National Family Welfare Program IN ENGLISH
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NATIONAL
FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAM-
Ø India became the first country
in the world to initiate the family planning program in 1952 with the goal of
lowering fertility rate and slowing the population growth rate. Later on in
1977 the planning word changed to welfare.
Ø Since October 1977, the
services and interventions are provided under the National Family Welfare
Program
OBJECTIVES
Ø Main objective of this program
is “Reducing the birth rate to the extent necessary to stabilize the population
at a level consistent with the requirement of the National economy”.
Ø Other objectives include to
meet the needs of women who are at risk of unwanted births and to assist the
country to accelerate fertility decline and prevent population explosion.
Ø The family planning programme
is not only intended for population stabilization but it also has much larger
perspective in holistic approach towards Reproductive and child health
services, family planning, Immunization, training . In other ords e can say
that it comprise of a comprehensive family health care package.
ACTIVITIES-
Ø The Family welfare programme is
being implemented in the States with financial assistance of the central Govt.
main activities under this program includes-
Ø Family planning information,
counseling and services to women for healthy reproduction which includes
information about all family planning methods to the couple.
Ø Education about safe delivery
and post delivery of the mother and the baby and the treatment of women before
pregnancy.
Ø Health care for infants immunization against
vaccine preventable diseases.
Ø Prevention and treatment of sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) and Reproductive Tract infection(RTI).
Ø Making the services accessible
by offering services through a variety of delivery points. it makes
contraceptive methods available to more potential users.
Ø Making services affordable by
making Partnerships between public and private-sector services and encourage
clients to pay what they can, while government health centers serve the poor
for free.
Ø Under this program
client-centered services are given to
make sure their needs are met and their preferences are honored.
Ø A strong logistics system and a
long term plan for contraceptive security and supply to ensure that a variety
of methods, and the supplies and equipment
are always available;
Ø Grants-in-aid are provided to
voluntary organizations and industrial organizations for running family welfare
centers and postpartum centers. The scheme for involvement of private medical
practitioners in the family welfare programme has been extended to
practitioners of integrated medicine.
Ø The use of incentives and
dis-incentives to encourage couples to practise family planning has become a
common strategy in many developing countries. Under this program financial
compensation of individuals undergoing sterilization was first introduced in
1966; over the years, it has been gradually increased
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