1. SRDP Savitri Rural Development Project

2. What is SRDP? Savitri Rural Development Project aimed at:
Improving the reproductive health and child health in the tribal district of Nashik.
Training of midwives and community health workers.
Strengthening Institutional and human resources of public health system.
Empowering the community through education.
Economic development of the community by various sustainable activities.

3. SUB CENTERS WERE NON FUNCTUON
BEFORE SRDP
SUB CENTERS WERE NON FUNCTUON
THERE WERE NO ROADS .

4. Empowered the villagers on health care
Trained married women as ANMs – activate subcenters
Trained villagers as community health workers – Asha’s
Trained dais (traditional midwives)

5. Sensitized the stakeholders
Sensitized the panchayats – increased ownership to their community

6. Empowered community through Education
We brought awareness in the community on issues of women and children health
We brought awareness on health care in general
We brought awareness on social issues – family planning , environment etc

7. Health care for all
Provided maternal health care which made people conscious that girl and mother’s health is important – improved health care of mothers in general
Community workers were taught to provide first aids medical care with non prescriptive medication
Made people aware to access govt health services by referring to sub centers/PHCs.
Provided infant and children health care – people became conscious and helped reduce child morbidity and mortality.
Provided nutrition for malnourished children and high risk mothers – eradicated malnourishment to just 10%

8. Plantation
Created committee of 11 members of village Dehere that will be responsible for plantation beyond march 2014
The villagers will use funds from the plantation sale for medical care including for maternal health and child care in Dehere

9. Data Households Visited:14912 Priority Families Visited: 2185
New Pregnant Women Registered: 254
Total no. of pregnancy Test: 56
High risk mother: 24
Supplementary food High risk mother:7
Institutional deliveries: 212
Deliveries conducted by trained Dais: 100
Unassisted Deliveries: 02
Birth weight Below 2.5kgs- 24, 2.5-3kgs-164, 3kgs+ -58
No. of SAM- 35
No. of MAM- 1038
No. of children enrolled in Supplementary feeding program:35

10. Opportunities and collaboration
Developed alleviation of malnutrition project -Direct Observation Nutrition (DON) from SRDP
Empowered the villages
Its a project worth replicating
Trainer and reviewer for other projects on maternal and child health care