Capacity Building of Health Care Providers on GIRC under MCSP-Program

Now- a- days public health is the most demanded topic for all i.e People, Policy Makers, Media Persons, students as well as Academicians. Being a new arena not only it gathers concepts from the existing disciplines such as: Sociology, Psychology, Statistics, Management, Medical Science but also engage professionals from various backgrounds such as Health Care, Communication, Management as well as Social Sciences. This apart it has also used some of the proven strategies such as: Research and Development, Capacity Building, Awareness generation through IEC/BCC activities, Monitoring and Supervision, as well as Advocacy to optimize the output. Among all Capacity Building is an important strategy for improving understanding, generating awareness among the end users, Change Agents as well as the Internal staffs.

Capacity Building Exercise

In a country like India, women and child are found to be the most vulnerable section whose rights have been violated in all areas of development.  Health is not excluded from this.  High mortality and morbidity rate enforces the Govt. and Other Development Agencies to focus on Reproductive and Child Health. A number of programs are on the ground to improve the situation but still their rights are not safeguarded.

Team Work

Group Presentation

In order to ensure gender equitable, socially inclusive and respectful health care services (especially in Family Planning) Centre for Catalyzing Change (C-3) in collaboration with Health & Family Welfare Department, Odisha planned to trained, near about 17000 health care providers starting from the grassroot level worker (ASHA, ANM) to facility based service providers (Surgeons, SNs, Program Managers/ Administrators etc) under the umbrella of Maternal Child Survival Program (MCSP). The program is currently implemented in 12 MCSP focused districts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.  Hope the capacity building exercises will have a positive impact on the health care providers and act as a stepping stone for advocacy on Seven Universal Rights of Child Bearing Women.