Rapid Assessment of Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana and the Chief Minister’ Free Drug Distribution Scheme of the Government of Rajasthan

Agency : Government of Rajasthan and UNICEF

The Government of Rajasthan had planned to undertake a rapid assessment of Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana (JSSY) and the Chief Minister’s Free Drug Distribution Scheme (CMFDS) on implementation processes, resource availability and utilization, barriers and bottlenecks in the implementation and overall perceptions of the beneficiaries. IIHMR was contracted by the Government of Rajasthan with the assistance of UNICEF to undertake a rapid assessment of JSSY and CMFDD schemes to understand the process of implementation and identify related issues to ensure an effective implementation of the schemes in the state.

The rapid assessment was done on a sample basis and the sampling was done at the zonal level. The sampling for the assessment covered 14 districts, two from each zone of the state covering all the seven zones; six medical colleges; fourteen CHCs (one from each selected district); fifty-six PHCs (four from each selected district) and 112 sub-centers (two from each selected PHC). A sample of 1120 recently delivered mothers were interviewed at the sub-center level in order to assess the benefits availed of under JSSY and their level of awareness of the scheme. A total of 1300 beneficiaries were interviewed at different levels of health facilities under the component of CMFDDS.

The study was completed within three months from the signing of the contract in April 2012. The reports were submitted to the Government of Rajasthan and UNICEF at the end of June 2012.


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