (IEC vehicle)
  • Nayi Pehl Kits to the newly married couples
  • Saas Bahu Sammellan

Integrated Child Protection Scheme

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is executing an Integrated Child Protection Scheme for ensuring implementation of the JJ Act. The scheme has been brought under the Umbrella ICDS as its sub-scheme with the nomenclature as Child Protection Services. The erstwhile ICPS got EFC approval for the FFC period 2017-18 & 2019-20.

Celebration of Hausala 2017

WCD Ministry celebrated the child rights week by hosting an inter-Child Care Institution festival, “Hausla 2017” for the children who reside in child care institutions between 16-20th November 2017. During the week-long celebration Children participated in various events like BalSansad, painting competition, athletics meet, football, chess competition and speech writing. More than 400 children from child care institutions across the country are participated in the event.

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