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 We conducted refresher trainings for 92 health activists who are currently working in Bhetua, Shahgarh, Gauriganj, Singpur, Gaura, and Dalmau blocks. And, 42 new health activists received the 3-day induction training in Kurwar and Chatoh blocks in Sultanpur and Raebareli districts of Uttar Pradesh. We expanded to two new districts with the [Read More...] 
Ten one-day refresher trainings were conducted in eight blocks of Uttar Pradesh during December ’09. A total of 83 Swasthya Sakhis (Health Activists) received the refresher trainings.  I visited our project in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh and attended two training sessions in our oldest training block, Shahgarh and in the newest, Sereni. I was overwhelmed by the eager participants: our village women. They are smart, inquisitive, and open to new information. Our lively discussions ranged from hand washing to menstrual ailments. Their candor was a revelation and the transformation of activists that has taken place in Shahgarh in the past 18 months – since we started there – is [Read More...] In the month of October we trained 82 new health activists (Swasthya Sakhis) in Uttar Pradesh from Sangrampur, Unchahar, Sareni and Bhetua blocks. We also conducted six refresher training courses for 99 activists already working in the field in Salon, Jagatpur, Musafirkhana, Baldirai, Bhafiya, and Gauriganj blocks. In the month of November we plan to train new activists from Jagdishpur and Dubey blocks besides conducting six refresher training sessions for old activists. According to our plan for 2009, we had planned to pilot test our program in a new district to see if we can replicate our work and methods outside Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The plan is on schedule. We are expanding to a new district: Jhansi. Our staff will travel to Babina, Jhansi to train new health activists from 26th to 29th November. We have also received requests from other states to start our program there. We may do this in 2010 depending on our resources and experience in Babina, Jhansi. We are currently drawing up our plans for 2010, which we will publish in our January 2010 [Read More...] TRAINING In September, we conducted four, three-day long trainings for new health activists. We trained 79 new activists in all REPLICATION Our project manager visited Phoolpur in [Read More...]  There are nearly 30 million low birth weight babies born annually. These babies often face severe short- and long-term health consequences. Low birth weight is a major factor of mortality, morbidity and disability in infancy and childhood. This also has a long-term impact on health outcomes in adult life. The consequences of poor nutritional status and inadequate nutritional intake for women during pregnancy not only directly affects women’s health status, but also has a negative impact on birth weight and early development. Low birth weight also results in substantial costs to the health sector and imposes a significant burden on society as a whole. Whereas the global prevalence of such births is slowly dropping, it is as high as 30% in many developing [Read More...] |
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