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Family Welfare Programme an Overview | up |
Dr. S. Rabei Singh
Director
Family Welfare Service, Manipur
Family Welfare programme is being implemented purely on Central Assistance as 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) without any share from the State Government. The programme has started since 1952 as a National Programme throughout the country.
Main components of the programme
The following are the main components of Family Welfare programme :
| 1. | Maternal Health |
| 2. | Child Health |
| 3. | Population control/ Stabilisation |
1. Maternal Health
Family Welfare Department is taking up all possible care for the safety of Mothers during pregnancy and childbirth. The objective is to reduce the prevailing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) which is roughly one maternal death for every 5 minutes somewhere in the country (100,000 maternal deaths per year) due to causes related to pregnancy and child birth.
i) Antenatal Care (ANC) ---- ANC services are available in all the Primary Health Sub-centres, Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centers, Rural FW Centres, District Hospitals etc. To ensure good health and safety of mothers during pregnancy the under mentioned services are being provided and pregnant mothers must take full advantage of it:
 | Early registration - before 12 weeks of pregnancy |
| Minimum 3 check - ups during the pregnancy |
| Administration of 2 doses of Tetanus Toxoid (TT) |
| 100 tablets of Iron & Folic Acid (IFA) |
| Counseling for nutritional diet during pregnancy |
| Treatment of anemic cases |
* A Sector Investment Programme (SIP) for improvement of the health of mother and child under the assistance of European Commission through Government of India is being taken up in the comparatively backward districts of Chandel and Imphal East.
* National Safe Motherhood Day : 11th April every year will be observed as National Safe Motherhood Day throughout the country. The day coincides with the birthday of late Smt. Kasturba Gandhi. This Directorate will observe this day at the State Headquarter with antenatal check up, distribution of Iron & Folic acid and pamphlets and display of street banners and seminars.
Family Welfare & Populatipon Stabilisation -- an overview
Population stabilisation : (issue) The family Welfare is now placed (back) on top of the nation's political agenda. A National population Commission with prime Minister as Chairman has been considered. This Commission will supervise and monitor the implementation of national population policy, which was formulated in 2000. Manipur is a small state with about 22 thousand sq. km. and a population of around 24 lakhs. The crude birth rate of the state is 18.3 (SRS-1999). Our total fertility rate at 3.04 (NFHS - 2) may be brought down to 2.1 by the year 2020 for stabilisation of population by taking measures to enhance the acceptability and accessibility to the eligible couple for different Family Planning methods special attention should be paid to meet the unmet needs for Family Planning.
The following points may be specially mentioned here :
i) Laparoscopic tubal ligation is the most popular Family Planning method among the women at present in Manipur.
ii) No scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) is also becoming very popular recently and measures are being taken up to popularise the method by giving training to service providers and Training of Trainers etc.