Reproductive Child Health
The RCH programme envisages provision of client centered, need based, good quality, integrated RCH services for improving the health of women and children.
Under the RCH program of Gram Chetna Kendra all aspects of women’s reproductive health across their reproductive cycle are covered. RCH program addresses the needs that have emerged over years of implementing and aims to be more in tune with the ground realities concerning.
 | Overall health needs of women and children |
| Implementation needs of health workers |
| Local demographic needs and conditions |
Under this Programme the emphasis shifted to decentralize planning at district level based on assessment of community needs and implementation of programme at fulfillment of these need. New interventions such as control of reproductive tract infection, gender issues, male participation and adolescent health in addition to the services offered are also taken up. Women’s health is important during all phases for their lives, from childhood to adulthood. The Reproductive and child health program addresses women’s health across their life cycle.
The components that have been taken care of are as under:
| 1. | Effective Maternal & Child health care |
| 2. | Increased access to contraceptive care |
| 3. | Nutritional services to vulnerable groups |
| 4. | Prevention and Treatment of RTI/STI |
| 5. | Reproductive Health Services for adolescents |
| 6. | Prevention and treatment of Gynecological Problems |
| 4. | Iron and folic acid supplementation |
| 8. | Exclusive breast feeding for six months |
| 9. | Exclusive breastfeeding of the first six months of life to be propagated |
