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| Introduction |
In 1997, Department of Family Welfare and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (DoFW), adopted sector vide approach which effectively extends the program reach beyond RCH to the entire Family Welfare sector, launched a comprehensive RCH programme in partnership with the NGOs to reach the unreached in difficult areas of the country. The MNGO Scheme came as a new paradigm, and the National NGOs were designated as RRCs.
Under this scheme, DoFW, GoI identified and sanctioned grants to selected NGOs called Mother NGOs (MNGOs) in allocated districts for promotion of the goals/objectives of the RCH programme. These MNGOs, in turn, issued grants to smaller NGOs, called Field NGOs (FNGOs), in the allocated districts. Towards the end of RCH-I in the year 2002, GoI had identified four national NGOs as RRCs (during 10th Five Year Plan) to provide technical support to the MNGOs, so that they in turn provide support to respective FNGOs. Initially four RRCs were established: CINI (for Eastern and Northeastern states), VHAI (for North India), FPAI (for Western India) and Gandhigram Institute of Health and Family Welfare Trust (for South India).
With the implementation of the revised Guidelines, July 2005 onwards there are 11-RRCs (7-new) functional across the country. All the Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) are NGOs of high repute and have been engaged in the Health and RCH issues for several years. However, with the launch of NRHM in 2005 and a shift from macro level activities (i.e. focusing on national level issues) to micro level activities (i.e. more involvement of RRCs in to district/block level activities), it became difficult for one RRC to look after so many states. Therefore, considering the workload of RRCs, GoI established another seven RRCs during April 2005 in order to ensure more comprehensive support to MNGOs and FNGOs.
For an effective implementation of the RCH programme RRC-VHAI has been instrumental in providing technical and managerial support and information to the NGOs Mother and Field NGOs as well as State Governments from Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, J&K and New Delhi
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| Objectives of RRC |
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Capacity building, of MNGOs (district based NGOs) to take the challenge of sustaining the GO-NGO partnership and provide health services to the undeserved - unserved and achieving the Health and Family Welfare goals set by the governments at the National and State level through Networking, Advocacy, Dissemination of appropriate information & building GO – NGO partnership.
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| Objective of RCH Programme |
| The main objective of the program is to bring about a change in mainly three critical health indicators i.e. reducing total fertility rate, infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate with a view to realizing the outcomes envisioned in the Millennium Development Goals, the National Population Policy 2000, and the Tenth Plan Document, the National Health Policy 2002 and Vision 2020 India.
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| The Key areas of RRC-VHAI functioning are: |
Capacity Building
Capacity Building of MNGOs, FNGOs and District level Health functionaries Provide technical assistance for capacity building of MNGOs /FNGOs /SNGOs under NGO scheme, Govt. of India
Providing training support for project development, training in programme and technical areas, dissemination of relevant training and communication material
NGO Division, MOHFW, has designed the training module for MNGO. Training to MNGOs is imparted on RCH, social, cultural & economic determinants of women health, gender & rights, Service delivery, Data Collection through Baseline Survey & Focus Group Discussion, Appropriate teaching methods, MNGO Project proposal Development & Composite Project Development, information on NRHM and PC-PNDT.
Advocacy
Advocacy with State, District and Central Governments to address critical health concerns, by organizing State, District & block level meetings.
Networking and Liaisoning
Networking and Liaisoning for developing close linkages between State and District Governments and MNGOs and FNGOs. Providing inputs to GoI to enable policy modification/formulation for NGO programmes.
NGO Field Appraisal and Selection
Selection of appropriate MNGOs through an in-depth desk review & field appraisals of NGO-Applicants Coordinate with Best Practices Centres (BPCs), the specialized institution to provide technical resources in particular fields like Adolescent Health, Gender Issue etc.
Promoting Partnerships under NRHM Promote GO
NGO Partnership, facilitate networking and sharing of experiences and lessons learned between Govt. and NGO functionaries.
Monitoring
Conduct/participate in field visits and assist in review of periodic progress reports to assess effectiveness of technical support and training inputs.
Documentation and dissemination of best practices on RCH
Document innovations; disseminate successful approaches and creative strategies in RCH service delivery.
Increased access of NGOs to disaggregated data, training, communication material and information on policies and programmes by regular publications like - RRC-VHAI Newsletter ‘Abhilasha’ (Hindi/English) and RRC-VHAI Website www.vhai-rrc.org, which is regularly updated. |
| Key personnel of RRC-VHAI |
| Honorary Director |
Ms. Seema Gupta |
| RRC Co-ordinator |
Ms. Meeta Mathur (Officiating) |
| Training Co-ordinator |
Ms. Meeta Mathur |
| Project Associate (Admin & Fin) |
Mr. T.S. Negi |
| Project Associate (Information Services) |
Mr. Chandrashekar |
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