Issue #2, RH Vouchers newsletter
The second quarterly issue of the RH Vouchers project newsletter is now available for download [PDF]. In this issue
- we profile the Kenya OBA program and share updates on the evaluation’s population and health facility baselines
- we highlight Anrudh Jain’s recent commentary on two key indicators to monitor in RH programs that incentivize facility based delivery, and
- we summarize several new publications with management lessons for healthcare finance projects.
Incentive for institutional delivery lowers the causes of infant, maternal mortality. But major part of Maternal mortality come from home delivery which are unattended by trained health personnel.Rural Beneficiaries want to go to PHC/CHC, but they can not plan it in the light of economic engagements,lack of human resource and difficult terrain to reach to hospital/PHC.This has been observed in the tribal area of central India. Issues are same in the globe. As a remedial measure an effort should be made to track the pregnant women in last trimester so that she may reach to institution. This may help to cut the MMR/ IMR.
Excellent suggestion. First, identification of pregnant women in a community and help them to meet their various RH needs will make the work of a community worker feasible; it will help the workers to organize their daily work schedule. Second, following the pregnant women will make it feasible to integrate all elements of reproductive health programs, starting from ante-natal care, delievry care, post-partum care, breast feeding and immunization of childern,and finally introductining the apprpriate method of family planning. One of the best way to deliver client-oriented RH services, and to rduce IMR. MMR, and TFR.