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SESSION II:Sharing of Evidence from other Urban Health ProgrammesChairpersons: Dr. Manpreet Singh (MoHFW, GOI) and Dr. Hari Om Dixit (GoUP)Moderator: Dr. Devendra Khandait, BMGF2.1 City Initiative for <strong>Newborn</strong> Health:The Mumbai city initiatives for newborn health by the Society for Nutrition,Education and Health Action (SNEHA)Dr. Wasundhara Joshi, Director, SNEHADr. Joshi started her presentation by informing that the city of Mumbai has 19 million people living in anarea spread across 233 square miles, but 55% of the city’s population lives in slums. Their project ‘Cityinitiative for <strong>Newborn</strong> Health’ began in 1999 under the guidance and leadership of Dr. ArmidaFernandez (former Dean, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College, Mumbai) to address the chronic shortage ofbeds across Mumbai. The project was initially supported by UNICEF and then ICICI Foundation, andlater the Welcome Trust. The research initiative was carried out from 2005 till 2009.The overall purpose of the project was to generate demand through community participation followedby a response from the health system to the increased health demand.The City initiative model for <strong>Newborn</strong> Health consists of two main areas:- Community mobilization through community partnership and monitoring- Quality of Care through strengthening primary care and strengthening referralThese steps have led to improved maternal newborn care and care-seekingamong the community,improved health care services resulting in increased uptake of these services and improved maternalnewborn care and survival.The initiative’s progress can be described in detail as follows:1. Health systems’ strengthening undertaken through nurturing partnerships.• Participatory consultation conducted with all the newborn care service providers consistingof three super speciality teaching hospitals,10 general hospitals, 24 maternity homes and 30health posts.• Continuous quality improvement cycles introduced along with primary care strengthening,development of Regional referral system and improvement in the Management InformationSystem (MIS). BCC activities were initiated and Appreciative Inquiry was introduced. Thewhole process was truly participatory – there were many questions and it was important tolisten to what the people and providers had to say.• City-wide referral mechanism strengthened with the help of Municipal Corporation of GreaterMumbai (MCGM). A total of 52 facilities were part of the referral chain. Facilitation was done bytertiary centers and communication improved at all levels. The links have shown improvementsin the appropriate referrals from maternity homes to peripheral hospitals.• Monthly planning meetings were organized and together it was worked out how theinitiative could be undertaken.34

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