AP PIP final - RRC-NE

CHAPTERIIProcess of Plan PreparationThe National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in the State ofArunachal Pradesh in the financial year 2005-06 with the objective of providingintegrated quality health care services to the people, with special emphasis on therural poor. The cornerstone of the Mission is to bring about synergy in the inputs andinterventions of various vertical national health and family welfare programs in orderto ensure holistic approach in plans, policies, strategies and implementation of thehealth department in the State. It is envisaged under NRHM to bring all verticalprograms of the Department of Health & Family Welfare under a single and unifiedumbrella.Components of NRHMThe components of NRHM are as follows:A RCH IIB NRHM AdditionalitiesCDERoutine ImmunizationNational Disease Control Programs- RNTCP- NVBDCP- NLEP- IDSP- IDD- NPCBInter-sectoral ConvergenceState level workshop called for Participatory Planning for Health for preparingDistrict/Block Health Action Plan for RCH II, NHRM & RI was convened in the monthof September 2008 at Naharlagun which was attended by concerned officers of theHealth Department from the districts and state, representatives of the Women andChild Departments, and the PHED. The workshop deliberated on vital points likefacility survey, household survey and plans to address the major areas of health withtechnical inputs from RRC -NE. These were the issues to be addressed in the Blockand District Health Action Plan. Further, Workshop for 6 days on District HealthManagement was also organized at Naharlagun with the help of NHSRC, Delhi &GoI. Further, 3 days workshop on modification/correction of BHAP / DHAP was heldwef 18 th February with technical inputs from state planning team/ RRC-NE.The issues like integration of organizational structures, decentralization anddistrict management of health programs, community participation and ownership,merger of societies into one Health Society, preparation of District/Block HealthAction Plans covering health, FW, nutrition, water, sanitation and involvement ofPRIs were also discussed in the workshop. Meetings at the district level with stakeholders for BHAP/DHAPs, involvement of the district machinery on sustainable basiswas imperative; in the preparation of the DHAPs, interaction with the officers /officials and community was necessary when bottom-up approach is adopted.2