Budget Estimates for 2008-09 - National Portal of India

Activities
1. Recruiting RCH link volunteers (LV) for referral for ANC /PNC/spacing/
immunization in slum areas.
2. A sum of Rs.250/- monthly has been kept in budget for support to each Mahila
Mandal.
3. Operationalize CHC sec 22, CHC Manimajra to provide 24 hours delivery,
comprehensive emergency obstetric care and essential newborn care.
4. Increase the number of ANMs/LHVs as per the norms of urban health centre.
5. Fixed day ANC clinics by ANMs at each slum/ urban area;
6. Make special efforts to reach the poor and the marginalized by community
mobilization and outreach camps.
7. Training of all ANMs/LHVs in providing quality antenatal services.
8. Post-partum contacts by AWW / Link volunteers according to a recommended
schedule for care of the mother and the baby
9. Provide quality MTP services at 2nd tier institutions and in the private sector.
10. Operationalize and implementation of PNDT Act under constant vigilance.
11. BCC activities
12. To check MTP centres not approved by Appropriate Authority.
13. Operationalize diagnostic and treatment services for RTI/STI services at all 2nd
tier institutions.
14. To define clear role of SACS, U.T. and RCH programme in RTI/ STI services.
Child Health (including IMR, NMR)
Objectives
1. Reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality
2. Improve care of the sick neonates, infants and children
3. Improve facility based care of neonates and children.
4. Promote breast feeding and complimentary feeding.
5. Improve quality and coverage of routine immunization services
Strategies
1. To provide essential newborn care to all newborns
2. To provide emergency newborn care in all 2nd tier institutions.
3. To promote referrals from slums and villages.
4. To provide basic care for diarrhoea and ARI in the slums
5. Improve coverage and quality of facility based care of neonates and children.
6. Develop innovative schemes to protect poor and promote private sector
participation in provision of health care
7. Promote exclusive breastfeeding.
8. Promote complimentary feeding
9. Achieve 100% coverage of primary immunization for children and antenatal
mothers with full coverage for TT.
10. Reduce BCG to measles drop out to zero levels.
11. To increase access to injection safety and reduce AEFI
12. To evaluate the immunization status by an external agency
13. To cover all the children living in rural and slum areas for Hepatitis B and MMR
vaccine.
Activities
1. To strengthen emergency newborn care in all 2nd tier institutions.
2. Ensure home visits by ANM/LHV/link volunteers in slums according to schedule.
3. Birth weight of all neonates to be recorded.
4. To ensure aseptic measures to be followed during delivery and while handling
the newborn.
5. All obstetricians, pediatricians and nurses should be certified in management of
birth asphyxia.
6. Special well equipped ambulance with facility for resuscitation should be made
available for transport of sick neonates. It should be manned by two nurses with
certification in management of birth asphyxia. Total 3 drivers and 10 nurses are
required for 1 such 24 hour ambulance in Chandigarh.
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