Innovations in Health, Nutrition, Sanitation under

Rural Development: With Focus on Women

Ms. Ministhy S. IASDistrict Magistrate Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh

Health &Nutrition Initiatives

• District Backward in MMR, IMR, Health Indicators

• Focus on underweight expectant mothers, malnourished children, women hygiene, sanitation

• Mutti Bhar Anaj Abhiyan- A Fistful of Food• Community participation and awareness of the menace of

malnourishment and effects• Use of unused Village Health and Sanitation Funds under NRHM,

for tackling malnourishment, hygiene

Health &Nutrition Initiatives• Each family contributes a fistful of food…

• Public Weighing of pregnant women and children registered in Anganwadis, to create awareness..tracking increasing weight, haemoglobin levels, safe delivery

NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN

-Total Sanitation Campaign for reducing

Open defecation

-Women and Dignity issues focussed on hundreds of hard hitting nukkad nataks, public oath ceremonies, involvement of school children

-Dovetail with MNREGA-Rs 10,000 /toilet design (MNREGA-4500, NBA-4600, Beneficiary-900 Unicef design, standardized)

-Campaign mode- 6470 toilets created starting November 2012-till now.

The first toilet constructed under NBA of a visually handicaped in Block- Harakh

PROMOTION OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE UNDER NBA- Health &Sanitation

• DSC took decision to start sanitary napkin production unit under NBA on MAHOBA pattern.

• Barabanki is the second district in UP to take up this unique project.

• To establish production unit a training was imparted on 26.06.2013 in DSC meeting

• Unit to be established at Panchayat Udyog Masauli,set up is underway, to be completed by Dec,2013.

• Local women to be trained as a manpower to the unit.

• Low cost but high quality sanitary napkins to be made available in rural areas and specifically in Kasturba Girls residential schools,social welfare deptt. governed hostels, rural PHcs and CHCs.

• Use of sanitary napkins to be made a habit amongst rural women and adolescent girls.

Funding of Sanitary Napkins Production unit

• Estimated cost to set up production unit is approx. 5.0 lakhs

• 3.5 lakhs has to be given from the revolving fund of NBA and rest 5000/- each as share from the 48 GPs of Masauli Block.

• Daily production of 600-700 sanitary napkins is estimated from the unit

IEC done to promote Menstrual Hygiene

• In flood affected areas sanitary napkins were distributed to females ageing 14 - 45 years on 03.08.2013 from CRF.

• In general villages funds from VHNSC is being used to promote habit of use of sanitary napkins

• In talks with NGOs like Anandi to set up more units with NABARD financial support- employment for women, hygiene issues dovetailed approach…

“THANK YOU”

“ What is the use ?” Someone asked the child who was throwing the stranded starfish back into the life giving ocean…

“ There are so many more left on the beach..What do you hope to achieve?”

The child smiled, threw back another starfish and said, “ IT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO THAT ONE!”