Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

EVALUATION OF NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION IN BANGALORE RURAL DISTRICT

Dr. Rajeshwari Ur

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The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was introduced in the year 2005. It is a flagship programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, to revitalize the public system of health care in the country. The thrust of this mission was to establish a fully functional, community owned, decentralized health delivery system with inter–sectoral convergence at all levels, to ensure simultaneous action on a wide range of determinants of health such as water, sanitation, education, nutrition, social and gender equality. Institutional integration within the fragmented health sector was expected to provide a focus on outcomes, measured against Indian Public Health Standards for all health facilities. This study assesses the performance of NRHM in Bangalore Rural District. Since NRHM primarily represents architectural improvements in the public health system in the rural areas, we review the performance of the Mission at different levels starting from the bottom. Qualitative information will be collected in a subset of such institutions, using open ended semi–structured questionnaires. These questionnaires were devised to capture qualitative information regarding planning, implementation and expenditure processes and community involvement related issues. For this purpose, individual personnel within the health department will be interviewed. The participants of these interviews are: District Health Officers (DHOs)/District Programme Management Officers (DPMOs, Taluk Health Officers (THOs), Medical Officers (MOs), Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and VHSC representatives. On the basis of field survey, the study provides necessary feed back to implementing agencies about the implementation of scheme and bottlenecks experienced in achieving the objectives of the scheme.

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Dr.Rajeshwari UR Evaluation of National Rural Health Mission in Bangalore Rural District Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 6 June 2015

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