Review of Safe Motherhood and Child Survival Program of CRS

Agency : Catholic Relief Services

Safe Motherhood and Child Survival Program being implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was reviewed in three districts of Rajasthan in terms of:

  • a.Capacity building and health seeking behaviour of the community members where program is being implemented and
  • b.Sustainability of the practices among the community members from where the agency has phased out

The specific objectives of the study were:

  • To find out about the ANC and PNC seeking behaviour of the mothers of children up to 2 years
  • To know about the status of immunisation and vitamin A supplementation for children up to 2 years
  • To ascertain the approach practiced by the providers in carrying out need-specific interventions for growth monitoring of each child
  • To find out about the continuity or owning of the practices/program from where the agency has phased out
  • To know about the practices of the TBAs for ensuring safe motherhood and child survival
  • To find out about the retention of the knowledge imparted to VHW for ensuring safe motherhood and child survival and its transmission among the community members
  • To validate the information recorded in the monitoring registers of the OPs or village health workers of CRS

Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used. It was encouraging to note that health status of the phase-in villages was found to be better on many indicators. Observance of five cleans was found high in phase-in villages. Building local capacity in terms of training TBAs and VHWs seemed to have bearing positive results. However, most of the healthy practices initiated during the phase-in period did not sustain to the expected level after the program phase-out.


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