Through use of local Maternal Child Health (MCH) incentives, along with the use of locally appointed Health Activists, India’s National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) multiple-strategy community intervention program was able to achieve household level improvements reflected as an increase in all of the following indicators for women and children over the 7 year program:
– the proportion of pregnant women having 3 or more ante-natal check-ups (from 43% to 74.5%)
– those receiving at least one Tetanus Toxoid injection (from 83.5% to 93.6%)
– institutional deliveries (from 35.7% to 77%)
– post-natal check-ups within 2 weeks of delivery (from 49% to 67.2%) and
– children who received ORS for diarrhea from (32.3% to 44.8%).
Full Citation:
Gupta, M., Angeli, F., Bosma, H., et al.. 2016. Effectiveness of Multiple-Strategy Community Intervention in Reducing Geographical, Socioeconomic, and Gender Based Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Haryana, India.. PLoS ONE. 11(3).
Title of Article: Effectiveness of Multiple-Strategy Community Intervention in Reducing Geographical, Socioeconomic, and Gender Based Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Haryana, India.
Author(s): Gupta, M., Angeli, F., Bosma, H., et al.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Name: PLoS ONE
Publication Volume: 11(3)
Publication Source URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27003589/
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1371/journal.pone.0150537
Topics: Health System Strengthening
Disease Vaccines: Diarrhea | Tetanus
Countries: India
WHO Regions: South-East Asia