An Initiative on Nutrition in the Title II based Safe Motherhood and Child Survival Program of Catholic Relief Services, Lucknow, UP, India

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International Journal of Arts, Humanities And Social Studies

2020, Volume 2, Issue 4

Research Article

An Initiative on Nutrition in the Title II based Safe Motherhood and Child Survival Program of Catholic Relief Services, Lucknow, UP, India

Tripathy

Ms. Anjali Tripathy

Abstract

The current article is about the health program of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Lucknow during the period from 1996 to 2010. The program was food aid based through the Indo-US agreement where CRS implemented the program through its Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) partners in Lucknow. During the period 2003 to 2004, CRS, India implemented a project supported by Academy for Education & Development funded Linkages project which focused on integrating the nutrition component in the health program of CRS, India. The health program of CRS, Lucknow also implemented the nutrition intervention with one of its NGO partner in Shivgarh block of Raibareily district of Uttar Pradesh. The article details out the outlines of the food aid programs between India & the United States & the role of CRS in the process. It also gives a glimpse of the health program of CRS, Lucknow that is known as the Safe Motherhood & Child Survival (SMCS) program & its components. Thereafter, it delves into the details of the nutrition component integration in the program, its plan to replicate with other NGO partners while focusing on the lay out plan to build the capacity of the program staff to integrate the component in their programmatic areas in various parts of the state of UP. The integration process is highlighted through a case study that depicts the benefit of the integration. An example is also given & illustrated lucidly for the simplification of the process of application. The article is an reflection of how far the state of UP has moved ahead in the field of Maternal Neonatal Child Health & Nutrition (MNCHN) that is reflected through the data of National Family Health Survey 4 of 2016. A clear path has been laid out since the last 16 years.

Keywords

Title I

III & IV

SMCS

CRS

BCC

TIPS

24-hour dietary recall

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