Past Projects in Rural Settings

Since 1977, IHMP has implemented maternal and neonatal health care through Dais, primary health care, prevention of malnutrition in children, rural sanitation and water supply for preventing waterborne diseases, school health and Bal-Panchayats, reproductive and sexual health, HIV prevention, care and support, and adolescent health care. Please have a look at the timeline to see our journey in public health over the last 40 years in the rural setting. Please click on a particular year to see the related work.

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2015

Past project

Past project

2015: IHMP is scaling up an integrated “Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health” (ARSH) project in 53 villages of Jalna district, which will eventually be scaled up in all the villages of the district.

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2003-2006 maternal neonatal morbidity

2014 – 2015: IHMP is implementing an integrated reproductive and sexual health and family planning project for adolescent girls and young married women, in slums, through a Municipal Corporation – urban primary health centre.

2013

Integrated Project

Integrated Project

2013 – 2015: IHMP has implemented an integrated “Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health” (ARSH) project in 25 villages in Aurangabad district, aimed at:

1.Empowering unmarried adolescent girls through Life Skills Education to delay age at marriage.

2.Protecting married adolescent girls from the adverse consequences of early marriage, early motherhood, sexual and domestic violence, and averting maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.

3.Promoting attitudinal change in unmarried and young married men, thereby demonstrating a measurable change in the prevalence of gender based violence.

Project for unmarried and married adolescent girls

Project for unmarried and married adolescent girls

2013 – 2014: IHMP implemented a reproductive and child health project with a focus on married adolescent girls through a Municipal Corporation – urban primary health centre.

2010

Avert the adverse consequences of early motherhood

Avert the adverse consequences of early motherhood

2010 – 2012: IHMP scaled-up the project for married adolescent girls to delay age at first birth and avert the adverse consequences of early motherhood through the Government infrastructure in 196 villages in one block.

People-centered advocacy

People-centered advocacy

2010 – 2013: IHMP initiated a rights based approach to people-centered advocacy for increased access to rationally planned health care services for the urban poor.

2008

Project for married adolescent girls

Project for married adolescent girls

2008 – IHMP undertook a collaborative study with the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, Brighton University, UK, in three states of India, on social norms, communication processes and institutional inputs for promoting sanitation and its impact on defecation behaviour, latrine use, quality of water and diarrheal diseases.

2008 – 2011: IHMP designed health systems for Municipal Corporations and NGOs to provide maternal and neonatal services in the slums of 7 cities in Maharashtra, and undertook the capacity building of these NGOs.

2008 – 2011: IHMP scaled-up the project for married adolescent girls to delay age at first birth and avert the adverse consequences of early motherhood in 5 districts of Maharashtra. The project was evaluated by external evaluators and the findings were published in The Lancet.

National Urban Health Mission

National Urban Health Mission

2008: IHMP was invited by the Government of India for formulating its policy – the National Urban Health Mission.

2008 – 2011: IHMP designed the systems for 7 NGOs to provide maternal and neonatal services in the slums of 7 cities in Maharashtra, and undertook their capacity building.

2006

Factors influencing optimal utilization of services

Factors influencing optimal utilization of services

2006 – 2010: IHMP undertook a social assessment of factors influencing utilization of HIV services in rural Maharashtra, and demonstrated optimal utilization of decentralized HIV – Voluntary Counseling, Testing (VCT) and care services.

2005

Reproductive and child health program

Reproductive and child health program

2005 – 2010: IHMP mainstreamed HIV/AIDs prevention care and support through its reproductive and child health program in the slums of Pune city.

2003

Pilot programme for married adolescent girls

Pilot programme for married adolescent girls

2003 – 2011: IHMP implemented a pilot programme for married adolescent girls aimed at delaying age at first birth and averting the adverse consequences of early motherhood. IHMP successfully demonstrated a delay in first birth, significant increase in contraceptive use, huge reduction in maternal and neonatal morbidity, and a significant reduction in low birth weight babies.

Reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity

Reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity

2003 – 2006: IHMP implemented a focused intervention for averting the adverse consequences of early motherhood and for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity among married adolescent girls

2003 – 2011: IHMP demonstrated a model maternal and neonatal health program for urban slums integrated with primary health care services.

1999

Life Skills Education project

Life Skills Education project

1999 – 2006: IHMP implemented a Life Skills Education project for unmarried adolescent girls for their holistic development. The other objectives were to provide them with basic health needs, and increase the average age at marriage.

1998

Social assessment programme

Social assessment programme

1998: IHMP was commissioned by the World Bank to conduct a social assessment for the Information, Education and Communication (IEC) component of the National program on Reproductive and Child Health (RCH). IHMP’s work formed the basis of the National IEC policy for the National Reproductive and Child Health programme.

Life Skills Education

Life Skills Education

1998 – 2003: IHMP implemented its Life Skills Education program and a project aimed at preventing anemia among unmarried adolescent girls in the slums of Pune city.

1997

Information, Education, Communication (IEC) training

Information, Education, Communication (IEC) training

1997: The Directorate of Health Services, Government of Maharashtra commissioned IHMP to develop a district level Information, Education and Communication (IEC) strategy and a training curriculum for trainers and district IEC officers from 29 districts of Maharashtra.

1996

Women and Child Development

Women and Child Development

1996: IHMP prepared the project proposal and perspective plan on Women and Child Development for the State of Maharashtra as an assignment for the World Bank.

Reproductive and Child Health Programme

Reproductive and Child Health Programme

1996 – 2003: IHMP implemented the Oxfam supported Reproductive and Child Health Program in 27 slums of Pune city.

1994

Disaster management

Disaster management

1994 – 1998: IHMP worked with a population of 20,000 to provide relief, health and education services,and counseling to individuals suffering from post-disaster stress as a result of the earthquake in Latur district of Maharashtra in which over 10,000 people died and 30,000 were injured. IHMP reconstructed an entire village and rehabilitated 110 families.

1987

Child-centered development program

Child-centered development program

1987 – 2004: IHMP implemented a program to ensure the availability of potable drinking water in 400 villages in two drought prone districts of Maharashtra. Water availability increased by 300,000 liters per day.

1987 – 2004: IHMP conceptualized and implemented its child-centered development program, Bal Panchayat, which capitalizes the spirit of children in undertaking voluntary action. This child to child, child to community strategy for behavior change was replicated by over 700 NGOs in India. It was adopted by Plan International as their national strategy in India, following which IHMP trained all their NGO partners.